Carole and Jenny

Well, here we are on the last day of our walk.  We awoke to the sound of rain and Carole decided that she needed a new coat from Milletts that would keep her dry.  So to the shops we went which also included a trip to Costa coffee.

Jenny was also very excited by shop that she thought suited her down to the ground but sadly found out that it only sold soap and not booze!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also this morning, we visited the Cathedral. It was here that we lit candles for Carole’s Dad and Christina, who were the motivation behind the walk.  We also lit a candle for a pupil at Jenny’s son’s school.  She passed away this week . Many of the children at the school have life limiting conditions and Jenny has wanted to also raise money towards the new outdoor learning zone, specifically for these children whose time with us can often be too short.

As a result of shops and cathedral visits, we didn’t hit the road until 10am.  We followed the River Eden through the park, in the rain.  we then passed through some fields and over Sour Milk Bridge. We don’t know why it was called that, as it smelt fine to us!

As we marched on with the destination of Bowness on Solway in our minds, nothing was to get in our way. However, we did enter one of many cow fields in this section and were greeted with the sight of a bull close to our pathway. As you can see from the preceeding picture, Carole’s new coat is bright red! “Oh ,” thought Mrs Doolittle,” time to remove the offending garment, so as not to offend Barry the Bull. ” Thankfully Barry was more interested in the grass and a nearby cow. So all is well.

Due to the inclemental weather, the sauna trousers were out in force today.  Jenny captured it on camera, outside lunchtimes pub!

After lunch at Burgh By Sands, we had to take the very long straight road, along the side of the estuary, all the way to Drumburgh.

Before we knew it, we entered Bowness On Solway.  The end of the Wall and so the end of our adventure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are staying in the best B & B this holiday. The landlady at The Old Rectory greeted us with the words”Congratulations on completing the walk”  We have also received a certificate of achievement from the local pub,  we had to go and celebrate, of course!

We do not want this to sound like an Oscar winning acceptance speech, but Jenny wishes to thank David and Chloe for holding the fort back home and Carole wishes to thank Jon and his parents Janet and John (yes really!!!) for all their support.  We wouldn’t have been able to make this trip if we hadn’t known that Sam and Will were being cared for so expertly.

Final summation of reports:

FEET: Jenny - all blisters gone  but did experience pains in foot during last 30 mins.

Carole - ok but achy metatarsals in her left foot!

Alcohol - mind your own business!!

Cowpat- nothing to report except Carole did try to push Jenny into a dry one!!!

Animal Report: We estimate we have seen the following over the last 6 days:

1 goat

3 donkeys

4 bulls - including Barry

5 chickens including a cockerel

5 pigs

6 cats including a very cute kitten

20 wild bunnies and 2 in a hutch

15 horses

52 dogs - all friendly ones Jen…

690.5 cows

1369 sheep

2million flies on the cow pats!!

And finally, a partridge in a pear tree.

Thank you for your  sponsorship and kind words of support .

love

Carole and Jenny

 

 

 

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