Today is day to be marked for three reasons.
We crossed the Pennine range, one of the photos shows the "nine standards rigg" on the top of the range. These are 9 pillars built of dry stones (no mortar), what they are for is anybody's guess.
We are now passed the official halfway point at Keld.
And lastly we are staying tonight in Britain's highest pub, the Tarn Hill Inn. The view here is of rather bleak looking treeless rolling hills. (moors)
The walk today has been adventurous, up over the Pennines in the rain & chilly wind, then across moors with huge peat bogs we had to wend our way around without losing the path.
A long day at about 24 kms, now feeling relaxed and ready for a soothing ale or two.
Nine Standards Rigg takes its name from the line of cairns which stand on the edge of the escarpment just north of the summit. The origin of the nine "stone men" or columnar cairns on the summit, is a mystery, and some of the cairns, which are about 10 feet tall, are now in a perilous state. According to Wainwright, whose Coast to Coast route crosses the fell, they are very ancient and are marked on 18th century maps. One theory is that they were constructed by the Roman army to look like troops from a distance.
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