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Coast to Coast Revisited: Random Thoughts
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Coast to Coast Revisited. This blog is a record of my 2008 attempt at, and preparations for, Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk. Saturday, 3 January 2009. There are many extended walks in the UK, some just as scenic and varied as the Coast to Coast Walk. None, however, have its sociability: the camaraderie between hikers, from diverse ages, backgrounds and nationalities, is beguiling and addictive. The mix is magical. My third crossing was just as enjoyable as the previous two. . The stages were about right.
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02): Day 7: From Malham to Horton - 14 miles
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02). The notes were written after the completion of the walk in 2002 and are reproduced with only minor edits and corrections. All costs and observations are as at 2002. Tuesday, 24 June 2008. Day 7: From Malham to Horton - 14 miles. The day's walk was amongst the finest. Even the weather was half-decent in that the precipitation was merely showery, although of icy and heavy hail. It became increasingly windy too, as the day progressed. He had walked from Garstang, through the For...
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02): Day 11: From Baldersdale YHA to Langdon Beck YHA - 14 miles
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02). The notes were written after the completion of the walk in 2002 and are reproduced with only minor edits and corrections. All costs and observations are as at 2002. Wednesday, 25 June 2008. Day 11: From Baldersdale YHA to Langdon Beck YHA - 14 miles. I had been to High Force before. Even so, the first view of the waterfall from the southern bank, particularly after all the recent rain, was tremendous: one of the set pieces of the walk. Above High Force, beyond the qua...Despi...
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02): Day 4: From Charlestown to Ponden - 11 miles
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02). The notes were written after the completion of the walk in 2002 and are reproduced with only minor edits and corrections. All costs and observations are as at 2002. Tuesday, 24 June 2008. Day 4: From Charlestown to Ponden - 11 miles. The area is an attractive one of moors and lakes, albeit man-made ones. A look back, after topping the hill above the Walshaw Dean reservoirs, rewards with a long view beyond Stoodley Pike and Bleaklow to the pencil thin purple hills on the f...
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02): Day 6: From Earby to Malham - 11 miles
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02). The notes were written after the completion of the walk in 2002 and are reproduced with only minor edits and corrections. All costs and observations are as at 2002. Tuesday, 24 June 2008. Day 6: From Earby to Malham - 11 miles. The Aire was high after the rain. The path was muddy ooze. Even in wet and misty conditions, though, it is a delight to walk on and to anticipate the first glimpse of the Cove. Near Airton, after watching a Goosander Duck with its chicks, w...8220;Quie...
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02): Day 14: From Garrigill to Longbyre (Greenhead) - 21.5 miles
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02). The notes were written after the completion of the walk in 2002 and are reproduced with only minor edits and corrections. All costs and observations are as at 2002. Wednesday, 25 June 2008. Day 14: From Garrigill to Longbyre (Greenhead) - 21.5 miles. I can add nothing to Tony Hopkins’s Trail Guide description of the bleak crossing from the South Tyne valley to the Tyne Gap:. Much worse up there,” he added helpfully. Wainwright’s pedantic view that the Pennine Way ought ...
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Coast to Coast Revisited: Catterick Bridge to Ingleby Cross
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Coast to Coast Revisited. This blog is a record of my 2008 attempt at, and preparations for, Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk. Thursday, 9 October 2008. Catterick Bridge to Ingleby Cross. Sunday 14 September 2008. Walking Distance: 19 miles). The Jenkins Memorial, Bolton-on-Swale. Breakfast lived up to St Giles Farm’s exacting standards. I was on my feet by 08:45hrs for the long slog to Ingleby Cross and walked intermittently with the Pilots. When I first came this way the White Swan. After Oaktree Hill,...
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Coast to Coast Revisited: November 2008
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Coast to Coast Revisited. This blog is a record of my 2008 attempt at, and preparations for, Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk. Monday, 10 November 2008. Glaisdale to Robin Hoods Bay. The Toll Bar, Egton Bridge. The last moor, Graystone Hills. Nearly there: Sarah, Jo's hubby, Chris, Jo and Pete. Wednesday 17 September 2008. Walking Distance: 18.5 miles). Before catching another, conventional, train home. I met a couple of American ladies walking along the old toll road beyond Egton Bridge. They were h...
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02): Day 13: From Dufton to Garrigill - 15.5 miles
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Pennine Way Notes (2001/02). The notes were written after the completion of the walk in 2002 and are reproduced with only minor edits and corrections. All costs and observations are as at 2002. Wednesday, 25 June 2008. Day 13: From Dufton to Garrigill - 15.5 miles. We set off up Knock Fell in glorious sunshine. This is a wonderful part of the world in fine weather. 8220;Did you ask Liam about the lady’s deposit? 8220;No. Did you? Finding the track, we passed the bothy at Greg’s Hut and headed down ...
