A snag in the plans, Sedbergh, May 29

Hiking up a Fell (peak) next to a Gill (sharp valley) which were all covered by trees 1000 years ago...

She (weakly) said:

May 29

(Still) Summerhill B&B, Sedbergh

Woke this morning with a weird, virulent cold/flu hybrid.  Completely stuffed up to the point of inner ear off-balance-ness.  R took control, made some calls, rearranged the next few days, and tucked me back into bed.  Slept a million hours.  Just ate some soup.  Ready to sleep a million more.

And, wouldn’t you know it, the sun is shining.

He said:

We had to adapt to the new situation, E stayed in bed, and I went on a day hike up a nearby fell.  The day started off cold windy and raining, but it cleared up in the early afternnon; that was my chance...  So far, I learned that a "fell" is a hilltop peak, a "gill" is a narrow V shaped valley, a "dale" is a wide U shaped valley, a "beck" is a stream or creek, a "tarn" is a small lake or pond.  I also heard that much of England was once wooded, although habitation over the centuries brought down much of the wood for fuel, it turns out that Henry VIII also ordered many of the trees to be cut in order to build war ships, this was especially true in the Yorkshire Dales area.  Now, most of the fells and hilly areas 100 meters higher than the bottom of the dale, are simply covered with grasses of different kinds.