Distance - 7.8 Miles
Geocaches - 2
Pub - Blacksmiths Arms, Ryton-on-Dunsmore
Previous Stages - Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6, Stage 7, Stage 8, Stage 9, Stage 10
Funny little place, Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Seems to sit snugly in a triangle of major roads, with the church cut off from the rest of the village by a busy dual carriageway. It was famous for a car plant, closed down in the first decade of the C21st. Replaced by new business parks.
My walk is more or less as expected from the previous legs - although the route to Bubbenhall and along the edge of Ryton Pools Country Park are perhaps a little prettier. Certainly nothing to get excited about and one to file under "functional", rather than "must do".
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The pub is in fitting with the walk. A village local, that the locals seem to be shunning. Two real ales on, Tribute and something else that I didn't trust in the heat - so I went for a Birra Moretti. In a ceremonial chalice.
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Food proved slightly trickier to source. No sandwiches or snacks on a freshly printed menu. I thought I would try a Chicken Parmo Schnitzel. When the bar man says "I'll have to ask the Chef if he is cooking" it does make you wonder why they have menus. Or employ a chef.
It came. I have since found a Twitter feed that compares the quality of parmos. Would have been interesting to see the reaction a photo of my lunch would have elicited.
It was quite a slab of cheese.
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