From now on there's a series of seemingly never-ending steep climbs and descents across the moors, the weather veers between boiling hot and heavy rain, and i'm sure we spend as much time putting on and taking off our waterproofs as we do actually walking!
We head up Cringle Moor and around Kirby Bank before reaching the Wain Stones at the top of Hasty Bank, they're absolutely huge and require a little scrambling to cross them. I have to stop and take some ibruprofen - the walking is really taking it's toll on my feet now and i've developed quite a sharp pain in my heel over the last few days but we press on to Clay Bank top and then on to the top of Urra Moor where we join the disused Rosedale Ironstone Railway which leads all the way to Blakey Ridge. It's much easier walking from here on and with the sun out and not another person in sight, it's absolutely beautiful up here. It's moments like this that make you realise why you started the walk in the first place and part of what makes the Coast to Coast so special.
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