
Originally Posted by
Wainwright
When I left Keld with a lady companion (!) it was already raining hard, but hope springs eternal in a fellwalkers breast and off we went although long experience of wet days should have warned me that the weather would not clear, which it didn't. We arrived after a miserable eternity at the Tan Hill Inn, soaked and squirting water, to find the door locked and no sign of life. We returned to Keld down a road in company with many baby rivers. This was the only occassion ina long career of walking that I sought refuge under an umbrella, and a lady's at that. Afterwards, I did the only honourable thing and married her.