Those who wander might be lost!

Before we left Reeth we checked the weather and the forecast called for rain all day. At that point we checked the map and made the decision to walk on the road for the first three miles and then rejoin the hiking path. We thought we could go faster on the road than on the rocks and we were hoping to stay dry. Well, we somehow missed our turn and ended up walking eleven miles on the road!  The roads here are very narrow and there are no shoulders and they drive on the wrong side of the road so our walk today was as scary as walking through fields of bullocks. We did today's walk in record time for us and we walked into town at 1:30. Our early arrival gave us time to walk around the city for a bit. It is the biggest place we have been in since we left St. Bees. Lots of little shops but it is Sunday and very little was open. We made our way to our B&B which is in a very old section of the city called French Gate. This section was once held by the French after one of the many wars they fought with England. There is an old castle here. The home we are staying in dates back to the 1300's. We are meeting our Canadian heroes for dinner and then we will be in bed early because we have 14 miles to go tomorrow!