After a wonderful breakfast and packing lunches, we're off to Kirkby Stephen. About a mile from the village is a stone circle I'm anxious to see and photograph. I'm still researching the significance of it but it's apparently quite large and intact.
This day's walk is full of stone-walled fields full of sheep and heather. Picturesque to say the very least. We will stumble upon two more historic sites that archaeologists are fascinated with. One is named "Giants' Graves" but again, I'm still researching. More on those. Suffice to say we'll be slowed down by investigating and photographing.
After 11 miles, we'll wander into Kirkby Stephen (pronounced "Kirby" without the k.) It is probably the second largest village on the walk but by all accounts still a lovely place with outdoor markets and churches and cobbled streets. It seems that the most popular tourist attraction is a 13th century church named "St. Hedda". I look forward to sitting by Frank's Bridge, a double-arched stone footbridge, which should be a peaceful place to sit by the grassy riverbank and watch the other tourists feed the nasty ducks. (Sorry but I've had bad experiences feeding ducks and find them quite a bother.)
This night will be spent in The Black Bull, a pub that doubles as a B&B. It will be nice to have bath/dinner/bar/bed all under the same roof! We just might get spoiled.
We wake to a challenging day...14 miles to Keld!!
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