Coast To Coast Day 8 - and then there was one

[Tony]

Day 8 Osmotherley - Lion Inn

This morning Mick was driven back to Bradford by Martin having been completely all walked out. I had two options, wuss out when I was on a roll, or battle on alone. Despite the fact that the latter option felt highly anti-social I decided that I would feel I was letting myself down if I gave up getting to Robin Hood's Bay at such a late stage.
The day was quite a tough one especially walking alone. There were plenty of ups and downs, and the amount of climbing to do was by far the most since the Lake District. After Clay Bank Top it was a 10 mile plod along the railway track to the Lion Inn, a pub on top of a hill in the middle of nowhere...

I had drifted off to sleep having settled down to watch TV having eaten tea, when I heard a knowck on the door. Eddie and Jane had arrived, all the way from Cambridge!! This all came as a bit of a shock, I now had backup again! The easy stages that remained would now be even easier.

[Eddie]
How many times has the plan changed in the last 48 hours!?! The Lion was supposed to have seen the 4 of us walkers in nice surroundings and with a fine selection of ales... alas it was not to be. Incidently, my knee is a lot better, but still not right!