Recovering

Last night we spent the night In a B&B that reminded me of my grandmothers house, lots of angels and teddy bears etc. I counted 45 angels hanging from the beams in her living room and more angels along the stair rail. In the bathroom I saw my first lilac tub, sink, and toilet. Ann was a good hearted woman who has helped many weary hikers over the years. While we were at Four Bell View Cottage Ann rang up the Sherpa people and reserved a seat for us on the luggage van today. My screaming calves were very grateful. 

Our van arrived at nine and as we rode along John our driver pointed out the path we should have taken and we were happy to be with the luggage.

We arrived at Dromonby Farm on the outskirts of Great Broughton. It is a beautiful Victorian home run by an old hippie named Dave who has bent over backwards to make us feel comfortable. Before lunch he drove us to Stokesley where we spent a few hours. I was able to get more cream for my stinging nettles  rash and we sat down for the first real lunch we have had in over a week.

Dave picked up us at two and we returned to our B&B and were soon joined by speedy walkers and our new angels Jason and Nicola. These are the two people we first met and ID as tennis pro and stunt woman, they now have names! They have replaced Ralf and Sonja, the German couple who saved us daily during the first week. It was Jason who scratched "no Sue" into the gravel yesterday!

Dave ushered us all to the local pub where we had the worst food of the trip. I ordered Chicken Parm and was served a fried chicken patty with melted cheese, no tomato sauce to be found! Yuck!

We are now back and getting prepped to get back on the trail tomorrow. The prepping involves bathing our bodies in Bio-freeze and taking ibuprofen! We calculated today that we have about 40 miles to go in three days. We think we have already walked 132 miles! Everyone has told us that tomorrow will be an easy walk but we no longer believe anyone because we now know that they all lie and we are pretty sure that English miles are longer than American Miles!