Coast to Coast 1991

Today is going to be a long day, being a 26 mile trek to Danby Wiske. I had my breakfast and what a breakfast, 2 tiny sausages, poached egg and fried tomatoes. I set for Marrick Priory which is an outbound centre, then along a lane to pass Marrick itself. I enjoyed this part of the Coast to Coast because of the lovely field walking and made a change from the fells in the early parts.

I reached Marske and stopped for a while, had a cup of tea, with the money going towards the church fund. I pushed to Applegarth Scar and onto a good track to pass by East Applegarth, then a lovely walk through Whitecliffe Wood. I got to Richmond by mid-noon, stopped for a short while and carried onto the River Swale. I reached Richmond Bridge, then along river path to the A6136 road.

I passed Hagg Farm, then to Colburn village. The weather is getting very hot, lucky for me, I had 4 cans of John Smith’s in the ruck sac. I stopped here for a short while and carried onto Catterick Bridge and crossed the busy road to a stile by the bridge to follow the River Swale again. I reached the gravel works of Tancred and up a flight of steps to the road, a short walk and onto Flat Lane to Bolton on Swale.

The weather was really hot and felt like I was burning up and decided cover up the legs, arms and head in case of sunburn. I walked along a field path to a old rickety bridge which the Bolton Beck trickled through. I did think of camping at Layland’s Farm and that would of added an extra 5.5 miles for tomorrows walk to Swainby, Danby Wiske it was. The sun was blazing down and was hot going, I continued onto the Streetlam and down the quite lanes to reach Danby Wiske. The pub was open and asked Bob Watson about the campsite and he directed me to a rather rough field at the back, with chickens and a couple of sheep for company.

I got the Jet-packer up and straight into the pub for a few beers, very welcoming. Afterwards I had a very good bar meal and booked a breakfast for tomorrow. I was pleased that camping was free and the breakfast was only £3.

 

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