Day 16 Garrigill - Knaresdale 11 miles in 6 hours (including tea room break in Alston)
After the 'big one' yesterday I was delighted to hear that today is a short walk of 11 miles AND included the rare treat of a village pit stop. We left the Post Office and Anne's lovely hospitality, heading towards Slaggyford near Knaresdale. Scarred from the knee-high cow patty swamps to Malham, we were concerned about the amount of fields and farmland on this walk along the river Tyne. Fortunately it wasn't too bad despite the rain this morning, some splodging through mud but nothing compared to what we have been through.
Alston was about 4 miles into the walk and this lovely village sits on the River South Tyne. We stopped off at Blueberrys Teashop for a pot of tea and a scone before heading back to the Pennine Way. The literature and local advice told us to swap the Pennine Way for the South Tyne Trail which run parallel, however the South Tyne Trail runs on the old South Tyneside Railway built in 1840 to service the old lead mines. This was far more appealing and interesting than wading through 7 miles of boggy fields.
We reached the lovely B&B is great time, this is only the second time we have been in before 6pm so has been a real treat to take our time getting washed up, ready for tea and preparing for tomorrow. Unfortunately the bog monster is back tomorrow to Greenhead..getting pretty close to Scotland now!
Tea break..
Railway fun..
Day 16 done
Love it. Xx
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