Knowing that I was scheduled for a walk with my friend I. - who is not a fan of brisk and far - I took a turn round the Village before she arrived so as to get a head start on the steps. She then proceeded to completely wrong-foot me by not wanting to stop and turn back or cut short a route I had half-heartedly selected not expecting much of it to be done. So we did an 11 mile fell walk in the North Pennines! It was so dry up there I must take advantage before we have serious rain again.