Walk Day 10

A much easier day today - not too many hills and only 12.75 miles. Mind you we had a later start because breakfast did not arrive until 8am and we had to wait until after breakfast for a lift back up the hill 2 miles to the Lion Inn to resume our walk. The B and B was good, very obliging and food good but you have never seen such narrow beds in all your life! Julia sat on hers and fell off the other side! At Egton Bridge we went over a delightful set of large stepping stones over the river. I wish I Could recognise birds better because we have seen such a variety of birds. Today we saw a lot of birds which must be pheasants but their plumage was almost blue-black and their heads deep red. Kevin got a blister this morning from the seam of his thick socks and Julia got 2 - one on each foot. We finished today's walk at 2.30 but had to wait till 4pm for our bags to arrive. Our room is ok but we had to buy some fly spray to get rid of the house flies which were flying in circles round the room. Now off to the pub for supper.