It was absolutely freezing first thing this morning. We wrapped up warm, just leaving part of our faces open to the elements.
Believe it or not, that's the sea in the distance!
Got any binoculars?
Met some new comrades today. Young, fit and spectacular soldier boys (we think). Was a bit slow with the camera. They are on their 8th day and will complete the C2C in 9 days, for goodness sake!!!!!!
Fit, feisty, and ready to go! Just need a quick breather! (and four walking poles)
We have decided that the North Yorkshire Moors have been our favourite part of the walk. We enjoyed the stunning scenery and fabulous tracks and way marking. Although very bleak, there is something enchanting about them.
We came down off the Moor and walked through Glaisdale, where we came across Beggars Bridge which is a 17th century bridge that has a romantic history!
On through the woods towards Egton.
We didn't see Bill and Ben, or the 3 Melbourne Stooges today as we were a couple of miles ahead of them and they never got a chance to catch us up. However, we did come across a group of Americans that we haven't seen since day 1. They have cheated their way across the country by skipping days when they fancy time off!!!! What's the point of flying 3000 miles to only complete 110+ miles of a challenge that is nearly twice that length!!!!!!! Lightweights!
As we left Egton and reached the outskirts of Grosmont, we found a bench by the river calling our names!!!!!
Grosmont runs a steam train, and we crossed over the tracks to take us out of the village.
Our Sherpas and Toby are going back to Grosmont tomorrow to go for a ride on the steam train.
We left Grosmont via a rather long and immensely steep hill that nearly killed us. However, half way up, soldier boy decided to march up behind us shouting "come on girls, keep going". Bastard!!! We were impressed by how fast we were going until that point, cause we hadn't stopped yet.
By the time we got up to Grosmont Moor, he was disappearing into the distance.
Looking forward to tomorrow and meeting up in Wainwrights Bar, with all the friends we've made over the last 15 days. In the words of Frank,
"And now, the end is near............."
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