Our 10th walking day was a 21-mile walk along roadways. Many of the guidebooks and local people advised us it was a tedious walk so we opted to take a taxi for part of the path. Met up with a young man from Arkansas who is walking most of the UK as a honeybee researcher and an older British couple walking the C2C. We had a nice rain while we walked, so actually got to use our "waterproofs". We walked about 4 miles beyond the C2C path to reach Osmotherly where our B&B was reserved. Ann met us at 4 Belle Vue, her cozy home, with tea and cake even though it was nearly 5. She makes great coffee cake - brown sugar cake with coffee flavored icing, num!
Had pub food dinner at the Queen Catherine Inn, built in the 1600s. Tried to wait for the blues band to start playing at 8:30, but gave up at 9 so we could rest up for the long hike the next day. Kelly, our experienced band groupie, warned us they'd never start on time, but we didn't believe her - until we saw the band members still drinking at tables at 9.
Some more British phrases we've found interesting:
Kerb is curb to us
When you need to relieve yourself in the woods you go "drop some weight" or "drop a pound" and gas is delicately called "wind"
Haggis is actually considered food: sheep or lamb stomach filled with oatmeal, fat and other various leftovers.
More interesting bits tomorrow!
i would stay away from any Haggis
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