Truly, it has been a terrible six months. First, and of course by far the the worst, my father’s death in October. Then there’s the continuing worries about my poor brother’s bad health, with another hospital stay earlier this year. The house / vehicle / money worries are just the icing on a rather shit …
Otley to Cornholme
Surprisingly, we had a quiet night in the carpark, by the bins, in Otley. So scenic We were off bright and early to scope out Ilkley - very naice, good shops and an especially good butcher, from whom we bought a well-aged steak on the bone for when we get home. Mmmm. Ilkley was hollowed …
Barnard Castle to Otley
The nice campsite lady had warned us that today we would see all the weathers, and she wasn’t wrong. Well, only slightly. We didn’t get any snow, but we did have hail, rain, wind, sunshine and rainbows (not weather, ed.). We hung around in the expensive camp site waiting for the first of the rain …