I brought the bad weather north with me from Shropshire.

Today was stage 10 of the Eden Wheel and it began grey and damp. The forecast for the hill we were climbing almost to the top of was fog, mist and drizzle. We climbed very gradually, passing the source of the River South Tyne, then crossing the Tees and following it up onto moorland. I could not decide if it would be better in clear weather to see how far and high we had to go from the radar installation on the top of the fell, or to see a succession of ridges with ragged mist drifting across them. Eventually we were trudging into a strong wind.

It was a relief to reach our highest point and a metalled road and progress more quickly down out of the cloud and into more sheltered territory. Still not much of a view. We struck off the road and crossed a pathless, tussocky area and then reached the Pennine Way, which we followed down to Dufton. This was a nice path passing through woodland. By now it was raining hard.