Day 28 - Thursday 7th May

Dufton to Alston - 20 miles. Only 20 miles today but just as well as our route included Cross Fell, the highest mountain in England outside the Lake District (2930 feet). The visibility was excellent, so we had superb views across the vale of Eden to the Lake District. We also had the strongest winds ever experienced by human beings (well, these two anyway). Gill and Bernard cooked us a great meal at the brilliant Alston Youth Hostel (Carlsberg don't do Youth Hostels, but if they did ....). Chris Wren rejoined us for the next few days and we also got a visit from Tim & Tracy Darke en route to Ben Nevis for the 3-Peaks Challenge. MJB