Hebden Bridge to Cowling
Jeri’s Steps: 41,097Miles walked: 16.1Elevation: 2,519Pints: 2Churches: noneStiles: 13Benches: 1 We started Day Four of the Pennine Way walking up a cobbled street in Heptonstall northwest towards Slack and High Gate. We had to visit May’s shop; a place where you can pretty much get everything you need and a Pennine Way legend. We got […]
Standedge to Hebden Bridge
Jeri’s Steps: 38,647Miles walked: 15.1Elevation: 984Pints: 3.5Churches: noneStiles: 4Benches: 2 We had an early breakfast today because our walk was scheduled to be a long one. The taxi took us back to the car park on the A62 next to Brun Clough reservoir where we ended last night. Although it was dry, the wind was […]
Torside to Standedge
Jeri’s Steps: 35,128Miles walked: 13.5Elevation: 2,641Pints: 3Churches: noneStiles: 6Benches: 1 We had a lovely send-off from The Old House after a generous Full English breakfast. We crossed the dam at Torside then after a couple of miles of shaded pine woods we turned toward the moors and, you guessed it, uphill. The climb to Laddow […]
Edale to Torside
Jeri’s Steps: 43,614Miles walked: 16.5Elevation: 2,972Pints: 5Churches: noneStiles: 1Benches: none 400 miles walked! And now the big one. The Pennine Way, Britain’s first national trail, suggested in 1935 and finally established in 1965. Reading Wainwright can leave you shocked that anyone would attempt it, having read his vivid sentences cataloging the miseries of the first […]
Millers Dale to Edale
Jeri’s Steps: 25,567Miles walked: 9.45Elevation: 1,391Pints: 5Churches: 1Stiles: 20Benches: 1 Our support van (thank you Deans) dropped us off just after 9:30 and we headed north. Hay Dale and Dam Dale were both smaller than the valleys we passed through yesterday but were delightful – very few trees, solid drystone walls and substantial stiles. We quickly reached […]
Parsley Hay to Millers Dale
Jeri’s Steps: 23,067Miles walked: 7.9Elevation: 534Pints: 4Churches: noneStiles:16Benches:3 After a lackluster breakfast at the faded glory that is the Palace in Buxton we shopped for lunch in town and had a coffee before taking a taxi to our start point. Nigel, our driver, was quite talkative and we chatted about the water shortages in the […]
Thorpe to Parsley Hay
Jeri’s Steps: 28,496Miles walked: 11.6Elevation: 1,410Pints: none (wine)Churches: noneStiles: 6Benches: 2 We returned to the trail today after over a week of recuperation. The Izaak Walton hotel in Thorpe was very special; a country house hotel providing really good service. Last night we had dinner in the hotel with views across to Thorpe Cloud. The day started […]
Broad Campden to Long Marston
Jeri’s Steps: 27,113Miles walked: 10.9Elevation: 715Pints: 3Churches: 2Stiles: 21Benches: 3 Into Warwickshire… The alarm went off at 6:00am which was painful, but we packed efficiently and were on the road just after 7:00. Dave dropped us back near the Bakers Arms in Broad Campden and we were on the trail at 8:00am greeting numerous dog walkers. The […]
Stow on the Wold to Broad Campden
Jeri’s Steps: 23,524Miles walked: 9.6Elevation: 1,213Pints: 2Churches: 1Stiles: 10Benches: 3 After a very good cooked breakfast at Mole End, we headed north out of Stow and soon joined the Heart of England Way through Donnington, Longborough, Bourton-on-the-Hill and Blockley to Broad Campden. The landscape was again fairly open with a mixture of field and woodland […]
Northleach to Stow on the Wold
Jeri’s Steps: 28,148Miles walked: 10.2Elevation: 1,030Pints: 2Churches: 2Stiles: 17Benches: 3 After a light cooked breakfast at the Broadlands Hotel (smoked salmon and scrambled eggs), we were driven back to Northleach, actually the nearby village of Farmington, to start our walk. We appreciated the fact the first half mile descended a grassy field. Walking today was […]