After 2 days rest at Prestatyn beach, we took 3 train rides to Skipton.
Our clothes were all freshly laundered, and my shoes smelt like roses after being well washed in the shampoo provided in our room. They really needed a good scrub after all the animal poops and smelly mud that I had trapsed through over the previous 13 days.
We both had haircuts 💇♀️ and enjoyed some sleep ins and a couple of old movies on the telly. The constant buffering was annoying but gave us time to put the kettle on, pour another wine, or have a pee. Our bargain buy was a 1.25 litre bottle of bubbly wine for £4.50, about $9NZ.
Although we were at a beach resort, we didn’t venture over to the beach at all. We only walked where we needed to!
We trained to Skipton which is 45 mins drive from Great Harwood, the home of my friends Amanda and Duncan and their 9 year old daughter, Isobel. They took us for a walk around Skipton and the castle, which was where Lady Anne was born in 1590. More about her later.
So we had some catching up to do and Amanda gave us a running commentary of all the walks in the district and the history.
Duncan fed us well and after 2 days there I think I put on half the weight I had lost. They were wonderful hosts, just what we needed.
We even soaked our weary muscles in their hot tub.
On the Sunday, they took us to the annual duck race in a nearby village, taking their two dogs along with us, even on the bus. We weren’t the only ones with dogs on the bus. Kay and I are beginning to feel a bit left out as we don’t have dogs.
