Roman steps

Saturday: As I was striking camp at Llyn Du was passed by Matthew, the first human I had seen for 2 days. We talked about where I was going next which he described as 'The bad lands'. I was full of forboding. My route down from Llyn Du was over broken rock and grass which took me to 'The Roman Steps'. A popular route clearly not built by Romans. Initially walking was quite hard underfoot over large haphazard stones. Further North West stones were laid neatly to be actual steps, this went on for a great distance.

I met at least half a dozen parties along the Roman steps - a couple of dozen people. Quite a contrast to the previous 2 days on my own.Read more