As we left our wonderful B&B this morning, I knew our journey was drawing to a close. Yet even though our goal of Robin Hoods Bay lay only miles to our east, Wainwright had an eleven mile journey planned for … Read More
Our last few days on the trail have been quick and gorgeous. Days with late breakfasts and early arrivals and still I neglected to write anything about yesterday’s adventures. They were noteworthy, but finally sinking my teeth into George R. … Read More
I was planning on saving this post until the trip was over and could more meticulously photograph the gear that I’ve been using, but we’ve got killer wifi tonight and some time to spare so I figured I would do … Read More
Our accommodations in Great Broughton were quite different than what we had grown accustomed to thus far. In place of the small, cozy B&B experience of Kirkby Stephens or St. Bees, we were met with a very familiar, seemingly corporate … Read More
Today, we hiked in a cloud. We rose out of Osmotherley, where we enjoyed our best trail dinner thus far, and rejoined the Coast to Coast as it entered into the North Yorkshire Moors. From then on out, fog surrounded … Read More
There are sections of road in Nebraska or Oklahoma where the uniformity of your surroundings lend themselves to the mindset that you aren’t really even moving at all, even when you are speeding along at 70+ mph. This section of … Read More
Every guidebook warns of the section from Richmond to Danby Wiske. On it, you will face roads, flatness, and more roads for the better part of 15 miles. It is clear that the rights of way that Wainwright uses so … Read More
So far on this trip, we have had two rest days: one in Grasmere and one in Keld. On both, we have managed to clock in 13-15 miles. Rest days indeed… Richmond was our last shot at a true rest … Read More
On Thursday, we awoke to a somewhat awkward communal breakfast at our B&B. We huddled at one end of the table, while a rather nosy and talkative Coast to Coaster kept attempting to fill the silence from the far end … Read More