Distance: 13 miles
Weather: 'glorious'
The day on the North of England Way started with a bit of a walk along a quiet road before heading up through some grassy fields with many sheep and lambs, past a rather impressive dog kennel castle barn shed type thing. The morning was warm and the skies clear, providing wonderful views of the fells that were missing yesterday.
The path led up to Tarn Hows - where apparently the icecream van doesn't arrive until 11:30. We decided not to wait, and made up for it with big tubs in Ambleside later.
The track went through a beautiful valley, with views of Weatherlam, with Fairfield in the distance. We reached Skelwith Bridge at just the right time for tea and scones with jam and butter at Chester's Cafe.
By now the day was distinctly warming up and it was pretty blumming hot going up Loughrigg Fell, where there was a bit of wandering around looking for Lily Tarn. We had lunch overlooking Windermere, and then headed down into Ambleside. It was very, very busy there, unsurprisingly.
From Ambleside, we went along Skelghyll Wood near to Jenkin's Crag, and then over some gentle hills to the yha at Windermere. Here we had a peaceful hour on the terrace enjoying the views from the terrace, had a nice dinner and are now being and screamed at by a horde of kiddies running about (allegedly) searching for Easter eggs. Hopefully it will be (my) bedtime soon.
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