Made it to Grinton and another confession

24 April 2023

Totally messed up with planning this leg. Very long and also lots of climbing. The highest combined climb of the trip.

Luckily I realised the night before so planned to leave early.

The first 10 miles went really well and even though the second 10 were extremely tough going I was ok. Just glad to be making progress and my ETA was for around 7-7:30pm so that was positive. Some of the paths aren’t really paths and are quite tricky.

The last 5 miles was fairly easy terrain but I found it really hard. My feet were hurting a lot and I was getting tired. Not quite as fit as I thought!! When I got the the hostel (which was on top of a hill!) I’m afraid I just had no energy and it was really windy and wet so I asked if they had any accommodation available other than camping. The person working here was so helpful and let me stay in a dorm and also cooked me dinner (there is a menu and you pay but he was on his own so nice of him to do it). No one else is here so it’s like a private room.
So top marks to YHA Grinton. I’ll be adding them to my monthly charity donations I think.

Apparently day 7 is relatively flat and is definitely shorted so hopefully a good recovery day. Also I notice I’m roughly half way across the country now. Sorry for such a late update.

Some stats from my watch for the day.

1 Comment

  1. Jan

    Well done Ben, we think you’re amazing. The scree looks terrifying – hope the knees were covered up!!

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