In addition to my boot selection, the other major rookie mistake I've made is breaking up the stages from Richmond and beyond into too many short days. Little did I know when I started this walk I would be knocking out twenty-plus mile days no problem. I guess a training hike or two might have been helpful. Yesterday's short walk left me in Danby Wiske, a wide spot in the road for which Wainwright had little love. The evening turned out to be salvaged by a couple Dutch men (politician and designer) who are riding their bikes (of course) around England and a pair of ladies from London who had stayed at my Richmond dwelling. Richmond was a bit of a Bates Motel experience so we had a good laugh and watched England beat Scotland in a football friendly. Today brought me into Ingleby Cross (in my sandals again) and I fit in an extra-cirrcular walk to Osmotherly. Okay, the Park House in Ingleby Cross just went up a notch--the hostess just presented me with a glass of prosecco.
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