It rained for most of the first half of day two and when it wasn't raining, it was chucking hail down! It eased up after lunch and stayed fine for most of the rest of the day. The rain, of course, makes for lots of mud - which I'm used to from all that training (and at least there isn't cow and horse poo all over the place up here), but when I fell off the steps cut into a dry stone wall, I got rather too up close and personal with the Yorkshire variety of liquid earth! I was covered head to foot but fortunately only wrenched my shoulder because I couldn't stop the weight of my pack pushing me downwards. Luckily I had my compact and lippy handy to repair the damage and we were soon (nervously) on our way.
We stopped for lunch in Grassington and it has to be said that these Yorkshire folk sure know how to run a tea shop. Our cuppa and teacake turned into hot chocolate with whipped cream, toasted cheese sandwich and a bowl of chips!
He Who Should Be Tucked Up In Bed With A Hot Water Bottle and Lemsip is poorly. He has man 'flu so we are both suffering..............! For three quarters of yesterday he also had a dodgy stomach which I blame on the copious amounts of local brew he sampled the night before.
Today we have about 12/13 miles to go but I'm told it's all flat - strange because as far as I can see, Yorkshire doesn't do flat.
Best bit of yesterday - lambs that had just discovered their legs are springy!
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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NOT FIT TO BE LET LOOSE!!! See you at High Barn, on Friday, bruised and battered. It's all down hill to Windermere, after lunch tomorrow (Wednesday)! You will be doing OK, it's all in the mind, and it's shopping day on Thursday, which is an added incentive.
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