Stickbuilt and Sandy take us for breakfast at McDonalds. This is a revelation. Digby and I have only been in a McDonalds establishment once before - Invercargill, NZ, 1994. The place was packed with families, old people, queues and queues. Fast service.It is raining - which is unusual after all the hot dry weather.
We are going to be chauffeured over to Lancashire County where the Amish country is. As we approach the area we see horsedrawn carriages - small black boxes on wheels with horses trotting very fast. These carriages are amongst the traffic. We park and watch the carriages arrive at the 'drive-in' ATM to queue up with the cars to get money. We visit an Amish craft market and I experience the sudden urge to buy a quilt to bring back to Australia. Takes a while to make the decision, as we are served by an Amish lady in a long black dress and a white bonnet straight out of the 1800s. Sandy says she will look after our quilt while we complete the walk.
Stickbuilt and Sandy drop us back on the trail around 2.30pm and we say goodbye and head 6 miles to the next shelter which is an old furnace site for coal. The rain stops and we find that some springs are already being replenished from the rain. We meet 'Stickwalker' for the first time with 'Belle the wonderdog' an 8 yr old weimaraner at this campsite, plus a group of older women hiking for a few days with too much stuff. I tell them if they have any spare food we will take it and they give us some hiker trail mix which we consume on the spot!
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