With the alarm going at 7am we were down for breakfast as soon as it started at 8am. Don’t ask me why it took until 10 to start walking but I clearly went into relax mode! Dovedale is gorgeous. This morning has to be one of my best. I felt relaxed, buoyed up by seeing the girls and now Martin and, with a combination of exercises and Martin’s massage gun my glute was feeling much less tight and ready to go. I had to steady Martin to a slower pace so I could warm up but the natural beauty around us did more for that than I could. A heron peacefully fishing was undeterred by us stopping to watch. And then a pair of dippers, obscured by flood debris became bold, continued to feed and swim while we watched fascinated by their movements. By this time we had left the beauty of the stepping stones behind and joined a National Trust ranger as she walked the path picking up litter left behind over the bank holiday. She told us of the story of “Lover’s Leap”, a woman on hearing that her love...