Tuesday, July 22, 2008

C2C Day 9 - July 22 - Reeth to Richmond - 11 miles

Another fairly easy day today. Not as sunny as yesterday, but another beautiful day with no rain. Walked along the Swale valley for a bit and through the villages of Marrick and Marske as well as through Whitcliffe Wood. Today's scenery looked a lot like what we have in our native New Brunswick. We had dinner last night in Reeth with Rachel and David (father and daughter walkers who are great fun). We were sad to learn from them that our friend Shaun's knees gave out and he was forced to suspend his C2C walk. We know how disappointed he must have been.
We are now in the larger town of Richmond at the public library after visiting the Market Place, Richmond Castle and Georgian Theatre Royal. We will be in bed early tonight since we have a long day tomorrow - 23 miles. What a way to celebrate the day of our silver anniversary!

Note to Shaun: Sorry to hear the news. We had hoped that you had taken the valley route to Reeth instead of the high level. Looking forward to seeing you at the pub in High Hawsker on Saturday.