Today was a tough day, not because of the terrain (the BIG climb of the trip comes tomorrow) but because it was another day in the rain, only this time it was cold too. So cold, in fact, that Andy even put his baselayer and gloves on… something that only a few days ago he was questioning bringing. We had been lucky to date that as wet as we got, we weren't cold. Today, after a particularly deep puddle/flooded road, my feet were numb. For the first time, I...

We left the Cumbrian countryside via a lattice of Roman roads and soon found ourselves at the 'Welcome to Scotland' sign. Stopping to take a picture we came across another pair of End to Enders, going in the same direction as us, and taking the same number of days. We took each other's pictures and exchanged a few words, discovering that they were also spending the night at the same town as us. However, this pair was camping and loaded down with so much kit,...

We've just returned from dinner at Denise's house. When booking our B&B, we were informed that the landlord of the local pub had recently died and that no one had taken over the tenancy yet. We were horror struck that we might not be able to get any dinner, but were soon informed that all will be well: "Call Denise from across the road. She'll look after you" and she really did! Andy had lamb, I had salmon, we both had apple crumble for pudding. It was amaz...

We've just returned from dinner at Denise's house. When booking our B&B, we were informed that the landlord of the local pub had recently died and that no one had taken over the tenancy yet. We were horror struck that we might not be able to get any dinner, but were soon informed that all will be well: "Call Denise from across the road. She'll look after you" and she really did! Andy had lamb, I had salmon, we both had apple crumble for pudding. It was ...

Despite the nice sunset last night, the amber weather warnings from the Met office made it clear that we did not have a dry day in store. A month of rain was going to fall in an hour and flood warnings were everywhere. The Met office man on the news recommended moving your valuables upstairs, but we couldn't really put our panniers any higher. I suggested the train, but Andy said that was cheating. I spent much of my time devising ingenious ways we could ge...