The wind died down a bit during the night but the rain continued and the whole area around was completely waterlogged. Water was flowing through the tent but thankfully the integral ground sheet for the inner tent was watertight. It’s a good job this is my last day as the bent pole won’t last another night and most of my gear is wet. I packed the tent up and was on my way by 7:20am virtually wading through the wide mass of water that was running down to the path below.

A very wet pitch in Stone Cove.

View across Buttermere and Crummock Water.

The rain had almost stopped as I headed north along the path. After a mile the cloud began to clear a bit and I was able to get some views across Buttermere. The final descent to Honister Hause was relatively calm and I reached the Youth Hostel dry for a change. It was about 9am when I got there and I had almost an hour to wait before the bus arrived. I took the clockwise route to Keswick which meant I travelled along Buttermere, Crummock and over Whinlatter Pass. I popped in to Needle Sports to buy some tent pegs then caught the 555 bus to Lancaster where I got he train back to Preston then the bus from Preston home.