Day - 10 St Giles - Ingleby GPS 155 miles

This morning we left St.Giles farm where Jane and Simon, the hosts donated to our charity, also Dee and Kathryn a couple who we had bumped into a few times donated, soon we visited the church at Bolton on Swale where there is a monument to Henry Jenkins, a local man who lived an unremarkable life except for its length, he claimed he was 169 when he died,

Inside the church is a beautful plaque in memory of Henry Jenkins

This morning was probably the worst section of the coast to coast walk , with long stretches of road walking and many paths through fields of barley and wheat. Kirsty keeps our spirits high and  amuses us with her constant singing of tunes where she changes the words to connect with the current scenery or situation.

As we headed into Danby Wiske we all felt hungry so stopped at the pub and had a drink on the green while drinking a beer from the white swan.

The rest of the afternoon was more and more farms. More fields of wheat

Fields of barley.

and harvested fields

It was broken up by the odd interesting spot, like this tree house.

Field walking is fine but after a whie it gets a bit tedious and with little options to rest and nowhere to stop for refreshment you can understand why this section of the coast to coast is considered the worst day. 

But we still seem to enjoy it.

To cap it off just before Ingleby we came to what must be the most dangerous part of the whole walk- the A19. Thousands of people a year are now attempting to do the whole coast to coast, and yet there's been no effort whatsoever to make the crossing of the busy main road safer and less of a gamble on your life. The road is a dual carriageway but the traffic moves at the same speed as on a motorway, with the consequent total lack of regard of anyone trying to cross by foot. So doing our best to emulate Usain Bolt we tried to judge the traffic speed and legged it which is not easy when your legs feel like lead from the days walk. Kirsty looked more like Jake the peg, with her bad leg, than Usain bolt, but we made it.

We booked into our B&B and walked for a further 10 minutes to the Blue Bell for our evening meal.

 Here we had another good night meeting up with the fantastic couple Andy and Janine. We have been crossing paths often with Andy and Janine during the walk and they are a great couple who are fab company. 

One of the fantastic things about this walk is the friendshiips you seem to build with total strangers who now seem like an extended family.

Jane and Kirsty have again battled the pain barriers and managed to keep very positive, with plenty of pain killers and the advice given on the blog they will soldier on.

Well it has been a long day and is getting late so I must get to bed.

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