Steve and Steff's Honeymoon trek

Day 11 : Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top

Heather — she’s a beauty.

Happy today. Back in the hills with miles of lovely purple heather welcoming us as we climbed high up into the Cleveland hills.

Very happy also, to see and hear the cacophony of ground nesting birds. Obviously not many buzzards around here.

Navigation was very easy today. We have joined the Cleveland Way which has paving stones covering the bad bits. Such is the luxury of a national trail. The bit we were on is also part of the Lyke Wake Walk. We didn’t see any coffins, so that was nice.

I was surprised to see a gliding club on the tops. With the wind blowing from the south though, anything trying to fly would have landed pretty shortly after.

My boots are falling to bits. I have walked so many hundreds of miles practising for this that the sole is falling off during the real thing. Hey ho.

Steff is in her element. Tonights B+B welcomed us with a bottle of wine for our honeymoon. Really nice. Also included is a little doggy called Squirrel. She has kept Steff happy for ages.

The sun has shone down on us all day yet again. One thing we never thought of was that we would be sunburned down the right hand side of us — travelling East you see.

Again thank you for your comments. I was very touched to hear from Molly and Frank.

— Steve