Day 2 Morning Warkworth - Craster

Its day 2 and the weather has turned for the worse. Its raining, but it only seems like a light drizzle, how wrong can we be. We set off down the River And so on the coast to Craster - famous for its Kipper smoke house. Check out their website at http://www.kipper.co.uk/

Its only about 1 mile to the coast but by the time we arrive everyone is sodden. Expensive Gore-Tex coats do not work in this weather. Water runs off coats and onto wet legs. Waterproof boots are rendered useless as water comes up over the ankes. After while the water in the boots feels like a wetsuit. Warm water squelches around the foot. Talk turns to whether trench foot can be contracted in a single day. This is grim going.

By the time we arrive at Alnmouth, two of the group have a bright idea to cut a long dog-leg off by walking across the Estuary of the River Aln. This ends when the mud sucks off the boots of one of our team. The remainder of the mud flat is crossed in socking feet. In a large puddle in Alnmouth Neil is seen trying to some mud off his feet and out of his boots. For the rest of the day one of us is wayed down with heavy mud.