
Pennine Way 2010 – Day Seventeen
Byrness to Kirk Yetholm Approx: 26 miles “When I come home yeah I know I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be the man who comes back home to you. And if
Byrness to Kirk Yetholm Approx: 26 miles “When I come home yeah I know I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be the man who comes back home to you. And if
Bellingham to Byrness Approx: 16 miles “Everything went slowly then, as if to match the way Curley was walking. The soldiers on the back of the slow-moving halftrack raised their
Once Brewed to Bellingham Approx: 16 miles “I cannot explain.” She spoke in a low, eager voice, with a curious lisp in her utterance. “But for God’s sake do what
Greenhead to Once Brewed Approx: 8 miles “…you say walk, I will walk. To the end of the line and back to you. My name is Steve and I’m your
Garrigill to Greenhead Approx: 20 miles “When I was a young man I carried my pack and I lived the free life of a rover. From the Murrays green basin
Dufton to Garrigill Approx: 16 miles “Tom Stephenson’s highway of freedom. 200 miles and more or so they say. From Edale to Kirk Yetholm, all your troubles you’ll forget ’em.
Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton Approx: 20 miles “Anywhere is walking distance, if you’ve got the time.” Stephen Wright (American writer) This section has to be the best so far – and
Bowes to Middleton-in-Teesdale Approx: 12 miles “That’s right, a lovely stroll on the moors. Tra-la-la, isn’t this fun?” David – just prior to Jack’s slaughter – American Werewolf in London
Keld to Bowes Approx: 13 miles “Ahh, get that, country air, nothing like it” “Smells like normal air, with cow shit in it” “Exactly, nothing like the all pervading stench
Feet: 1. The toes next to my big toe on each foot are still black, they don’t hurt at all and the situation isn’t any worse than it was after
Hawes to Keld Approx: 13 miles “But I can stand where legends stand, when I walk the hill” Big Country – I Walk The Hill Peeking out of my second
Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hawes Approx: 14 miles Horton to Hawes: For most of this stage even a lame packhorse with a coal sack over its head would have no problems [route
Malham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale Approx: 15 miles “The way back to town is only 30 miles. If you save your breath, I feel a man like you could manage it. Adiós”.
Cowling to Malham Approx: 18 miles “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking” Friedrich Nietzsche The longest day of the walk so far at almost 18 miles has left
I forgot to mention the fallout of the prat fall I staged as I left the b&b on Day 2. I slipped in a dark, dank tunnel and cut my
Hebden Bridge to Cowling Approx: 17 miles …my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter.
Pennine Way 2010 – Day Three Standedge to Hebden Bridge Approx: 17 miles “I could not doubt that this was the Miss Stapleton of whom I had been told, since
Torside to Standedge Approx: 14 miles “Have you ever walked the lonesome hills and heard the curlews cry? Or seen the raven black as night, upon a windswept sky. To