And then we were 3 (again)
16.5 miles across the Mowbray Plain at an overall average of 2.5 mph and a moving average close to 3 mph.
Unless you like walking through fields
and fields of barley on an otherwise featureless plain then today would not be a high spot on your trip. Except for (what we thought) the impressive hike stats it was not a high spot for us.
Colin, back in good health, joined us today and we were ready to get our taxi back to last night’s finish at 8.30 a.m.
Soon after the start we paid a visit to the grave of Henry Jenkins I at Bolton on Swale churchyard, who reputedly lived to 169, the monument erected in 1743 apparently ran out of contributions.
Then it was 8 miles of farmland byways with the only highlight the possibility of 3 lots of bull in one field.
Danby Wiske was our halfway point and we had intended to have a shandy at the White Swan but it had been taken over by a wedding party. Still the sign showing only 60 miles to go was encouraging.
A couple of days ago we had a plethora of stile styles, today we had a hedge passage from one field to the next which was an adventure all on its own.
I was getting a bit tired and thought I might hail the next train but the others dissuaded me
And at 3.30 we made a mad dash over the busy A19 and arrived at Ingleby tired but looking forward to tomorrow’s day in the Cleveland Hills
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