In reply to Sean Kelly:
In 1981 I was doing my O levels, my 2 mates had finished theirs but I had one exam left. We were backpacking the Lakes and had walked it flat over the previous 8 or 9 days. The deal was that we would all head home in time for me to do my last exam. The morning came in the campsite at Glenridding, it was absolutely hammering down and everyone told me where to go...!! I walked alone from Glenridding up the pass with no food, no money and an empty belly. At the inn a bloke in a pickup offered me a lift to Windermere station and bought me some chips before he dropped me off.....I'll never forget him....brings a tear to my eye every time I remember it!