Orton is a good stopping place for those who want to follow the long, hard day from Patterdale to Shap with a short, easy one. If you walk from Shap to Kirkby Stephen in one day (20 miles) you will probably have to miss Orton out altogether, which is a pity as it is one of the prettiest villages on the whole Coast to Coast route, pleasantly located at the base of a limestone escarpment.