Day 3. Longthwaite, Borrowdale to Grasmere

Good weather today for a gentle stroll up Greenup Gill, over Greenup Edge, then taking in the high alternative as the forecast is not good for Striding Edge tomorrow. : (
The day was a mix of wading through streams and hopping over bogs. Peat bogs are not always as firm as they might appear but long jump techniques improved as the day went on. We met lots more Coast to Coasters including Mr and Mrs Collie, as I called them. The collie had already done the C2C once with Mrs Collie and was now doing it with both of them. Mr Collie slipped in a stream and had a nasty graze very early on but we never spotted them after a few chats at the start, so he must have been OK. We met our two Chinese friends again on Greenup Edge and said Good Bye to our South African lad and his girlfriend early on. They had to plough on to Patterdale due to confusions about moving their camping equipment on. No other C2Cers seem to be staying at our base for the night so it may well be Shap before we meet any again.
Busy in this hostel but they sell Snecklifter, so I may get a good night's tonight sleep after just not being tired enough last night!
Does anyone read this?

Accommodation: Butharlyp-Howe YH. Shared dorms so harder to organise our stuff. Drying room and food good. Made use of lounge.