Photos of The Cumbria Way, Lake District, England

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.

Stay tuned – more pictures and more adventures in a few days.

Leigh McAdam

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