Final Thoughts This is the part of my journal that I wanted to use to total up the mileage and hours walked, height gained and all those other good stats

11th May 2006 – Glaisdale to Robin Hood’s Bay – 20 miles I was unsure of what to expect for breakfast in the morning, what with it being essentially a

10th May 2006 – Clay Bank Top to Glaisdale – 20.0 miles Although I was in bed early, I was also awake early – very early – a pair of

9th May 2006 – Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top – 13.5 miles Day 10 is another one of those days where you need to time your arrival at your

8th May 2006 – Richmond to Ingleby Cross – 24 miles The plumbing at Willance House leaves a lot to be desired, hardly surprising I suppose from what is reported

7th May 2006 – Reeth to Richmond – 11 miles It rained in the night, I could hear it hammering on my little window, in fact it rained nearly all

6th May 2006 – Keld to Reeth – 13 miles The house and the close proximity of the other occupants meant that I was awake at 3am, 4am, 6am and

5th May 2006 – Kirkby Stephen to Keld – 12 miles I was awake very early, 06:00, long before the alarm I had set, but there was no rush today,

4th May 2006 – Shap to Kirkby Stephen – 19 miles As expected, after the previous afternoon’s tea, breakfast was excellent. G&D had requested breakfast at the same time and

3rd May 2006 – Patterdale to Shap – 16.5 miles Despite my early bedtime, there was no noise from the bar below, which is always a concern when staying in

2nd May 2006 – Rosthwaite to Patterdale – 16 miles Although not the longest day in mileage by any means, this was the day I was expecting to be the

1st May 2006 – Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite – 15.5 miles Day 2 dawned with a light shower of rain and very low cloud cover adding to the overall grey

30th April 2006 – St. Bees to Ennerdale Bridge – 18 miles Breakfast at Stonehouse Farm was great, one of the best of the whole trip, lots of choice and

29th April 2006 – Arrival in St. Bees

The other side of preparing for the C2C has to be the physical preparation. I considered my experience ascending the Old Man and tried to imagine doing that for 12

Using Sherpa Van means that I don’t have to worry too much about paring down the kit list or buying the lightest equipment. Much of what I will carry on

The maps in this section were created with Memory Map v5 and are specific to my 12 day itinerary, which has been detailed on the previous page. I would not

During our walking trips in 2005 (see Herriot Way journal), Rob and I had set ourselves a target of walking the Coast to Coast in 2006, we had even gone