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Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby April 22nd 2023

After breaking camp from our riverside site, we headed uphill for breakfast. Breakfast at Keld Green Cafe was a very sociable affair. Quinn, one of the owners set the smart speaker on Christy Moore. A pleasant surprise. As we ate there was a lovely conversation too. I think we were both equally reluctant to move on, but we both knew we had to. Big Cheerios from Quinn and Sall. It was 1045! If you're ever in Keld, it's definitely the spot for tea. The first half of the day we walked along the river bank. I was delighted to get a brief view of a pied flycatcher. Now a tick for me, but lovely to see. The village of Gunnersdale was bedecked in bunting fit for a coronation. A large union jack with a portrait of ... read more
Traditional stone barn
Goosander
"Muker"

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby June 6th 2022

Well, the BnB room was definitely a good shout, as it certainly poured it down last night with strong winds. Checking out other walkers that turned up, all wet, with their tents being blown about, we felt quietly smug about our decision; and not too guilty as there was still one room left when we arrived (which we later overheard another couple took over camping too!) There was a big group of hikers though, who had no other choice, but used the warmth and electricity of the pub well, sharing their stories whilst eating the delicious food; turns out they were all solo hikers but have been roughly the same pacing and timing as each other since Ennerdale near the start. Still windy and foggy this morning, we set off just after this larger group, following ... read more
Moors
Village gardens
Old railway

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby June 5th 2022

Waking to a dead bird outside our tent (paul made friends with the farms cat last night so I guess it was it’s gift to him) gave an eerie start to the day, which was emphasised with the grey mist and strong winds. However, despite the weather remaining dull and hazy all day (at least it wasn’t raining!) the trail continued along well paved and signed paths, meandering up and down and over the North York Moors. There was a little bit of rock climbing up to the highest point of today, as well as randomly treading along a sandy path for a short while, and we got to see several grouse as well as other birds and moorland plants. Not seeing any obviously long distance walkers again, we saw few people at all today, just ... read more
Rocky top
More rocky steps down
Sandy dirt path bypassing moorland bog

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby June 4th 2022

With Osmotherly providing a chilled rest day, having a pleasant plod round the reservoir and enjoying a delicious coffee and cake in the cafe, we saw plenty of jubilee bunting and had a personal tour of the community jubilee display in the church but there was no other real events occurring. The main campsite was rammed with families too but again, the village centre and pubs were pretty quiet. And, unfortunately, the famous, award winning chippy cooks everything in beef drippings! It meant we spent more on a pub meal instead (The Three Tuns), but this was a blessing in disguise as it was really good food; and the puddings were tastey too…well it was Paul’s birthday! Anyways, setting off this morning, we started with some climbing to rejoin the C2C trail, which actually simply follows ... read more
Wooded climbs
Views of farmer fields, towns & the sea way in the distance
Royal Mail

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby June 2nd 2022

What’s that? A warming, golden light heating our green canopy up, whilst birds sing and sheep snort munching on grass…what a lovely morning! Soon followed with friendly good mornings and the quickest breaky (use of kettle in their camping kitchen) and it felt almost sad to not spend another night here: Church Holne Campsite in Danby Wiske is definitely the best campsite on the coast to coast trail. Word of mouth spreads well here too as there was a Danish guy, walking it the other way, (weird right?) who had been recommended to stop here. Moody German girl was here too, but after a couple of attempts she warmed up a little to us (yet we always see her talking away to others!?), which was good seeing as we kept bumping into each-other on todays walk. ... read more
Path through the bush
Not sure they like public footpaths?!
Attacked by cows

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby June 1st 2022

After an enjoyable rest day in Richmond (yes-we enjoyed top gun!) we were off again; a 23km today but pretty flat at only 220elevation. Feeling semi-refreshed (Paul’s toe felt better but still a little red and felt a bit snotty) we were good to go but, after the supply top up, the bags felt very heavy! Maybe they’ll quickly feel lighter as we get back into the walking…maybe…hopefully. Initially walking next to road (a busy one) and then pass a sticky sewers works, it wasn’t the nicest start. And whilst walking by the river and through farmers fields was pretty enough, and the church at Bolton-on-swale was a welcomed honesty snack stop (with memorial to a 165 year old buried there!) , the trail continued to use parts of roads pretty frequently and the flat landscape ... read more
Long crops
Died at 165yo!
Yellow canopy

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Danby October 9th 2017

Well it has to be said that the town of Richmond was a pure delight, we visited an excellent chocolatiers called Mocha had a walk around the town then retired to the pub we were staying in for an afternoon of relaxed drinking and chit chat. A guy Pete had climbed Kilimanjaro with called Ken Topham had driven up from Saddleworth to have a catch up with the hubster, he seemed like a nice guy with a lot of patience; possibly how he managed to survive sharing a tent with Pete for so long!! Waking up the next day I was starting to feel really good and ready for the hike ahead, we had 14.5 miles to cover across flat and downhill farmland which was again another dramatic change from the rolling hills and dry stone ... read more
The chocolatiers of Richmond - Awesome!!
Looking back at Richmond on our trek out.
Looking back at Richmond castle on our trek out.




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