Not the first time I’ve ended up staying somewhere one day more than planned... trains south on the West Coast Main Line were cancelled yesterday afternoon so we had to bus it back to Keswick and try again this morning. Yesterday was dry in Keswick, but there was enough flooding on the track at Tebay to close the southbound rail line so there were a number of trains in front of the one we saw stuck in the station at Penrith. I decided to bring us back to Keswick although at that time there was no useful information from the train company. Sure enough our booked service made it no further than Carlisle.
So the weather has the last laugh yet again: after a week of soggy days, we had one more breakfast in Cumbria and enjoyed this morning’s brilliant view of Skiddaw (931 m.) on our way to the Three Bears bus stop in Keswick. The train arrived on time in Euston.