A chilly and wet day today, woke up to the sound of rain on my tent. Ironically there is little water on this stretch and I was practically out. So after a quick cup of tea we set off on the 6 miles to Golden Oaks Spring. On arrival it was still raining and we joined Little Red, the Chairman and two others hiding in a little shelter that had no doubt originally been cobbled together to shelter from the sun!

With water available I had porridge, coffee followed by noodles to keep warm – it was only about 5°, windy and wet. Freddy and I stayed until we couldn’t keep warm then set off.

With no hurry to the Sierra (still snowbound) we are doing relatively short days for the moment, but still around 16 miles.

During the afternoon the rain cleared and we got some sun, but the wind didn’t abate. Thankfully we have a idyllic little sheltered campspot.