We had such a nice time yesterday -- a little (ha!) grueling, but the prettiest scenery ever!

We hiked from Stonethwaite to Grasmere. I woke up super nauseated, by the way. Like pregnancy nausea. Then breakfast was an omelette with sausage. I picked out all the sausage because it was hurting my tummy to look at it. lol Rut roh. All I had medicine wise was medicine for acid on the stomach, so I took the Pepcid and hoped it cleared up as we went along. Focusing on making it up an extreme hill takes away a lot.

As soon as we headed out of The Langstraith, we hit the path which was right around the corner and headed upwards. And upwards and upwards. I don't know how high we hiked and then climbed (literally gave up poles and hand and feet to rocked it in a segment), but it took 2.5 hours. What a step up workout! Thank you God for my trekking poles! lol If I'm repeating myself on that fact, it's because I love my trekking poles. :)

Once we made it to the top, we enjoyed some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. Just gorgeous. It was then that Brian discovered he didn't have our passport or our money. It's VERY unlike Brian to lose anything, so it totally freaked him out. I was thinking, "Well, I'm not going back down there to get it." :D He called the Langstrath and they said no passport. I reassured him it was probably in his luggage. He was sure someone would steal all the money. :) I told him to assume the best about people. :D He hates my Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm pep talks. lol

So, we ate half of our sandwich and a piece of fruit and headed on. We went up and down a lot as we headed on and eventually down through crazy rocks. I should take photos of the crazier/extreme paths, but when I'm on them I'm just thinking about getting down uninjured. :) It's difficult not to misstep stumble as one is heading down. The key is correcting and catching oneself.

We ended up hiking around six and a half hours total. It was fun and Grasmere is a lovely town!

More photos loaded last night. We finally have a really good Internet connection. If any of you plan to take the trip, The Silver Lea in Grasmere is wonderful! The rooms are big, the bed is comfortable, there is a bath/shower combo and a sitting area in the room. Plus, Wifi. :D

We're about to get ready for breakfast and head off to Patterdale.

Oh - and I've had angels help me along the way. One nice man gave me a rub for my calf and another nice lady gave me a Compeed for my blister -- nice cushiony bandaids with a lot of sticky power. I bought more at the pharmacy in Grasmere for my feet today.

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