Welcome to our Coast to Coast Walk blog

Please join us in sponsorship as we walk across England in support of the Yes to Life charity. We are a mother (Jo) and daughter(Imogen), partner David and friend Vidya. We will be taking out our walking boots and traversing the hilly terrain of the English Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors on the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk. This walk is being undertaken in loving memory of Bryony Daly who passed away from cancer in 2004 aged 23 yrs. Her death was a tragedy and Yes to Life was founded to provide much needed support and information to cancer sufferers who have a right to know what their options for alternative care are. We will set out on our epic journey on June 7th, 2010 and hopefully find ourselves on the opposite coast 2 weeks later. Please support us by sponsoring the miles we will walk, the blisters we will get, the rain we will endure and the falling into bed that we will do. As we count the miles, it will be great to know that each new mile brings a new pound, dollar or euro to such a worthy cause! Please click on the link below to learn more about the walk:
www.wainwright.org.uk/coasttocoast.html

Friday, June 18, 2010

arrived in Ingleby Cross

wherever that is.....actually it's somewhere in North Yorkshire, close to where me mum and dad used to live for many years(practicing my Yorkshire accent). Last night we slept in a bunk barn...i had visions of chickens running around our bedroom but it wasn't that bad...just smelt of cow poo! But I slept like a baby. We had no internet there...so not always easy to blog. We had two relatively easy days of 14 then 9 miles. We did a lot of traipsing through fields of wheat, nettles and thorns...sometimes on tracks and sometimes creating our own tracks....which the farmers probably don't appreciate! The weather was super sunny for two days and it's the first time I got a sun-tan in England. Today was overcast but dry and we arrived early afternoon...in time to catch up on internetting and do some yoga practice and prepare ourselves for a major 22 mile hike through the dales tomorrow. We are nursing some blisters and sore feet and manifesting a smooth walk for tomorrow......so send us some really good vibes for a happy hike tomorrow!
Tomorrow night we are staying at a famous pub called the Lion's Inn and Robin, the founder of Yes to Life, who we are walking for is driving 6 hours up from London with his wife to meet us for dinner....so we have to make it!!

3 comments:

  1. sending you much love and good vibes for sun tomorrow!

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  2. Hi Jo and intrepid walkers,
    I just tuned in and read all the fantastic blogs. Can't wait to hear more details about this pilgrimage. You are almost at your grand destination, will you miss the walking? May your steps be quick and painless!
    Much love

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  3. Yes! You have to make it!! See you soon..... Love R&N (aka birthday girl)

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