J&J's European Adventure

19 August

Keswick to Settle

We re-traced our route back to Carlisle so we could take the scenic train through northern England to the town of Settle, in the Yorkshire Dales. A group of lads on the way to Leeds for a holiday joined us, and we had fun talking to them. We think we understood most of what they said. It's safe to say that very few of the locals we've met sound like Tony Blair or Hugh Grant. With all the different dialects, it's a wonder they can understand each other at all. It may be even more extreme here than in the States. The train route was indeed quite scenic in that hilly, meadowy, stone-fencey, sheep-grazing-in-the-fields manner that is everywhere one looks in these parts. We found our B&B and explored the town a bit before settling in for the night with our fish-and-chips.

Daily miles: 3.47

Expenses: £38.22 (bus, groceries, supper, room deposit)

Keswick to Carlisle