DAY TEN – RICHMOND TO INGLEBY CROSS – 23 MILES
17 JUNE 2012
I had been dreading today’s walk, not because of the distance but because it was across flat farmland and involved a lot of road walking. It turned out to be a very long day, it took me ten hours to do the 23 miles, with a total of about 45 minutes rest. What made it worse was that the rain had made the farmland paths muddy and slippery and therefore very slow going.
As you may guess, I am really tired, so please forgive my blog being rather brief tonight. There isn’t really much to report anyway, unless you like looking at fields!
I’ll just give you a very brief summary of the highlights, such as they were. Now, don’t get too excited, remember its really just fields and fields…well, you’ll see.
Leaving Richmond
Rabbits outside Richmond.
A baby rabbit, aaah!
The path passes underneath the A1.
Catterick Bridge
Flowers along the bank of the River Swale.
The church at Bolton-on-Swale
The memorial of Henry Jenkins, who is reputed to have lived to be a 169! Buried in the graveyard.
Assorted fields
The hills in the background are the the North York Moors where I will be tomorrow.
Are we there yet? No!
Lots of road walking.
Crossing the A19 – The most dangerous moment in the whole C2C.
Finally, Ingelby Cross.
So, there you are, a whole day’s walking in a nutshell. It was a real slog, not very enjoyable, but it’s done now and I can look forward to three days walking up on the North York Moors all the way down to Robin Hood’s Bay.
Well done Fr Shaun! What an achievement – 23 miles in 10 hrs!!! Impressive! Hope your feet and leg muscles are holding up!

Robina
Keep up the good work, hopefully a better day weather wise today.
Keep right on to the end, though you’re tired and weary. The prayers and good wishes are willing you on. I hope the poor toe isn’t causing you too much grief. Angela
Shaun. Very well done on the longest day. We are following your excellent blog daily with great interest and a degree of envy as you continue on across the country. Hope the legs and ailing toe are holding up. Keep going !!
I can’t believe you even found the energy to update your blog after 10 hours on the road!! Well done for getting through it and hopefully now you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the North York Moors. Eva is very impressed with your snap of the baby rabbit! Hope the blisters are improving. We are all thinking you. Suzy
Double Wow Father Shaun,
We are all still with you, willing you even further through the course, blister and all. How you make such a long walk (left right, left right) sound and look so interesting I will never know. Almost there now, chin up, forward march!
Well done father Shaun. Keep it up. We admire your efforts for the parish. Praying for your safety and wellbeing….