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Published: October 13th 2017
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Last night I had stayed and eaten at my favourite pub in the entire country and possibly the world, this had been a real ‘look forward to’ moment for me; I just hoped the pub was still as great as I remembered as I had gone on about it to the rest of our group on more than 1 occasion!!
Luckily as soon as we arrived and had settled in I realised the pub was just as great as I remembered luckily the rest of my group especially the American contingent seemed to agree with me. The portion sizes were still huge though so quite a bit of food was left over at our evening meal, even Pete was turning down food and that hardly ever happens!!
The next day we stepped outside to be presented with nothing but moorland fog, visibility was quite poor but at least it wasn’t raining; the wind ensured we were all in jackets though even Pete!!
As we set off for our final destination of Grosmont some 12 miles away I was sad to be leaving the Lion Inn but happy that our trek was nearly complete; I’d had enough of living
out of a bag by now, one foot was heavily blistered on my heel and my knees were shot on any downhill stretches where the pressure was greatest. Despite all this I was so chuffed with what I had done so far and thought it had been a great experience, I know I’ll be sad and have tears when it comes time to say cheerio to my fellow group memebers!
We had easy going for the most part today across the remainder of the North York moors along decent paths and tracks and it wasn’t long before the fog started to lift presenting us with a strong sun and great day; the wind was strong but quite warm to the extent that we all needed to stop and shed as much clothing as possible without being arrested!!
After about 7 miles we dropped off the moors and went through the village Glaisdale which was a very steep downhill stretch that was really punishing my knees, as usual I was way back at the rear of the group with Pete occassionally dropping back to check on me then working his way forward again and so it went on. Pete’s
mother Judy was walking with me for almost all the time but occassionally would be ahead also.
Once we were at the foot of the village we entered the woods, the moors had quickly and distinctly ended and a very different wooded landscape now took over with a riverside path....although a steep climb on difficult muddy terrain ensure the river was eye wateringly far below with a sharp drop over the edge! Luckily Jess who had been walking in the Cairngorms quite a bit in her life was well acquainted with heights so despite her love of water stayed away from the drops.
We had a few longer stretches on the roadside today and eventually arrived in the village of Egton Bridge a beautiful small village and the Horeshoe pub where we will stay tonight. We carried on to Grosman another mile or so along the track of some posh estate so that we didn’t have to walk that stretch in the morning, reducing the mileage on the last day; then got the van back to our accommodation. I am totally exhausted in all honesty and if Pete tells me this is an ‘activity holiday’ 1 more time
I’m going to shove my walking poles somewhere painful upon his torso!! To be fair he’s been great on this trip so far especially in the early and most challenging days in the Lake District but I’m really looking forward to finishing tomorrow and having my end of Trek meal with my fellow group members; especially Nicola and Helen the Devon girls!
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