Monthly Archives: April 2012

Written while at Hexham and  describing Day 47: Clove Lodge to Langdon Beck (Teesdale). Having carried a bag of muesli for 2 d I decided to “self cater” rather than have breakfast from the proprietor. Lovely morning, passed a ewe … Continue reading →

Written on Day 46: Keld to Clove Lodge, Baldersdale. Lovely day, sunshine to begin with then grey and cool but DRY! Delightful walk from the camping barn at Park House along the road to Tan Hill Inn. Lots of small … Continue reading →

Describing Day 43: Malham YH to Horton in Ribblesdale. Patches of blue sky! The first I had seen for days, and not raining. Walked with Ben who I met yesterday. Started with an ascent of Malham Cove which just gets … Continue reading →

6.30, Malham YH. Describing Day 42: Cowling to Malham. I again took Sue’s wise council and for £17.50 the proprietor of my B&B transported my camping gear to Malham. It was very worthwhile. At 19 m albeit on nicer terrain, … Continue reading →

Written on Day 39, Crowdon to Standedge: This was a test of my knee after 2 d rest. I took Sue’s advice and arranged for my camping gear to be carried to the campsite so I had a very light … Continue reading →

Horrendously wet all day. Lunch was 5 minutes eating a flapjack sheltered in in the ruin of Wuthering Heights even my water was too cold to drink. Now tucked up in Woodland House in Cowling. Lovely welcome.

Standedge to Hebden Bridge. Forgot to say how helpful Sophie and Thomas were yesterday in letting me use their landline. I have never camped in such strong winds before with rain all night, coupled with hail as i left in … Continue reading →

First a description of “Day 36″ Edale to Crowdon. Despite a consistently grey sky and cold wind the day started very well and I made a good start. I successfully lightened my load by giving a D of E lad … Continue reading →

Composed on Day 35: The Royal Oak near the end of the Tissington Trail to Upper Booth just beyond Edale, 3 km along the Pennine Way. 9pm, lying in my sleeping bag. No signal so this will not appear until … Continue reading →

Composed on Day 33: Uttoxeter to Thorpe. The day dawned cold with a fresh breeze-but dry. My notes indicated less than 15 m today but it was another occasion when, on marking every km on the map, it looked nearer … Continue reading →