Bogs fallen into: 0
Times fallen over: Susan 1, Andy 1
Blisters: Susan 0, Andy 2
Andy had driven up for a few days this morning so I had to run down to Malham village at 5.45 am to direct him into the campsite. We’ve booked a cottage for a couple of days so the tent was coming down today until Tuesday – I shall miss my little cocoon, but am looking forward to shower and toilet facilities that don’t involve head torches and getting dressed to use them!
As we have the luxury of two vehicles and no need to take public transport for a couple of days, we hurtled around the Yorkshire countryside dropping off cars and having breakfast and finally started walking at 10.30 am.
Today can only be described as a knee crunching slog – Andy got blisters within a couple of miles and, because they were hurting so much, he never wanted to stay still for very long, but wanted to march on. I’m not used to walking at this pace so found it quite a struggle.
The entire path was on tracks today until the very end when we were back on field paths, and very boggy they were too. (This was where Andy did his “para roll” manoeuvre after slipping in a cowpat! I earlier managed to fall over on a downhill track and did such a graceful move that Andy heard me yelp and looked back to find me just sitting there. No forward rolling or arse up in the air for me – I’m much more ladylike!)
Because Andy was on a mission to get the day over and done with, I had to employ all sorts of diversionary tactics to slow the pace down – drinking loads of water, snacking, taking photos, etc. The scenery was very bleak and remote today – I’ve always said I could live in the middle of nowhere but today was too much, even for me. In fact, the only change in scenery all day – until we arrived in Hawes – was the Ribblehead viaduct.
So a very quick fifteen miles today – but I’m glad to be having a couple of days off.
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