Da Boyz
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Day 5 - to Shap
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BIG day!
Stayed @ the Kings Arms - don't need to go far for food.
Bridges again... and Ruins of Shap Abbey.
41,324 steps
382 floors
Fog has lifted
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onwards...
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... to Shap
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Day 6 - to Kirkby Stephen via Orton
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Day 6 - to Kirkby Stephen
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Day 6... After taping up ankles & knees, covering blisters... left the Kings Arm Hotel and walked 34 km.
Past a 6000 year old stone circle, Robin Hood's grave (apparently), through the pretty townshipWeiterlesen
The day of the sock
2. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Day 7 - Not even halfway yet!
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Nine Standards Rigg
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Up to this point, all rivers have been running west to the Irish Sea - so we've been walking up stream.
From this point, all rivers will run east to the North Sea - so we'll be walking downstreamWeiterlesen
On top of another hill. Easy!
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Wait... What? We have to go where?!?
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Tough Mudder!
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Negotiating the peat bogs as we cross the Pennines, leaving Cumbria and heading to Yorkshire.
En route to Swalede (Keld)
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After successfully sorting out Ethan's heel & boot issue, we climbed out of Kirkby Stephen (about 500m ascent in short time), only to find the remaining downhill part of the day to be tougher, due toWeiterlesen
Day 7 - we stayed in a YURT!
3. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The shorter walk (only 20 km) was welcome today, particularly due to the fact that we had AWESOME accommodation in some Yurts by a waterfall... with fantastic hosts Ian & Michelle... and great food...Weiterlesen
Day 8 - made it to Reeth
4. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Woke to rain on the Yurt... sounded awesome.
Just wanted to stay in bed... because it was cosy, and the rain sounded awesome.
But we had to go,
so we left... in the rain
Walked all day... in theWeiterlesen
Day 9 - arrived at Richmond.
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The cross England pub crawl continues...
After walking 124 miles (200 km) in 9 days, we've made it to Richmond where a rest day awaits.
Top little town, this.
Had to have a Black Sheep tonight,Weiterlesen
Rawsons & Roberts do Richmond
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Day 11 - ingleby arncliffe
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Only 38 km today.
Left Richmond, followed the River Swale, picked our way through farms, passed Catterick Race Course, more farms, popped in to the 800 year old church at Bolton-on-Swale for tea andWeiterlesen
Day 12 - Great Broughton
8. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Great Walk today! Super scenic.
Views out to sea across patchwork fields.
We stayed @ Dromonby Bridge B&B with Dave, who is a cross between Neil Young and Neil from the 'Young Ones'... with a littleWeiterlesen
This way...
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Day 13 - to Glaisdale via Lion Inn
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Walked along Blakey Ridge (watching an aerobatics display along the way) to get to the Lion Inn - 4th highest pub in England, dating back nearly 500 years. You wouldn't get that from the outside, butWeiterlesen
Day 13 - Glaisdale
9. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
40,320 steps
153 floors
Day 14 - Robin Hood's Bay via Littlebeck
10. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Wetter than we wanted for the last day.
We set off past Begger's Bridge, and Egton Manor, then through Grosmont. On to Littlebeck, where we ate lunch... in the rain... and then through LittlebeckWeiterlesen
The Hermitage
10. Juli 2017 in England ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
This cave has been hewn out of a single rock around 1790 (inscribed above the doorway)
reputedly by a George Chubb whose initials are also carved above the door.





























































































































