Hi Ray,
yes those were us. My and my friend, the two Spanish with umbrelas walkin S to N. We expected much more rain but the weather was in general quite good, any way they were useful and funny to play with.
Were did we meet? Perhaps I remember you.
This year I would like to come back to UK, visit some friends and walk, but I am afraid it will be a short path, 5 or 6 days as much.
I thinking about the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast path, but I don´t know much about it, only I have seen it in the national trails web page.
It´s the first time I heard about the Dales Way, it seen to be good for walking in few days as I have seen now in a web page. Is it good?