Sunday 8 August 2010

Coast to Coast Pt.11 27/9/2000



Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top, 12 miles.

We watched more of the Sydney Olympics over breakfast with Andy and an Australian couple. Their countrymen were winning everything which they modestly alluded to but they were a pleasant couple and fine company.

We got away smartly and enjoyed one of the best walking days of the entire trip. Good weather, fine views and relatively easy walking over the undulating tops of the North York Moors.

We took a wrong turn early on, our first unintended deviation of the entire trip and just where the patch enters Clain Wood, easily corrected though.



We dropped into the Lord Stones cafe but everything seemed very new inside (don't recall tables outside) and our dirty boots didn't seem welcome, we had some lunch there and carried on.

The Wainstones make for a good rest stop, again the views were great, the weather calm if a bit overcast.

We quickly found ourselves at Clay Bank Top and walked along and down to Maltkiln House, our overnight stop. Wendy and Gerry made us very welcome, we were sleeping in the loft area of the lovely house. They told us their son had recently walked the C2C which explained the long strip map - he'd photocopied and stuck 1/25000 maps of the route together into one (long) length which stretched up the stairs and beyond. Seeing the walk like this was quite an eye opener and made us quite proud of ourselves.

We were joined by Andy the Journo and the fine Aussie pair for a great evening meal, swapping stories and sampling the local ales, what better day could you ask for.

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