(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
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Path
Coast to Coast: Day 2 – Ennerdale Bridge to Stonethwaite
(16th March 2013 - 17 ½ miles walking from Ennerdale Bridge to Stonethwaite in Borrowdale) As you might have guessed, I don't rate day one of the C2C very highly. In the weeks prior to the walk, during the planning stage, it was day two that I had been looking forward to; day two on … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 2 – Ennerdale Bridge to Stonethwaite
Coast to Coast: Day 1 – St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge
(15th March 2013 - 14 ½ miles inc. 3 to and from my St Bees B&B.) My biggest fear for my first day on the Coast to Coast was that it would rain; and then rain and rain for the next eleven days. And, sure enough, on waking up at my St Bees B&B, yawning, scratching … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 1 – St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge
Wainwright’s Coast To Coast Path
I had long shunned Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast footpath. I've owned a copy of Wainwright's 'A Coast to Coast Walk' since the '80s and, over the years, I have often picked it up ... and then put it down again. As much as I admire AW, I can't say that his walk, as a … Continue reading Wainwright’s Coast To Coast Path
The Walking Gardener 