28th April 2023
What can I say about this hike, for starters it wasn't meant to be a hike, it was meant to be a flat walk....That turned quite quickly, along with a very interesting day!
I ended up doing the most steps I have ever done on a hike when I completed Ennerdale water and that includes when I completed Ben Nevis! I managed to do a whopping 39089 steps. We have the River Liza where we ended up having a cold water dip...or in my case....feet dip. There was an interesting chase after Bailey the dog with wet feet in untied boots on pebbles while his dad had a towel wrapped round him shouting sorry and the girls laughing their heads off, a random little scramble, A massive uphill we were not expecting in the forest and watching farmers herd their sheep up into the mountains.
This is one of the only times I have ended up broken from a hike! Mainly because I wasn't prepared for such a big hike on a small walk round some water haha! I think this broke all of us.
Despite all of this, it is a hike I have to highly recommend to anyone if you want something different. It is such a beautiful walk, where are scrambles and wainwrights you can add to this hike if you have enough time. Honestly one of my favourite hikes so far! If you like your long hikes with a water and forest feel, where you are guaranteed to not see too many people, this is the place to go, what is an even more amazing idea is we spotted a couple of people heading down there for a wild camp when we were leaving! 100% a beautiful spot for a wild camp or a picnic!
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