Slaggyford to Greenhead
Jeri’s Steps: 28,701Miles walked: 11.8Elevation: 1,161Pints: none (wine)Churches: noneStiles: 19Benches: 3 Today was a day of bright sunshine but wet boots, but more of that later. From Slaggyford we again walked the River Tyne Trail north until Lambley, in preference to the Pennine Way and for this section the rail lines had been removed so […]
Alston to Slaggyford
Jeri’s Steps: 14,100Miles walked: 4.9Elevation: none!Pints: 2Churches: noneStiles: none Benches: 2 After yesterday’s soaking up in the clouds we let our boots dry out a bit and did some much needed chores this morning; buying shoelaces, ibuprofen and the Sunday Times. The last item was bought mainly to use in drying the boots, but some […]
Dufton to Garrigill
Jeri’s Steps: 36,942Miles walked: 13.7Elevation: 2,749Pints: 3Churches: noneStiles: 1Benches: 1 Highest, Coldest, Wettest After an early breakfast we started uphill at 8:20. In the rain. We took the road route to Great Dun Fell and it was a steady, grinding wet haul upwards into the clouds. At no point in our upward journey could we […]
Langdon Beck to Dufton
Jeri’s Steps: 34,440Miles walked: 13.4Elevation: 1,312Pints: 2Churches: none Stiles: 9Benches: 1 The view from the breakfast room at the Langdon Beck Hotel today was magnificent and was a preview of the scenery to come. When walking down to Intake Farm we noticed a chicken at the side of the road. It seemed indecisive; maybe it […]
Bowes to Langdon Beck
Jeri’s Steps: 40,265Miles walked: 15.5Elevation: 1,692Pints: 3Churches: noneStiles: 35Benches: 1 We avoided the weapons storage site at Tute Hill and started today at Clove Lodge. A black farm cat, who we later discovered was called ‘Mr Nibbles’ followed us across two fields down to the stream near Blackton resevoir, demanding attention, which we lavished upon […]
Upper Swaledale/Keld to Bowes
Jeri’s Steps: 28,642Miles walked: 11.2Elevation: 912Pints: 4Churches: noneStiles: 6Benches: none A milestone-500 to be exact… We took our time over breakfast as this was not a particularly long day and we enjoyed chatting with our co-walkers from last night. Frith Lodge was a great place to stay; thank you Karen and Neil! (Frith is an […]
Hawes to Upper Swaledale/Keld
Jeri’s Steps: 37,235Miles walked: 13.9Elevation: 2,923Pints: 2Churches: 1Stiles: 12Benches: 3 After a great stay at Wensleydale House in Hawes, Jan and Wayne wished us good luck and at 8:30am we headed into Hawes to buy lunch at the bakers. After an easy walk across fields to Hardraw we started the ascent of Great Shunner Fell. […]
Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes
Jeri’s Steps: 30,260Miles walked: 11.5Elevation: 1,243Pints: 2Churches: noneStiles: noneBenches: 1 A certain weariness has set in. This first week of the Pennine Way has been tough, with some big climbs and long days and although biblically there should be a rest day on the seventh, ours is a walking day; we don’t get our rest […]
Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale
Jeri’s Steps: 33,095Miles walked: 12.7Elevation: 2,214Pints: 2Churches: 1Stiles: 8Benches: 1 Quoting from Wainwright; “Malham is the threshold of the best part of the Pennine Way, the starting point of an exciting journey over limestone uplands of great geological interest.” The limestone ‘pavement’ above Malham Cove will be familiar to Harry Potter fans as the location […]
Thornton-in-Craven to Malham
Jeri’s Steps: 27,320Miles walked: 11.0Elevation: 849Pints: 4Churches: 1Stiles: 22Benches: 3 Today we left the South Pennines behind and crossed the ‘Aire Gap’, the natural east west path formed by the Aire River between Yorkshire and Lancashire. We moved away from moors as the landscape changed to one of smaller fields and rivers. On the map […]