Carol and I made our way to Ingleby Cross just to check the pick up point for later - the pub! Carol decided that she needed the loo at this point and went to what she thought were the loos at the back of the pub. On her way out of the loo she realised that actually they were chalets where people stayed - someone had left the door open and there was cups on the side; - Carol made a hasty retreat!
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| Ingleby Cross (you can see the buildings behind that looked like public toilets!) |
We carried on to Great Broughton on the edge of the North York moors, and our new house - a huge manor house! Talk about a different house from the last two. It was built in about 1900 and has back stairs with servants bells and a fantastic kitchen; dining room; lounge; play room etc. etc.
It took us a while to find our way round, but we sorted out who was to sleep in which bedroom and waited for Sainsburys to arrive. We started to cook the dinner and went off to collect everyone at 4 o'clock - of course they were in the pub, so we joined them.
The walkers had a mostly dry day with a few showers and enjoyed a good lunch spot, except that Alan realised he had put salt in his flask of coffee instead of sugar! The walk was fairly flat for a change, and just meandered through fields, farm land and country lanes.
When we got the walkers back to the house, we had to give them a guided tour so they could find their way around! So a welcome bath for some (there were no baths at the last house) or shower for others awaited. After dinner we watched our usual Julia Bradley DVD episode of her walk of the 'coast to coast' so that everyone knew what was to come the following day - back to some hills:)
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