Day 12 Danby Wiske to Ingleby Arncliffe

15.7kms (240kms) 90m gained

All about mud and silage
mud and silage
Silage and mud
Not to mention 30 cm earthworms.
Arrest us ... We confess
We left this track and walked for 500m on private dry land. We even walked through a meadow of stinging nettles. It's not an unpleasant sensation when your legs have 20 or 40 stings. It's sort of tingly.
The barb wire fence exit was tricky though. The middle of the day was quiet farm roads with silage smell everywhere. They use tractors to mound it all. We crossed the main North South rail line and then a six lane A Road.
We have come a long way.
Our B&B host greeted us with scones and cream and our lunch pack had Yorkshire Parkin
The Watch NRL app let me watch Newcastle beat the NZ Warriors 

Life is good ( despite the blisters)
Bye

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