Day 2 - Do we or do we not stack hay

Day 2 started just like day 1, we woke  to rain on the roof. The forecast was for a wet morning followed by drying conditions from around midday. This we thought would put paid to our desire to take the high route from the end of Ennerdale Water over Red Pike through to Haystacks due to the low lying cloud.

We ended up walking through to Black Sail YHA in the rain, together with Frank and Vicki from Midlands UK. It is Vicki's brother, Mike Hartley who holds the record on the Coast to Coast walk of 39.5 hours, something that will take us 5 times longer to achieve.

After lunch at Black Sail shared with around 50 others, the weather improved and we decided to backtrack and at least 'bag' Haystacks. This would mean we have 2 of the 230 odd Monroe peaks.
We shared this climb with a young 7 year old who kept pace with the 5 adults walking together to the top.

After Haystacks we meandered to the Honister Slate Mine, which really is a blight on the landscape. We then continued to Borrowdale and met our crew at Rosthwaite. They had completed their afternoon tea at The Flock Inn and were waiting patiently for our arrival due to no mobile phone coverage during the whole day.

distance covered - 26 km, cumulative distance - 51km, distance remaining - 259km
Time today - 8 hours