We had a good night last night with some great company, we have bumped into Steve, Joe and Laurie a few times as they are coast 2 coasting a similar schedule to us and last night we were the last to leave the bar, also talked with a great couple, Bill and Denise who have made a donation to our chariity.
This walk so far has been all highs but first thing today was a bit of a low. Kirsty had jarred her knee on a step (not on the walk but just in the village-typical!) and was quite upset as she was really struggling down any type of hill. But Kirsty is a warrior and will soldier on regardless, we might walk slower but we will get there. Fortunately we have a fairly easy terrain today.
The beggining of the walk we saw many waterfalls.
And as we climb slightly we cast our eyes on the valleys with the masses of dry stone walls and neat hay barns.
We found an abandoned tractor that must have been there a hundred years.
Ivelet display
So glad we didn't have to walk through his field. The final section of todays walk, along the river Swale on to Reeth, led us past the new swingbridge rebuild after the floods of 2000.
We arrived in Reeth, an archetypal Yorkshire dales village flanked to the North and South by valleys and ringed by dry-stone walls. At it's heart lies a village green surrounded on all sides by gift shops, pubs and tea rooms. Where tonights meal was at the Black Bull and we bumped in to Joe, Steve and Laurie again and also a great couple Andy and Janine who again we have talked to several times, they are always smiling as long as Andy doesn't miss his tea break.
The closest I have been to transport for 8 days.
Soon the weather improved and we managed to stay dry for the rest of the day and finished in sun, This walk was at a leisurely pace and due to the shorter nature of this leg we decided to take a detour off the path to the village of Muker, this village is a joy to see. It is a very pleasant little place and one of James Herriot's favourites.
Muker Church
Our route now follows the river and passes through some lovely villages many still having the bunting left up from the Tour de France, as it passed through a few weeks ago.We ate lunch by the river 
And as we reach the track that took us towards the hamlets of Blades, Kearton and Healaugh we still had great views and now the sun was out.
Soon we were climbing again and we had great views of Swaledale from open moorland.
We then followed the road for a short while passing this bad boy in a field.
A great days walk and hoping the body parts hold out tommorrow.
So proud of Jane and Kirsty battling sore knees and feet all for Cancer research so Please keep the comments and donations coming it is most apreciated.
Hi all, Andy busy making a comment with me telling him when he mis spells or makes a mistake, got fed up so got my own laptop and starting reading your blog before he got onto it, Yea. sounds my kind of walk today, sorry about the knee K, well over half way now so as they say its all downhill now, but in this case Im certainly sure its not the case. lovely photos again Steve.Have a good day tomorrow. Maggie
ReplyDeleteI've left afew messages on yesturdays blog page, but will add that it's great to see and read your days cappers! Glad to hear that you finished in dry sunny weather. It's lovely up there. So enjoy.
ReplyDeleteRemember ice packs whenever, did you manage to get any Biofreeze? It really does help.
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Would certainly forget about the knee injury if that bull was following me.. Well done to the girls for braving their Injuries. Different views from the past few days but they are still spectacular. Nice to see the support and friendships you have made on this trip. Good luck, counting down the miles now.
ReplyDeleteAs Andy just pointed out Steve, Jane took a few of the photos, so well done Jane. Sorry !!!!!!! Maggie Andy says to tell you that the weather for tomorrow is very good, plenty of sun, so don't forget the sunblock
ReplyDeleteLove reading the blog and looking at the lovely photos ... well done all ... cant wait to read tomorrow nites blog ... Wendy T x
ReplyDeleteSteve, Jane, Kirsty, thoroughly enjoying following your daily blog. Keep up the good work :-)
ReplyDeletepoor kirst well done for battling on,hope your not in to much pain.lovely photos steve,dont like the look of that bull lol keep going all love and very proud of you.Lyn xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you again for your comments. The Girls are so brave and really hope three days of 20 miles out the last 4 doesn't take too much toll on them.
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