28.5 miles (46km)
Leaving York behind was slightly sad but we'd really seen all we wanted to see and we were due up the road today. We rolled out of town into the sun, and then stopped again. Time to oil our chains and pump up the tires a bit. After a that little false start we rolled on again, out along the river and onto a series of country lanes. There's not much to say really: 20 miles of pleasant rolling lanes and villages and we ended up in Easingwold. Lunch - 2 min noodles and some 'stolen' B&B biscuits. Then it started to rain a bit, we huffed and puffed up 'hills' for the next 6 or 7 miles into Coxwold. Then it rained a lot. We faffed about looking for a post office which didn't exist and then rolled out to the Abbey Inn where we're staying for a few days.
This place is plush! The Abbey ruins are across the road; we can see part of them out the window. If the sun comes out later we might even get some decent photos of them.
Update: The sun came out but photos on this internet connection would be dreaming. We've also had spectacular thunderstorms so we had to time our walk to the Wass pub quite carefully tonight. Pasta and sauce cooked on the stairs seems a little at odds with our very nice room here but ya gotta save money somewhere !
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
York to Byland Abbey
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2 comments:
Why did you cook on the stairs, not in the room?! Is that English air getting to you?
a) So that we don't get busted cooking in our room when it boils over on the nice carpet.
b) Because these super efficient little camping stoves have heaps of warnings about carbon monoxide build up in enclosed spaces.
c) These little rooms are hot enough without adding extra heat !
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