On the road again. After resting for 5 days my ankle and my toe seem better so we continue our trip up north. We decided to take things slowly for the start and made our way to Horton-in-Ribblesdale from where we would walk to Ingleton. The route was about 14km and had an ascent of 483m taking us to the top of mount Ingleborough at 730m. The route itself took us over some meadows and along some old Roman…
Britain – Anja & Henry: 1 – 0 After Henry had slipped a couple of times and presumably broke his left toe, we called off the Offa’s challenge. We almost made it halfway through, after seven days of walking. Not bad. But we could have done better, no doubt about it, we didn’t achieve our goal of walking the whole way. Well, next time. Or not. Some lessons we learnt anyway: Take your time – take breaks. 425…
From Hay-on-wye our next stop would be Kington passing Gladestry where we stopped for tea in a very small tea house (a lady had transformed her living room into a small cafe, the door was wide open but we had to ring some bells on the table to call for service). The landlady told us some weird tales of a pipe organ that sent the church community into rage over the question whether to keep and restore it or get rid off…
