Thanks for that, I've just ordered the book as a result. It looks really good, I've not read your full account yet but will get around to to it shortly. I did what I describe as the the Lakeland Triangle. it's a joining together of three old routes, one or two of which the guidebooks are hard to come by today.
Furness Way - Arnside to Ravenglass, Cumberland Way - Ravenglass to Appleby and Westmorland Way - Appleby to Arnside.a total of around 240 miles. I did it as three seperate walks but always had the intention of doing the full triangle in one go, in the reverse direction.