Day 2 – Ennerdale to Stonethwaite

Today we walked from Ennerdale Bridge to Stonethwaite (in Borrowdale). It is measured as a long route of 23.5kms and takes around 6.75hrs. There are options to take some high routes of Red Pike, High Stile or Haystacks route, which adds another 2.5km (or ~1.75hrs), but only if the weather is clear. No need to say that the weather was not kind. It is very hard walking with total climbing of around 1,409m (longest climb 450m longest descent 219m). If not doing the high route because of inclement weather or lack of fitness :-) Stedman strongly recommends the path along the southern banks of the River Liza.

We stayed at Stonethwaite Farm. I was hoping we could eat at the Langstrath Country Inn as it comes highly recommended for evening meals and has some great sounding dishes on the menu but unfortunately it turns out they decided to close on the Tuesday we were there :-( and so the saga began. We arrived soaking wet but the owner was reluctant to put the radiators on so that we could dry out our boots etc. because “it was too warm”. She finally turned it on at 8pm and then back off again at 10pm. Frank rang the other pub in town only to discover that there was no chance of getting any food and that they wouldn’t do takeaway. He ended up organising for Indian to be delivered from Keswick – 13 miles away. However, the driver got lost and so it didn’t arrive until after 10pm. Otherwise it was a lovely place.

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