walking for ABANA from Silverdale to Whitehaven day 1-

Set off at 7.30 this morning to walk to Silverdale station to catch the train to Kent's Bank - having already done the first part of the walk - across Morecambe Bay with Cedric Robinson a couple of weeks ago.Today's walk was 17.5 miles and it was sooo hot!
My first challenge was 3 fields all with cows and bullocks in and I am rather nervous around these creatures but they weren't really interested in me and all fields were passed without incident.
The walk went through fabulous countryside from start to finish - along country lanes, through forests, over moorlands, over rivers, up to the wonderful Bigland Tarn where we cooled our feet. At one point I came upon the Cartmel sticky toffee pudding factory - tempting!
I met up with Margaret (my sister) in Cark when I had been walking for 2 and a half hours. We plodded on together and reached Ulverston about 5 30 - very hard work but worth it.
Hope I am not too stiff to carry on tomorrow.