Day 14…Saturday 12th May

12/05/2007 by the walkers.

Ingleby Arncliffe to Clay Bank – 11 miles

Today we raise our glasses to Veronica’s niece Janet Hill who married Christopher Wilson in Waterside RC Church, Derry City, Northern Ireland. Loving congratulations to you both; we toasted you special day at dinner tonight.

As we were leaving our B&B in Ingleby today the host mentioned to us that as a child forty years ago she lived at Siddle Grange Farm near Ingleby and she remembers, A Wainwright’s wife dropping him off by car to track the walk named after him. It is this book that we are using now as our guide – our Bible.

Today’s walk took us past Arncliffe Hall, and Osmotherley, the site of Mount Grace Priory, into Scarth Wood Moor where we followed the Cleveland Way, Carlton Moor and Cringle Moor. We were in the North York Moors National Park with its heather-clad moors, extravagant scenery and wide panoramas. The walled patterned field of the Dales gives way to rolling moors. We encountered another long distance walk – The Cleveland Way.

We met up with several walkers whom we had seen in the past few days and were rewarded with stunning views over the moors and our first glimpse of the North Sea; our final destination.

Three of our fellow travellers from Cheshire departed at Clay Bank. Tony McAvoy (AOS NE Regional Co-ordinator) picked us up to stay at his house for the night and in doing so also gave Joe Young another walking companion from Washington DC, America a lift to his digs.

We then attended Mass at St Bernadette’s parish Nunthorpe in the southern suburbs of Middlesbrough where Monsignor David Hogan, Gillian Henderson (AOS Parish Contact) and parishioners, many of whom had sponsored us, made us welcome.

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