Day 6 - All Downhill from Here

Woke again to more rain, luckily it cleared again by the time we got to Kirkby Stephen to start the day. We were combining 2 days walk into 1, so we were off to an early start.
There was a descent climb up to Nine Standards Rigg, at the top there are 8 and a bit cairns each around 3 metres tall. They looked very eerie in the mist as we were now in the cloud.
We headed down the blue route to Ravenseat Farm, where the owner serves tea and scones to passing Coast to Coasters in the middle of nowhere. She had just had her eighth child three weeks ago, self delivered overnight, and continued her service the next day.
We were also invited into an old house that was being done up by the owner, the house had not been lived in for 60 years and had needcd a huge amount of work.
We reached Keld for lunch; this is officially the half way point.
The afternoon was spent following the Swale downstream to Reeth, we came in at around 7.30pm. It was another difficult day.
It must be a myth that around 100 people walk each section each day, we did not see another Coast to Coaster for the whole day.
Distance travelled - 38km,
Time - 11 hours
Photos to follow