Our walking calendars finally aligned, allowing us to meet up for a weekend of walking, camping and catching up. After an incredible exchange of emails and GPX files, Matt (@hillplodder)
It was now or never really. I’d been waiting until as close to deadline as possible to conduct a comprehensive village survey for the Pennine Way guide book update. I
Alex and I walked the final two days of the Cotswold Way at the weekend, finishing at the doors of Bath Abbey only 15 months after setting out from Chipping
I’ve been having a play with PHP and mySQL – for the non-techies out there – that’s not some super-dooper new waterproof fabric, it’s website scripting (PHP) and back-end database
The full version of the journal with pictures added and spelling mistakes removed, is now available on the website: Coast to Coast 2011 This is an East to West account,
I’m about to move all my walk reports from the unwieldy and static website to the much more dynamic medium of the diary and in future any walk reports I
Walk 151 10.5 mls, 16.90 km 3000 ft, 914.4 m White Moss car park 07:58 to 12:50 Lake District Parking £5 all day at White Moss, with toilets over the
Walk 133 13.0 mls, 20.92 km 3900 ft, 1188.7 m Kentmere 07:28 to 13:55 Lake District Car parking for 10 cars max in Kentmere village, no toilets Kentmere, Garburn Pass,
Walk 132 12.0 mls, 19.31 km 3100 ft, 944.9 m Mardale Head 07:55 to 13:11 Lake District Ample free parking at Mardale Head Mardale Head, Rough Crag, Long Stile, High
Date: 19th Apr 2008 Stats: 10.0 miles, 3200 feet Weather: Fine and clear, clouding over later, cold out of the sun, very windy at times Trig Points: 0 Wainwrights: 4:
Date: 11th Apr 2008 Stats: 8.0 miles, 2300 feet Weather: Overcast but dry, cold on top with little wind Trig Points: 1: TP3448 – Great Borne Fells: 2: Great
Date: 24th Mar 2008 Stats: 10.0 miles, 2900 feet Weather: Clear and sunny, deep snow, very cold and windy on the tops Trig Points: 0 Wainwrights: 3: Arnison Crag, Birks,
Date: 4th Mar 2008 Stats: 12.5 miles, 2600 feet Weather: Clear blue skies, warm in the sunshine, bitterly cold on the tops Trig Points: 2: TP3614 – Hardings Booth, TP3813
Date: 19th May 2007 Stats: 10.5 miles, 1900 feet Weather: Overcast but dry, no wind Trig Points: 3: TP3646 – Harry Hut, TP0192 – Hollingworth Head, TP4361 – Lantern Pike
Date: 12th May 2007 Stats: 15.0 miles, 1500 feet Weather: Cloudy but no rain, warming gently through the day Trig Points: 4: TP3195 – Flask Edge, TP0195 – Barbrook, TP6878
Date: 5th May 2007 Stats: 11.0 miles, 3000 feet Weather: Low cloud, although reasonably warm with little wind, no rain Trig Points: 0 Fells: 5: Sour Howes, Sallows, Yoke,
Date: 28th Apr 2007 Stats: 11.0 miles, 3300 feet Weather: Fine, clear day, windy and cold on tops, no rain Trig Points: 1: TP0693 – High Street Fells: 7:
Date: 21st Apr 2007 Stats: 8.0 miles, 3000 feet Weather: Low cloud to start, clearing as the day progressed, mild, no rain Trig Points: 1: TP3803 – High Raise Fells: