We've been away for a long weekend with our walking friends to Richmond, in Yorkshire. We were there last year and had a good time so decided to return to the same house.
We walked both on the Saturday and on the Sunday. Richmond is quite hilly, as is the surrounding countryside.
It's also wooded. This was a lovely walk - five or six miles, not too strenuous.
On the second day we walked down through the town to the river.
We admired Richmond Castle as we did so. The building of it was started in about 1070, and we thought we might visit it on the way back.
This walk was harder: there were about fifteen stiles of various levels of difficulty and wobbliness, a slanting, tree-rooty, muddy path above a steep fall down to the river, lots of steps, miles of muddy and stony paths which were quite hard to walk on. It took us much longer than we expected.
And by the time we stopped for lunch, we really needed to sit down!
Still, it was fun, especially in retrospect.
We didn't visit the castle, though. We went back to the house and lay on the bed. One of us (not me) had quite a big nap.
Lots of walking in the fresh air lends itself to a good snooze.
ReplyDeleteI'm always afraid of falling these days, so that last bit of walking sounds scary. Getting into a walking group would be highly motivating; I wonder if there are any around here.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfectly satisfying weekend. I always need to sleep after a hike.
ReplyDeleteFriends, fresh air, fine weather, comfortable beds, some exercise and (I hope) good food. Sounds pretty good to me. I am your age, and I wish I was as fit. Today I trailed around after grandchildren, up and down the paths of a wildlife reserve an hour's drive from home. We all had a wonderful time (and they have an excellent cafe) but I'm completely knackered after it.
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