Tuesday 7/5/19

We left Patterdale for Haweswater our last pre booked accommodation on the walk. This destination was slightly off the C2C as at the time of planning, I was attempting to shift two long days of walking into three easier days.

Leaving Patterdale, we drove to nearby Glenridding as Rob had planned a walk around Aira Force, a lovely waterfall with another association with Wordsworth.

Some say he wrote “Daffodils” about this area and “Somnabulist” also, the sad poem about Lady Emma and Sir Eglamore… the first stanza for you.

“List, ye who pass by Lyulphs Tower
At eve; how softly then
Doth Aira-force, that torrent hoarse.
Speak from the woody glen!
Fit music for a solemn vale!
And holier seems the ground
To him who catches on the gale
The spirit of a mournful tale,
Embodied in the sound.”

Look it up if you have time, a beautiful poem.

A bit of a wet day but we were hopeful of a a good walk and it was really lovely.

After a lovely walk and lunch we were off to Haweswater via Shap, once again as the crow flies not that far away but to drive we had to go around mountains. We also decided to pop into Penrith as check in wasn’t til 5pm.