Day 10 Richmond to Danby Wiske

Finally, found a connection, as long as I sit on the floor in the hall!

Day 10 Richmond to Reeth 14 miles (137)

Glad to escape Richmond; a lovely place but cars, lorries, shops and people seem alien to this trek. We collectively managed to go wrong twice while we still within Richmond; due to not paying enough attention and being over confident. The walk was very gentle, about 14 miles over farmland, following the River Swale and along some lanes. Feet are collectively sore and we are getting weary now. It felt very much like walking at home! Farmers are now harvesting, as we have seen since Keld and it is easier to walk over the fields. 

We crossed under the A1, a hum that we heard long before we saw it, we passed Catterick racecourse, we negotiated a busy road A6??, we walked along by the Swale, we clambered over broken and wobbly stiles; all apart from the racecourse so familiar. Thankfully, we reached Danby Wiske and discovered that not only was there a pub but it was open and sold a good ale, being local CAMRA winners for 2012, so it would have been rude not to rest a while. 

Whilst there, the 3As joined us, so we had to have another pint to be sociable. We were unsure about what/where we would be eating as we were staying at a B&B and the pub wasn't serving food. Graham discovered that he was sleeping at the pub and someone was coming in to cook for him, whereas the 71 year old Denver couple were staying with us down the road.

We ventured along to our place, a whole two houses away, to be given meal choices. Clearly a village decision had been made about who was eating where tonight! 

The only negotiation left was who had to share with the insomniac member of the group!