Day 9: Danby Wiske to Green Bank

After waking up in the over-insulated shed we decided to get an early start, despite being offered a cuppa by our hosts (I suspect because we owed them extra for the so-called upgrade...)
We just wanted to get out of there and on our way.

Today was muchly better.  In fact it probably is the top contender for best day overall.

Started off a bit murky but the sun (yes I actually said sun) soon cleared that and we enjoyed some relatively easy going through woodland and up onto moors.

The images show our lunch stop for the day - the only time we've actually been able to sit and enjoy the view without getting soaked or freezing our bits off!

With Bev having missed her morning cuppa she was a bit of a bear with a sore head, so I'd promised her a coffee at Lord Stones Cafe while we waited for our lift.

Would have been pretty idyllic except it's currently shut for renovation with no sign of it opening anytime soon.  Boy was I in the bad books...

We nearly got ourselves involved in our second rescue of the trip as mountain rescue roared to a halt beside us, cropped the lock and went in search of an injured biker. Must have been a bad one as 5 vehicles turned out including 2 ambulances...

We called our b&b for the night and waited for the lovely Sue to collect us. After the debacle of Danby Wiske, Sue from the Four Wynds b&b couldn't have been more accommodating.  Not only did she collect us, make us tea and coffee (with homemade flapjack! ), put 2 deckchairs out so we could sit in the sun, she also drove us to the pub to eat, collected us and dropped us back on track the next morning following a fab brekkie.

And Jess the beautiful old collie insisted we play with her in the garden - Ruby mk2!