Summary

Welcome to the Cornish Family Coast to Coast Challenge – an 180 miles cross country walk that will take us from St Bees, Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire. Mum, Dad, 5 kids (age 4 - 12 yrs old) and a grandad (72 and counting) will 'walk a mile in the shoes' of families who have been displaced through war, famine, fear or persecution. Over 16 days (come rain, shine or blisters), we will peak mountains, traverse valleys and hike through moor and woods. We’ll be raising money for refugee families who, unlike us, had no choice but to leave their homes – families just like ours and yours.

Our chosen charity, Refugee Action York (RAY), offer practical aid, emotional support and an open door to men, woman, children and families without discrimination. Hear their stories and follow our intrepid journey either online or by our side. In true British style, let us stand (or walk) together in welcoming our newest countrymen to England’s green and pleasant land.

Saturday 19 August 2017

DAY SIXTEEN - Falling Foss to Robin Hood's Bay (9miles) 19 August 2017

WE DID IT!
1:45pm Saturday 19th August 2017.
Every head accounted for.
The walk was only completed once our feet had touched the water of the North Sea.  
Thank goodness the tide was in.


Having carried our pebbles all the way from St Bees, we re-homed them on their new shore.






And then threw them in the ocean just to make sure.

Next was a stop at the Bay Hotel (Wainwright's Bar) to take a picture and sign the walkers book.  We were certainly not the first to do so today.  Nor the last.  Click for 'up close' and see if you can decipher what the kids had to say.

Thank you to all at RAY who came to walk alongside us today (and hand out our last 150 flyers).  Hopefully their pictures will come in soon so we can share them with you all too.

And a special, biggest, heartfelt THANK YOU to our crew.  Paul and Christine - AKA Grandad and Grandma.  Photographers, cheerleaders, tent erectors, sock washers, cooks, chauffeurs, grandchildren distractors and patient waiters.  WE LOVE YOU. And couldn't have done it without you.  Please don't go!

As our day (and our hike) finally draws to a halt, there is only one thing left to do.  It is off to the supermarket for a whole tub of ice-cream each.  Tonight is a guilt free, comfort seeking, snuggle enjoying, feet up and look forward to a lie-in festival.  Hope your Saturday is just as fun.  Night all!
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