{"id":193,"date":"2017-08-26T21:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T21:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/?p=193"},"modified":"2017-09-02T08:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T08:44:55","slug":"day-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Day Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a great start to the day.<\/p>\n

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When Nigel went to get the bikes out he realised that he had a puncture in the back wheel. We know how it happened. Yesterday, just before Elsecar, the route took us down a very narrow, stony bridleway. It had obviously been very overgrown but someone had cleared it with a strimmer. All the brambles and other vegetation were still on the path. It was a thorn that caused the puncture.<\/p>\n

It took us the best part of an hour to fix it. A very nice man and his family then offered to help but unfortunately the job was done! They did give us a donation however. If you are reading this – thank you very much. We have been so touched by how friendly and helpful everyone we have met along the way has been.<\/p>\n

We then rejoined NCR 67 – part of the Trans Penine Trail. Nearly the whole route today was off road and the first few miles were very easy going.<\/p>\n

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And also clearly waymarked.<\/p>\n

After Barnsley, the track became more challenging and one of us was not pleased when we joined the Royston canal. However it wasn’t too bad and really rather attractive<\/p>\n

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including this beautiful lake.<\/p>\n

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The section after Barnsley had rather too many of these annoying metal barriers. Very difficult for someone with Parkinson’s.<\/p>\n

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We arrived at our hotel in good time despite the puncture. A bit of a treat this one and by another beautiful lake. You wouldn’t believe we are in the heart of the industrial north.<\/p>\n

Janet and Bob were here to meet us with tea and cake! \u00a0Delicious.<\/p>\n

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Does this photo remind you of anything?<\/p>\n

Leeds tomorrow where we are staying with Dom and Anna. Sarah is there too and we will see Evelyn again.<\/p>\n

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Not a great start to the day. When Nigel went to get the bikes out he realised that he had a puncture in the back wheel. We know how it happened. Yesterday, just before Elsecar, the route took us down a very narrow, stony bridleway. It had obviously been very overgrown but someone had cleared … Continue reading “Day Nine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hamilton\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}