So the trip, which seems to have taken for ever to get started, is finally here. Anticipating what I would need for the next two weeks for a walk across the country and keeping within the weight limit of 20kg was a challenge. Today was just a 260mile drive up the A1 to Richmond from where the Sherpavan company would take me to the start of my Coast to Coast at St Bees the next morning. The Brewery Inn was a pleasant enough B&B checking in at around 3pm. Once unpacked I took a stroll around Richmond picking up a few supplies and tomorrows lunch. With its castle and main square it was obviously the market town for the surrounding areas. It started to rain quite hard but I had noticed the Black Lion hotel which looked a good place for a meal later that evening. Somehow I had failed to realise that this would be my stopping point in a weeks time as I pass through!!