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Sunday, 28 September 2008

Day 12 - Littlebeck to Robin Hood's Bay

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28 Sept Distance: 12 miles Number of people walking on cliffs: 2,327 (approx.) I awoke this morning with a flea in my ear. Actually, it wasn...
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Saturday, 27 September 2008

Day 11 - Blakely Ridge to Littlebeck

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27 Sept Distance: about 17 miles Another stunning day through a stunning part of the country! With the mist lifting and the sun just rising ...
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Day 10 - Ingleby Cross to Blakely Ridge

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26 Sept Distance: around 18.5 miles I've not visited this part of the country before, and what a fine day to have walked across those mo...
Thursday, 25 September 2008

Day 9 - Beyond Bolton-on-Swale to Beyond Ingleby Cross

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25 Sept Distance: 15.5 miles Number of bulls: 1 It's not a matter to which I had ever given great thought or study, but somehow I had as...
Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Day 8 - Reeth to beyond Bolton on Swale

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24 Sept Distance: 18 miles Number of fields with bulls through which we passed: 4 I had a note on the itinerary for yesterday saying "P...
Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Day 7 - Keld to Reeth

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23 Sept Distance: about 12.5 or 13 miles Number of dead rabbits: very many The vague plan had been that, weather permitting, we would spend ...

Day 6 - Kirkby Stephen to Keld

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22 Sept Distance: a mere 11 miles It has been a day more about people than places. The walk itself was, of course, lovely. Rather wet underf...
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Sunday, 21 September 2008

Day 5 - Shap to Kirkby Stephen

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21 Sept Distance (intended): 19.5 miles Distance (actual): 21 miles Number of close encounters with bulls: 2 Contrary to my concerns, no tra...
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Saturday, 20 September 2008

Day 4 - Patterdale to Shap

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20 Sept Distance: 15.5ish miles Number of ticks pulled off my body: 5 Number of ticks pulled off Mick: 1 It had suddenly (and somewhat belat...
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Friday, 19 September 2008

Day 3 - Longthwaite to Patterdale

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19 Sept Distance: much shorter than it felt Number of killer flies: 2 (tried to kill me by asphyxiation as I accidentally swallowed them) As...
Thursday, 18 September 2008

Day 2 - SE of Crag Fell to Stonethwaite

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18 June Distance: rough guess of somewhere around 12.5 miles Number of killer anythings: 0 At just before midnight I nipped out side of the ...
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C2C Day 1: St Bees to SE of Crag Fell

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17 September Distance: about 16 miles Number of dogs: lots Number of killer dogs: 0 Number of cows: lots Number of killer cows: 0 The fact t...
Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Coast to Coast: Day 0

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16 Sept I've said it before and I'll say it again: I like travelling by train, particularly when everything goes smoothly and to sch...
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Monday, 15 September 2008

Why Won't It Fit?

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I said that I would be all packed by the end of Sunday. I was wrong. All of my stuff was laid out on the bed, but I decided not to pack it u...
Saturday, 13 September 2008

The Plan

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Here's the vague plan. We've not got a fantastic record for sticking to plans 100% (and we're certainly not going to be purist a...
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An Explosion Of Rice, All Over The House

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(Subtitle: Coast to Coast Preprations) Bright and early on Tuesday morning, after our pleasant few days pootling along the canals, we made o...
Tuesday, 9 September 2008

The All-Seeing Eyes - Update

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When the woman in Specsavers last week laughed at my enquiry as to the availability of same-day appointments and told me that I would have a...
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Sunday, 7 September 2008

The First Week in September?

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I've just been in the nearest pub to where we're moored. I've no idea where that is, but I can say with some confidence that it ...
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Saturday, 6 September 2008

Pootling

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I'm sitting aboard Laughton. She's a 60' narrow boat on hire from Braunston. Having boarded her at 4pm or so and after a bit of ...
Friday, 5 September 2008

The Joys Of Clear Vision

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I started wearing glasses when I was seven years old. Those nasty plastic NHS ones that most spectacle-wearers of around my age seem to have...
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