Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Andy's C2C pix

The start of it all...St Bees on the Oirish Sea

Day 1 - Saint Marjorie in Moor Row

Day 1 - C2C sign...only 192 miles to go

Day 1 - Low Cock How Farm, near Ennerdale Bridge

Low Cock How Farm breckie...fuel for Day 2


Day 2 stretches at Ennerdale Bridge

Ennerdale Water...very moody


Well earned ale at the end of Day 2 in The Yew Tree, Seatoller

Tired boots after only 2 days

Appropriate selection of ales at The Yew Tree, Seatoller

A prophetic forecast at Glara Mara for day 3

The long haul up Greenup Gill in the glorious Langstrath Valley

A somewhat phallic breckie

Hawes Water after fighting our way over Kidsty Pike in dire conditions

Angry Lakeland water feeding down into Hawes Water

Enticing refreshments at Scar Side Farm...sadly ignored

Day 6 - the delightfully timeless Smardale Valley

Smardale Bridge

Smardale Valley looking back to the old viaduct

Day 7 - sheep fold lunch by Whitsundale Beck

A spot of moorland bog-hopping 

Ravenseat Farm - closed for lambing, would you believe!

The sun always shines in Swaledale, right?

Butt House, Keld...a fantastic resting place after day 7

A refuge in the storm...the pub in Muker, Swaledale

Picnic stop approaching Richmond

Carol & Steve approaching Richmond

Simon enjoys an elusive flat white in Richmond on The Big Day Off

Gill enjoys an easily found hot choc in Richmond

Gill embraces the charmingly named Danby Wiske

Appropriate ale in The White Swan, Danby Wiske

Simon & Gill ready to pop up on to the North York Moors

Gill & Simon remember the words to Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west (don't ask)

Coming down off Hasty Bank

'twixt Hasty Bank & Clay Bank Top

A light breckie at Malt Kiln House, Urra

The perfect sausage butty at Malt Kiln House

Every home should have this book

The old & beautiful Malt Kiln House, Urra

Jerry, Wendy & Andorra...perfect hosts at Malt Kiln House


Another breckie...at Red House Farm, Glaisdale

Qualification needed for Red House Farm. We got in. 

Heading to Egton Bridge from Glaisdale

The old toll sign near Egton Bridge

Gill's hip flask makes a welcome appearance on the way to Littlebeck 

The ford in Littlebeck

The bouldered hermitage - dated 1790 - in Littlebeck Wood

Afternoon tea at Foss Falls Tearoom...heaven on a plate

River-hopping after Foss Falls

Robin Hoods Bay on the North Sea...we done it

My boulder - and Simon's & Gill's pebbles - lugged all the way from St Bees

3 well-worn boots

Simon dips his boot in the North Sea....tentatively

No caption needed

Actually, I made it 193.1