Coast to Coast Walk - Day 3

Inglby Cross to Richmond

Distance: About 30 Miles.

Time Taken: 15 hours.

Weather: Very hot and sunny.

The Coast to Coast route is not typically very well way marked for walkers.

The Walk

In theory, day three should have been the easiest walk of all on the Coast-to-Coast; being as it is easily the flattest section of the route.

But the theory was soon in the dust bin when I strayed off the designated route within a quarter-mile of crossing the A19 just outside Inglby Cross.

This error cost me an hour walking in the wrong direction; and an hour retracing my steps almost to end up back at the start. It also added 5-6 miles to the 22 miles I was expecting to walk today!

Anyway, once back on track, I reached Danby Whisk in time for some lunch in the White Swan; and discovered from the pub sign that I'd covered 60-miles in the first two-and-a-half days - not a bad start!

After lunch, I was pretty sad to be leaving the North York Moors behind; with the great escarpment of the Cleveland Hills slowly disappearing towards the Eastern horizon.

The afternoon hike was going along fairly well until the second disaster of the day occurred.

As I began to approach the A1 (M) Motorway, I discovered my map was incorrect as roadworks on the Motorway had resulted in the footbridge across being relocated.

It took me several miles and extra hours of walking in high temperatures to locate the new footbridge.  And then I hit the next problem of not being able to locate the correct route to take me into the centre of Richmond.

The extra miles walked in the morning and the extra miles in the late afternoon meant today went from being a fairly comfortable 22-mile  route to end up being 32-miles +.

Worse still, I developed some serious blisters which would cause me no end of suffering in coming days.

Leaving the North Yorks Moors behind on Day 3 off the Coast-to-Coast Walk.

Making up for the frustration today, however, was some fantastic wildlife - particularly Hares which were prolific! I also got to see some Roman archaelogy at the new crossing of A1(M) where the ancient Roman Fort had been exposed by the new road works. That was pretty cool!

NOTE: If I was doing the walk again, I'd stop halfway at Danby Whist and do this section over two-days.

Hares made for aa brighter mood as the day wore on!