We were expecting rain today and we weren't disappointed. We woke to rain; we drove to the finish in rain; we transferred to the start in rain and we set off in rain. All the expected walkers arrived to start.

I'm not sure which was worse, the water falling from the sky, or the water thrown up by some of the passing vehicles.The country road we started along was  a quiet, almost traffic free lane last time we walked it, but today there was a huge amount of traffic on it. It's not very wide at the best of times, but flooding along the sides of the road made it even narrower. If we moved onto the grass verge, some drivers drove through the puddles and some of them weren't too careful about the spray they caused.

Our escorting TA soldiers, again, did their best to keep us as safe as possible.

Nearing the hour and a quarter mark, someone, with detailed local knowledge, suggested stopping at a roadside cafe which was a short distance ahead. It was suggested that we might have a short break to use the toilets and maybe, perhaps have a little something to keep us going. The little something turned out to be bacon sandwiches and one of our number had two. Don't worry Bernard, your secret is safe with me!

Actually, after a stop and something to eat Bernard usually shoots off at about mach 2, but not this time. Perhaps he overfuelled.

After walking along a 3 mile road with only one bend in it, so it felt more like 5 miles we arrived at a small settlement called North Cliff. At this point Don, of 'Waggon Wheel' fame, announced that he was ready for some lunch. He was one of the few not to have a sandwich at the cafe, so a halt was called. At this point the weather was improving and wet weather kit was being removed.

After a short off road section we tackled the last five kilometers of which five were up the steepest, highest climb of the walk. Some of the Ta guys decided to run up some parts of the hill, steady determination got all the walkers up and over to the finish at Raspberry Cottages as the rain started falling again. We were safely in the cars before the rain became very heavy.

The last Yorkshire stage is tomorrow and takes us to the ferry terminal in Hull, then it's just the two of us in Holland.

Some great news. We are not sponsorless, Geoff has become our first donor on www.bmycharity.com/awhiterosetominden  so thanks Geoff for getting us started. Perhaps more people will now donate to give us some more encouragement.

This is the last post from home. Future ones will depend on us finding WiFi sites. Failing that we should be able to send something from the phone. We'll try to keep you posted.