Poles Apart
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| See what we did there? |
We make a late start from Horton, waiting until nine for the village shop to open for breakfast, and then delaying further while Alex buys a fantastically expensive pair of walking poles. We had laughed at those using these, but after a few days of knee-destroying downhill clambering the advantages have become clear. Only my lack of funds prevent me from buying some too.
Beyond that, the day isn't very memorable, beyond the landmark of the one hundred mile point (P1) that we pass early on. We try to ignore the fact that this is in fact considerably less than half-way, despite the fact that we have been going for nearly a week. Our guide lists this as an easy day, and indeed the fourteen miles or so pass quickly, and we find ourselves in Hawes early, although it is already thronging with tourists - this being bank holiday weekend.
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| Yes it is basically an extended pub crawl. |
Caravanning seems particularly popular, to the extent that the first campsite we try is entirely devoted to them, and it is with weary feet that we trudge into the next one a mile or so away, and off the route to boot. This is especially galling when a mile into the next day we pass through Hawdraw, which turns out to be a pleasant little place with a campsite (not marked on the map), a shop and a pub. The best that can be said for Hawes, apart from its own pub (P2), is that we get some good cheese there. Hawes is the centre of Wensleydale production, and we have the sheep's milk variety for breakfast and a round of the standard issue for lunch.
Photos to go with this post can be found here.
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