
Pre-walk Nerves
Two weeks today (all being well) I will be walking up the northern slopes of

Two weeks today (all being well) I will be walking up the northern slopes of

Apologies – this is a long post – and unless you’re planning on walking the

Retrospective Looking back over my shoulder, to the year behind us, I see a bit

7th July 2019: Dufton to Garrigill – 15.5m I knew I wasn’t fit, but today

Introduction This is the start of my Pennine Way 2010 Journal. It will cover the

It was now or never really. I’d been waiting until as close to deadline as

I had an email from Bryn at Trailblazer Guidebooks last night – he hadn’t received

I’d requested an early breakfast for this morning, despite it being Saturday and feeling a

The wind has been the dominant factor for the last two days of this walk.

If I’d started this walk today, I would almost certainly either have had to cancel

If I had to use just one word to describe today’s walk from Dufton to

Well, if I’d thought I was knackered ta the end of yesterday, then today I

Wow, what a day! I’m absolutely knackered. I struggled up the gentle incline of East

I dithered and dallied all morning in Tan Hill, I had a late breakfast at

I had a great evening in the Green Dragon, the only thing that could have

An easy day to start with, though it started at 5:30 in order to drive

I finally realised someone was having a laugh at my expense when I heard a

I should have been walking along the Pennine Way with @PilgrimChris this weekend, but family