Last day - arriving in Newcastle!

We got here! WE DID IT! =D

First, we went through Consett (sort of) and then we followed an old train track almost all the way to the river Tyne where we crossed the Scotswood bridge (stopped in the middle to take a photo next to the "City of Newcastle upon Tyne2 sign) and met a reporter from the local paper before we went back over the bridge to wait for Les. What a day!

On the way back to Middleton-in-Teesdale (in a horsebox) we passed the Angel of the North and real gypsy horsedrawn caravans! I was as excited as a five-year-old =D

I will not do the whole "it was amazing and I'm sad it's over, but we'll do it again and I want to thank him and her" speech just now, but there will be one very soon. In the meantime I hope the ones of you who have been hesitant about donating to my two charities now feel confident to slip them a few pounds as this epic little journey has been completed in 6 weeks and 4 days ;)

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Now, pics or it didn't happen!

Good to go - barefoot today!

Cows are equally inquisitive wherever we may go. And Juniblest loves them! I do too by now =)

Our last lunch break for now...

I love old railways!

=)

But I ride a pony, not a horse ;)

This little fella spoke a bit of Norwegian. He must be a fjord or fjord cross! Doesn't look so much like one in the picture, but in real life he really did.

Getting closer and closer!

Juniblest's first encounter with a tethered horse...

... and he was a handsome little stallion too. I think Juniblest fell for him a bit (I'm not sure how straight JB is, you see..)

For a short while I wondered if this was the Tyne. It wasn't and it's way too small. I called it Tiny Tyne!

Under a bridge next to Tiny Tyne

Juniblest looking at the real Tyne!

Scotswood Bridge

Crossing, crossing - the moment we've all been waiting for!

There's the sign saying "City of Newcastle". Time to cross the busy road!

BAM! WE DID IT!

Waiting for Les... =)

In the trailer after some hard weeks. He doesn't know it yet, but he's quite relieved =p

Didn't get a good picture of the Angel, but here's the sign for it =)

Gypsy caravans in the sunset!

This is a hardworking pony! A beautiful one at that.

Matching van and trailer - star transport for the star pony!

Back in Teesdale

And the bravest, most stoic, calmest, toughest and most fantabulous pony in the whole wide world enjoys a bucket of goodies after the most epic journey he's done so far. What he doesn't know is that his mum is thinking about Oslo-Trondheim for the future ;)