(22nd March 2013 - 12½ mile walk through snow from Reeth to Richmond) The following morning the sun had gone (and would barely return for the rest of my 200-mile stroll). The contrast with the day before couldn't have been more stark as a gusting wind blew horizontal, wet snow across the village green of … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 8 – Reeth to Richmond
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Path
Coast to Coast: Day 7 – Keld to Reeth
(21st March 2013 - 11½ miles easy walking from Keld to Reeth) Pinching myself and knocking my head against the window frame made little difference. The morning sky was still cloudless, still blue-y blue. For the past few days, I was so used to looking out from my B&B window and seeing snowfall, that this … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 7 – Keld to Reeth
Coast to Coast: Day 6 – Kirkby Stephen to Keld (Blue Route)
(20th March 2013 - 14½ mile walk from Kirkby Stephen to Keld via Nine Standards Rigg) For once it wasn't snowing when I woke and looked out of my bedroom window ... though more snow was forecast. Despite a good night sleep, I was tired. Progress on the C2C had been tough and over the … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 6 – Kirkby Stephen to Keld (Blue Route)
Coast to Coast: Day 5 – Shap to Kirkby Stephen
(19th March 2013 - 20.5 miles) My Trailblazer guidebook promised me that this stage, Day 5, could be considered a rest day. You what? A 20.5 mile rest day? I wasn't convinced by that breezy assertion and just as well. Today would be one very long tramp and no, I would hardly feel rested and … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 5 – Shap to Kirkby Stephen
Coast to Coast: Day 4 – Patterdale to Shap
(18th March 2013 - 20 mile walk from Patterdale to Shap, off-route) If Day 3 of the Coast to Coast had been the hardest of my 12-day journey, Day 4 was the most disappointing and the only one during which I considered giving up and going home. Again (and not for the last time), I … Continue reading Coast to Coast: Day 4 – Patterdale to Shap
The Walking Gardener 