Bruce Bogtroting!

After a super relaxing bath and thanks to the restorative waters of Kirkby Stephen, we felt ready to embark on today's climb up to the mysterious Nine Standards. Our new fellow walker, Elizabeth turned up in time for a bacon buttie at the Black Bull Inn then off we set.

The first hour or so uphill was surprisingly  ok, looking down into the quarry and wondering who the accident prone Cliff Edge was.  Suddenly however we reached the dreaded bog of doom and the mist came down. This lead us to an eerie encounter with the nine standards followed by about four hours of navigating through the bog canyons before finally arriving at Ravenseat Farm. Sadly we didn't have time to stop for cream tea because we had to be at the Keld Lodge in time for being picked up by Gary in his Landrover to take us back to tonight's little oasis at Birkdale Farm.