C2C Day 3

Our third day of walking the Coast to Coast started from Seatoller and involved walking beside Stonethwaite Beck for a few miles, a very gentle start to the day.

 The path continued up a steady incline until we began to climb up quite steeply and no more photos were possible until we reached a high point for lunch. The views were spectacular, Jane is in the foreground searching through her rucksack

 And another one, it's hard to decide which is best

 We thought the mountain on the right of the picture had snow on it.

 A waterfall below Easedale Tarn, a sign we were descending after a day in the mountains

Before arriving in Grasmere, we walked along a track through a field with lots of different breeds of sheep, these were among the most unusual because of the brown facial markings, also found on their knees:

 A real treat awaited us in Grasmere, there were several gardens with Azaleas and Rhodedendrons in full flower

 Below a photo of a glorious orange Azalea, seen in several other gardens

 And then this beautiful view through a garden gate of Azaleas lining a path

 and a lovely alpine Clematis over the arch

We arrived in Grasmere early enough to visit the Cotswold shop where I bought some poles and gloves. I'd intended to buy poles and get used to them before embarking on the walking challenge, I was advised by most people on the walk that poles would certainly aid walking up and down hills. I'd certainly recommend the shop, the staff there were extremely helpful.
That night we spent the first of two nights at The Inn, a delightfully spacious hotel where we ate in a large conservatory with wonderful views of the fells. The first bedroom we were shown had twin beds pushed together with no way of separating them because of the large headboards, why do hotels squash twin beds together? Once we explained at reception that we needed  distance between beds, we were given another room which was delightful.