Day 12. Danby Wiske to Osmotherly ~ 11.3 miles ~ 876 feet elevation.






We leave the White Swan on Sunday morning after a leisurely breakfast since we have a relatively short and flat day across the agricultural lowlands of the Vale of Mowbray. Today’s and yesterday’s walks are across the flattest terrain on the Coast to Coast.



Hurry get over and be prepared to make a run for it.



There is more varied livestock on this section still the ever favorite sheep but now there are horses and more cows. 



Lots of different kinds of cows.



This poor guy has a mullet!



There are large farm fields of hay and other crops.



We stop at an inn in a tiny village to eat our lunch at the picnic tables bordering the cricket pitch.  We discover that there is a friendly match about to start. 

Petra gives us a quick tutorial and we all quickly fall in love with the game. It is action packed and moves along at a quick pace. We spend 45 minutes enjoying the sun and game (and some napping).




After we leave the cricket match which is still going on and may be continuing for a couple more hours we head to Osmotherly.



We arrive at the Cote Ghyll Mill Youth Hostel.  It is a converted mill that was comfortable and beautiful. We also had the entire place to ourselves. Nice and quiet which is advantageous since we have a long and grueling day tomorrow.

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