The weather conditions that caused the flooding in Cumbria, originated in Africa. The very humis air was blown up in a large arc up the Irish sea straight into Cumbria where it slowed down and became trapped by the Cumbrian Mountains. It was held there and dropped its load throughout 30 hours.
All of Cumbria is affected. Over 30 Bridges are closed througout, and six have collapsed, making travel extremely difficult. 20 boats sank on Lake Windermere as they were secured to permanent piers and rising water engulfed them as their tethers prevented them rising with it. The chief constable reported that the infrastructure has been severely affected and it could take be years before its back to normal.
As far as the C2C route is concerned, Ennerdale, Rostwaite, Grasmere have all flooded. Dont know but I expect Patterdale must have been and areas around Hawswater. Shap being higher should be okay.
All really bad news. No more just saying "Lets have a run up to the Lake District, where should we go"? For some time to come its going to be "Where CAN we go"?
Dave.