Photos of The Cumbria Way, Lake District, England
July 2, 2010
I’m hiking the 70 mile Cumbria Way over 6 days in the Lake District of England with a girl friend who has trained for a year to accomplish this adventure. Two days and 26 miles into the hike and my feet are screaming at me. They are just going to have to get over it because there are 11 more days of hiking ahead of them – 4 more on The Cumbria Way and 7 days on the West Highland Way in Scotland. Although we’re in England where they supposedly speak English, half the time we can’t understand a thing and nod knowingly, too embarrassed to ask people to repeat themselves for the third and fourth time.
We’re adding new words to our vocabulary every day too.
- beck – a stream
- tarn – a lake
- metal roads – tarmac roads
- kissing gates – a turnstile affair, hard to get into and out of, especially with a backpack
- crag – hill
Check out the first few days on the Cumbria Way in pictures.
Beautiful planting at the start of the Cumbria Way
Ulverston - the town at the start of the Cumbria Way in the Lake District
British humour
The trail takes you right through the farmer's yard
The Cumbria Way Scenery on Day 1
No shortage of rock walls along the Cumbria Way
Beacon Tarn near Cockenskell
Easy walking through these woods
View of Coniston Water (they call a lake, water)
Stay tuned – more pictures and more adventures in a few days.
Leigh McAdam
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