Having heard the merger-group getting up and going around 5:30am (why?!) we slept on a little longer and got up & ready at a steady pace, setting off around 8:30 for our last leg of the Coast to Coast to walk; feeling excited and keen to finish but also a little sad and wanting to make it last. Starting with a riverside woodland walk, it didn’t take long before a steady climb began, and lead us gently and quietly to the Falling Foss waterfall, which was pretty. Unfortunately the tea room there (which looked lovely) didn’t open until 10, so we continued on, following the river again before another hill climb up to the moors. Bumped into two guys here, just starting their coast to coast adventure (doing it the wrong way round) and felt a
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