(21st March 2013 - 11½ miles easy walking from Keld to Reeth) Pinching myself and knocking my head against the window frame made little difference. The morning sky was still cloudless, still blue-y blue. For the past few days, I was so used to looking out from my B&B window and seeing snowfall, that this … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 7 – Keld to Reeth
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Coast to Coast: Day 6 – Kirkby Stephen to Keld (Blue Route)
(20th March 2013 - 14½ mile walk from Kirkby Stephen to Keld via Nine Standards Rigg) For once it wasn't snowing when I woke and looked out of my bedroom window ... though more snow was forecast. Despite a good night sleep, I was tired. Progress on the C2C had been tough and over the … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 6 – Kirkby Stephen to Keld (Blue Route)
Coast to Coast: Day 5 – Shap to Kirkby Stephen
(19th March 2013 - 20.5 miles) My Trailblazer guidebook promised me that this stage, Day 5, could be considered a rest day. You what? A 20.5 mile rest day? I wasn't convinced by that breezy assertion and just as well. Today would be one very long tramp and no, I would hardly feel rested and … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 5 – Shap to Kirkby Stephen
Coast to Coast: Day 4 – Patterdale to Shap
(18th March 2013 - 20 mile walk from Patterdale to Shap, off-route) If Day 3 of the Coast to Coast had been the hardest of my 12-day journey, Day 4 was the most disappointing and the only one during which I considered giving up and going home. Again (and not for the last time), I … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 4 – Patterdale to Shap
Coast to Coast: Day 3 – Stonethwaite to Patterdale
(17th March 2013 - 17 miles walk from Stonethwaite in Borrowdale to Patterdale) At seventeen miles and with two 2000ft mountain passes, Day 3 of the Coast to Coast was always going to be a challenge. I had walked the same route before but not in one day and not with such a heavy pack. … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 3 – Stonethwaite to Patterdale
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