on reflection:
1) Lack of sleep. With packing-up, didn't get to bed till 4am on night before travelling - planned to catch-up by sleeping on coach. Bad idea - Yorkshire Coastliner (after National Express from Leeds) is more like a service bus that literally goes 'round the houses' at Tadcaster and York.
2) Thinking maybe that my bivvi arrangement is currently too basic. Need to be more weather confident.
3) Need to be more self-reliant. I wasn't sure whether the shop in Glaisdale would be open, and I forgot to re-check opening times at Grosmont after moving start date 1 day fwd. (this was to ensure arriving at A19 Monday morning where services open at 6am)
4) Ineffective insect repellant. Need some sort of midge netting for head end of bivvi bag (or go back to a tent!)
5) OTMA - on the move accessibility was poor. This made me irritable! eg. I had lip salve - but couldn't find it!
6) Too hot in June for covering country quickly (for me at least, where most of my training involves trying to keep dry through winter and spring) Have actually weighed sm. folding umbrella since... (160gms)
The plan of blister prevention by using blister plasters taped on from the start proved useless as they wouldn't stop on for more than about 3m with either wet or sweaty feet and arrived at Lord Stones in only marginally better state than last time...
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