I left this beautiful spot at 8:05 having let the tent dry out more - the groundsheet was sodden. I woke at 5am feeling cold despite the bivvy bag. Frustrating. I’ve no idea what the temperature dropped to but with forecasts in local towns down to zero over next few days I’m worried about continuing to camp for the foreseeable future. Something to chat through with Martin tonight. A sandpiper took off as I followed the stream to exit. A wheatear who had bombarded me last night was accompanied by others this morning and I saw it fly into its nest in a crevis in the rock above the stream. It was a good feeling leaving there with no trace. Although the cows certainly don’t! The tarn was calm today with hardly a ripple and 2 fishermen out in a boat set off a peaceful scene. I was glad of any distraction as my glute was playing up again. A couple of ibuprofen and deep heat and I hoped it would settle in a couple of hours. I realised I had walked across one of the key fault lines causin...