If this is the first of my UK Coast to Coast Adventure Journal posts you are reading, please do consider going back to the beginning for the full story. This section of the coast to coast hike is one that … Continued
If this is the first of my UK Coast to Coast Adventure Journal posts you are reading, please do consider going back to the beginning for the full story. After a short-day walking through Swaledale, day nine of our UK … Continued
If this is the first of my UK Coast to Coast Adventure Journal posts you are reading, please do consider going back to the beginning for the full story. Having been unable to find somewhere to stay in Keld due … Continued
Day seven of our coast to coast hike from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay was to include a prominent feature on the landscape that I’d been wanting to hike for years. Nine Standards Rigg has been on my bucket … Continued
With over 20 miles to hike on day six of our UK coast to coast hike, 21.5 to be exact, it would be our biggest day so far. We would be hiking across the Westmoreland Plateau from Shap to Kirkby … Continued
Day five of our UK coast to coast hike was the day we would walk our way out of the Lake District with its pointy fells and knee-tingling terrain, and towards the slightly less gnarly looking hills of the Yorkshire … Continued
Day four on my UK coast to coast hiking adventure involved a significant weather-related decision. You know that phrase “no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing” (or whatever the exact saying is)? This day was a useful … Continued
While day two of my UK coast to coast hike (which you can read about in my last post) was marred by tearful feelings of failure, day three was a much more positive experience. A relatively short day at just … Continued
The short version of day two of my UK coast to coast hike goes something like: “lovely lake, six gnarly Wainwrights, the steepest hill in the world, and teary feelings of failure”. This isn’t a pretty blog post. After 14 … Continued
I kicked this adventure journal series off with a blog post all about the couple of days leading up to starting my UK coast to coast hike. Consider this chapter two. In this post, the adventure really starts, as we … Continued