Northern Rambler

 It was supposed to be the big cycling expedition. But alas, my schedule didn't allow me to get the proper training in beforehand. A few days before the trip was set to happen, I needed to face the hard fact that I just wasn't ready. Not only that, but in the two evenings prior to the trip, my schedule was packed. The cycling trip was meant to be on the friday. I was at work both wednesday and thursday, and my evenings were took up with a gym instructor course on the wednesday and donating platelets on thursday. I just wasn't going to get the chance to do the last minute work on my bike before going out.  The campsites had already been booked though, so rather than scrap the whole thing, I decided to go ahead with camping, but I'd hike instead of bike. But this meant some last minute route planning. In the end, this came fairly easy. I had been wanting to walk the Kentmere horseshoe for some time. I had set off to do it last year but the road leading up to Kentmere vill