Miles today: 18.85
Total mileage: 149.65
This morning we took one last look back at Richmond and were on our way to Danby Wiske.
This was to be a fairly easy day; long but flat. It was flat alright, but very, very long. Jim's and my Fitbits are in disagreement over how long it really was, but I'm sticking by mine. He says it was our second longest day, but just going by steps and disregarding the mileage it was my longest--a whopping 42,965 steps!
About noon we ran into the first of two diversions (detours).
The first was due to highway expansion and the second to avoid an active quarry. Both added distance to the day's walk.
We're still kind of following the River Swale and passed by the towns of Cattrick, Brompton-on-Swale and Bolton-on-Swale. It was here we stopped at a bench and had a snack. We then went by the church which has a memorial to Henry Jenkins who is purported to have lived to the ripe old age of 169. True or not, the town is very proud of it!
It was not the most picturesque day. We walked through many, many fields that looked like this.
We finally made it to town with barely enough strength to lift a pint of beer to our lips. We managed, though, and sat outside to enjoy the last of the beautiful sunshine.
We were staying at The White Swan and when we checked in, the owner told us to be sure to come down to the pub at 8 pm for Folk Night. What a nice surprise that was. A group of local musicians get together and jam. It was very informal, everyone just sitting around tables with guitars, harmonicas, banjos and sit-on drums. It was very entertaining as they sang everything from ballads, English folk songs, bluegrass and even some American country.
We've been constantly amazed at the variety of experiences we've had on this trip!
I hope you took time to read the gravestones as they often have wonderful poems on them! Beautiful pics again!
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