fantastic days walking

after the mundane trials of the vale of York on Thursday yesterday was just fantastic despite meeting up with Pete W who kindly brought rain with him. Despite having to don the waterproof on a couple of occasions I still managed to get sunburn calfs ! After leaving Richmond we were rapidly into the joys of Swaledale and it was an absolute joy , also good to be walking and talking with somebody else after six days of solitary musings +marine having to suffer me alone for all that time?

evenings events
After discovering another landmark this one dating back to 1680, see history too, and called the Black Bull Pete caught the bus back to Richmond despite there being some debate amongst the locals as to whether the driver would be early or stop as it was friday! After getting to the campsite and being given a complimentary deckchair from the campsite owner I met up with john from reading. He has endured terrible weather walking the other way and his boots leak if the is dew in the next county. We returned to the landmark solely to try and dry said boots in front of the fire. Eventually as the smell of burning rubber filled the pub the landlady took pity and offered to dry the overnight for him. To repay this gesture of kindness we felt obliged to have another beer or two. Such are the trials and tribulations of the c2c .