Curlews, Cricket and Choo choos
9.30 start and we wished the Lion goodbye and started down the road for a mile or so until we met Margery Bradley
Where we cut across the moor to rejoin the road and meet Fat Betty
In so doing missing out on meeting Old and Young Ralph (Don’t ask it’s a sordid story).
A bit more road walking brought us to the turn off to a shooters lodge Trough House –“not as big as mine” muttered Don as he inspected it.
The it was a longish undulating tramp across the moor above Great Fryup Dale, a lovely name but actually named for the Norse Goddess Freya. A few dead moor birds were seen, including curlews and marlins
And we scared up a few grouse.
We also met two guys doing E to W in 7 days (30 mi a day!). Guess who is the odd one out
Eventually out on another road and then the long descent off the moors (at last) down Glaister Rigg
To a lunch stop at Glaister
Where we met up with a group of lads doing coast to coast for charity – Cancer Research UK. They were taking 10 days – well done fellas
With only 4 miles to go I did my usual sprint to the finish, through the woods and down to Egton Bridge where I crossed the Ex on stepping stones, Colin did the more leisurely bridge crossing to give it his seal of approval and met up with Steve and Sandra who we had been meeting up with for the last few days
A final quick walk along the old toll road
A stop to watch the cricket on Grosmont village green
And arrival in Grosmont to watch the steam trains from the pub verandah.
Another great weather day. Cloudy, no rain not too hot.
14 miles today, it seems easy – must be getting fit. Last 15+ miles tomorrow but a nasty hill to start.
That's quite a slope on the cricket field. I wouldn't want to be bowling up the hill (or fielding in the valley).
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