Back on the bus to Grasmere

Thirlmere, Lake District Since the storm destroyed the A591, there has been no direct road between north and south

I board the 28-seater shuttle bus to Grasmere armed with trekking pole. Kids in the priority seats give the thumbs-up as I say: "Stay put. I'm not really disabled." Though still recovering from a three-year-old hip revision procedure I can't officially be so classified as I can still walk unaided. We climb Chestnut Hill above Keswick, every seat taken, everyone agog (folk feel like explorers).

Since early December, when storm Desmond destroyed the A591 with landslides and floods, there has been no direct road between north and south. Now Stagecoach is once more running its 555 service to Grasmere, linking with double-deckers to Lancaster, with a new temporary route in place along this key Lakeland artery.

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