A Spring ramble round some of the beautifull scenrey of the English Lake District takes a change of course along with the weather.
I was part way up Coniston Old Man when the weather closed in, a typical late spring day clear blue sky turning to cold heavy rain in minutes. I decided to wait out the weather in an old barn, I had been planning to spend the night in the local Youth Hostel but it wouldnt be the first night I would have slept on a bed of straw. Inside the barn there was an old fireplace no doubt used many years ago by the odd shepherds caught in winter storms.
As I was wet through I lit a fire and stripped off my clothes using some old baleing twine as a clothes line, I squatted naked close to the fire for warmth but not before filling my camp kettle with water and putting on the fire.. The barn door creaked, I glanced round to see another guy come in pushing the door closed behind him, he looked to be at least five years older than my fifteen years.
Bloody weathe...
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