I head north today - by road and rail to St Bees in Cumbria. It's the well-advertised start of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk and where I will begin to find out what all the fuss is about. With the odd diversion on his route and if all goes according to plan then I should arrive Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire 15 days later.
The extra comforts in my pack have pushed its weight up. A better sleeping bag, a pillow, a little thingy to sit on, more washing kit, even a full gas cylinder - it all adds up to 21lbs. Leaving my camera at home helps balance the extras so I will have to rely on my phone for pictures. It is fixed since my last trek so I am blog-enabled!
Body and signal strength willing and available I should be able to post the occasional update.
Chocs away!
2 comments:
Best wishes, Brian. I've not done the Coast to coast before although I have done large chunks of it at both ends due to my love of NYM and Wainwrights. Lost count of the number of B&Bs I've stayed in at St Bees. A walk leader missed a turning on the walk I was on in Richmond recently, so I joked that he wanted to highlight a bit more on his C2C map !!
Cheers J!
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