The other advantage is that you don't have too far to walk the next day. We were in Ingleby Cross at lunchtime ...
... where the Cross is quite prominent, as is the local pub, which provided a welcome diversion.
We sat outside with our drinks as it was a fine day. We watched a man across the road from the pub swapping cars in his drive. They weren't any old cars though, they were classics. The Morris Minor was moved out of the drive and parked outside the pub, right beside it. We got chatting to it's driver as he was a friendly sort. And just look who was sitting in the back seat ....
... what a fine figure of a bear he was and he fitted the car so well he looked perfectly at home. We got permission to sit in the car so as to have a chat and we felt very small in comparison. Our new friend was a gentle giant though, and kindly offered us a lift, but of course we declined, as we planned to walk every step of the way.
We didn't stop in Ingleby Cross, as most Coast to Coast walkers do, but walked on a bit further, then diverted off the main Coast to Coast path to overnight at Osmotherley. This is a good place to stay as there is a variety of accommodation and a choice of pubs and eating places.
On our afternoon's walk, which took us to the edge of the North York Moors, we got very close to a trig point.
This was quite exciting as a) it signified a return to higher ground after a lengthy, but not unpleasant flat section and b) it was a trig point to feature (soon!) on our sister blog, Bears on Trig Points.
We all looked longingly ahead to the high ground of the moors before turning round to go into Osmotherley. We were all looking forward to the next section of the walk.
Lots of love, Wooly, George, Yorkie and Gio xxx
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Midlands Branch bears are glad the bear in the back of the car turned out to be a gentle giant because he certainly was big. Was he much bigger than Blue Bear?
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