Saturday 8th July 2017Kirkby Stephen (180M) to Keld (350M). Distance 13 miles - Strenuous - Height Gain 515m/1690ft - 7 hours

Lost all my posts 😩👣 the blogger app ate them - suddenly from 94 posts they reduced to 80 so as I was tired and couldn't remember, I just copied the info from our iternary.  Across Franks Bridge and head for the lane which becomes a broad path onto the Pennine Moors and the summit of Nine Standards Rigg (662M). Depending on the time of year there are three routes over and around Nine Standards; green (avoiding the summit) for winter and spring, red for early summer, and blue for late summer and autumn. All routes cross peat, which is notoriously boggy in wet weather, before descending to the River Swale and the road in to Keld.

• Nine Standards marks the point at which you cross from Cumbria into North Yorkshire, it is the start of the Yorkshire Dales, and a watershed for rivers flowing west or east.

• On Nine Standards are a group of ancient legendary cairns that have stood the test of time.

• Keld is half way.

Stopped at Amanda's a shepherdess - she has 7 children and a promoter of the coast to coast walk. Often on TV she makes tea and delicious scones - she raised 32000 pounds to create a walkway so that we would miss most of the area where previous coast to coasters got stuck in the bog.

• There is a farm café in Keld and Country Inn serving evening meals.

• 09:00 start from Kirkby Stephen.

• Arrive Keld approx 16:00