I didn’t feel like a cold breakfast this morning. I woke about 6am and was off by 7 am. I headed south following bridle paths on the edge of and through forests. In parts it was very overgrown and hard going. When I reached Pocklington I could have continued along the bridle path but decided to take the road heading E, then SE and then SW before joining the track again. This track is Route 10 for mountain bikes. I followed the track to a war memorial at a cross roads and then took another bridle path, St. Oswald’s Way, to a farm called ‘Click’em in’ where I took the road to Great Whittington. Following the path from here to Halton Shields was tricky due to new housing but I eventually got to the camp site at Well House Farm. Since the ‘medium’ breakfast the day before I had survived on nuts and chocolate. I made up for it in the Robin Hood Pub. I had walked for about 8 ½ hours and it was great to have a shower especially after the wild camp.
To morrow I am still heading to Rowland’s Gill but will modify the route to make it more direct rather than the scenic route via the River Tyne.
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