Day 11
Keld Lodge is remote far up in the Yorkshire Dales at the confluence of The Coast to Coast route and The Penine Way. The next stop was Reeth a picturesque little town which originally served the lead mining industry,when this closed down Reeth reinvented itself as a tourist centre. I took the local bus and found our new digs at about noon The Kings Arms . That evening we met up with our fellow walkers,The Americans,The 6 Aussies,a lone Dutch lady,a teachers assistant from Leeds,the Kiwi and Brian the Londoner. We had a great evening making far too much noise with much laughter and excellent food.
I must say I don't think anyone loses weight on the C2C huge breakfasts of egg,bacon,sausage,tomato ,black pudding,fried bread are the order of the day. Lunch is generally a sandwich,and then a fairly generous dinner washed down with pints of beer and red wine.....a little different to The Camino which is a lighter breakfast ie a croissant and a coffee, a light lunch and then a cheapo pilgrim dinner with a carafe of local wine. The next day which was the 20th August I braved the elements and set out with Barry,it was meant to be a shortish (17k) walk on flat terrain and this proved the case. On the way we met a sheep dog that had lost its way but luckily a Dutch couple who are doing the walk with their own dog managed to persuade the stray to follow them and safely delivered it to a local sheep farmer,some of these sheep dogs are worth a couple of thousand pounds and we reckon this one must have fallen off the back of a farmers ute.
We arrived in Richmond in mid afternoon and retired to our B&B which is located in the unlikely street of Maison Dieu. Apparently so named because the French had settled the town in the 11th century.Richmond still has a very spacious cobbled town square which gives the place an airy feel high on the hillside and dominated by the remains of its Norman castle. We have a rest day today.
We met Barry's uncle Ray who lives up the road for lunch where we went to a Community Pub it is the only one in Yorkshire it is owned by the villagers who bought it when it was going to be shut down the beer (strangely called "Leg Over") was quite delicious. The place we are staying is terrific and the lady owner most welcoming and cheerful.
Keld Lodge is remote far up in the Yorkshire Dales at the confluence of The Coast to Coast route and The Penine Way. The next stop was Reeth a picturesque little town which originally served the lead mining industry,when this closed down Reeth reinvented itself as a tourist centre. I took the local bus and found our new digs at about noon The Kings Arms . That evening we met up with our fellow walkers,The Americans,The 6 Aussies,a lone Dutch lady,a teachers assistant from Leeds,the Kiwi and Brian the Londoner. We had a great evening making far too much noise with much laughter and excellent food.
I must say I don't think anyone loses weight on the C2C huge breakfasts of egg,bacon,sausage,tomato ,black pudding,fried bread are the order of the day. Lunch is generally a sandwich,and then a fairly generous dinner washed down with pints of beer and red wine.....a little different to The Camino which is a lighter breakfast ie a croissant and a coffee, a light lunch and then a cheapo pilgrim dinner with a carafe of local wine. The next day which was the 20th August I braved the elements and set out with Barry,it was meant to be a shortish (17k) walk on flat terrain and this proved the case. On the way we met a sheep dog that had lost its way but luckily a Dutch couple who are doing the walk with their own dog managed to persuade the stray to follow them and safely delivered it to a local sheep farmer,some of these sheep dogs are worth a couple of thousand pounds and we reckon this one must have fallen off the back of a farmers ute.
We arrived in Richmond in mid afternoon and retired to our B&B which is located in the unlikely street of Maison Dieu. Apparently so named because the French had settled the town in the 11th century.Richmond still has a very spacious cobbled town square which gives the place an airy feel high on the hillside and dominated by the remains of its Norman castle. We have a rest day today.
We met Barry's uncle Ray who lives up the road for lunch where we went to a Community Pub it is the only one in Yorkshire it is owned by the villagers who bought it when it was going to be shut down the beer (strangely called "Leg Over") was quite delicious. The place we are staying is terrific and the lady owner most welcoming and cheerful.
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Poor sheepdog :(. He must have got stuck in the mud.
Poor sheepdog :(. He must have got stuck in the mud.
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