Category Archives: Preparation

C2C – Day 15: Saturday 16 April – CLAY BANK TOP to BLAKEY RIDGE (9 miles) A slightly briefer Blog today, to match the day’s short walk. We had planned our antepenultimate section of the route as a pleasant and relatively undemanding morning amble, delivering us to our destination, The Lion Inn up on BlakeyContinue reading “Here Comes The Sun”

C2C – Day 14: Friday 15 April – INGLEBY CROSS to CLAY BANK TOP (13 miles) Let’s start today with a thank you, to Jane at Ingleby House Farm, for a wonderful breakfast and for supporting our C2C walk and Parkinson’s UK. Thank you, and for a comfortable night’s stay in Engleby, which roughly translatedContinue reading “Running Up That Hill”

C2C – Day 13: Thursday 14 April – DANBY WISKE to INGLEBY CROSS (10 miles) For some while we had been eyeing-up today as a rest day; with relatively low mileage, little ascent and fine weather forecast, we anticipated a simple and pleasant day’s ramble. And so it was. Footpaths, farm-tracks and quiet lanes boundedContinue reading “Take It Easy”

C2C – Day 12: Wednesday 13 April – RICHMOND to DANBY WISKE (15 miles) A perfect start to the day! Kedgeree for breakfast (the best this side of the sub-continent) cooked by our hosts Colin and Sandra at the early 17th century Willance House where we stayed in Richmond. Wonderful, thank you, and an aptContinue reading “Badlands”

C2C – Day 11: Tuesday 12 April – REETH to RICHMOND (12 miles) I would just like to start today with a big THANK YOU – to everyone who is following us, sponsoring us, and supporting us in any way. We’ve had so many lovely messages, and it means a lot to Rob and toContinue reading “It’s Raining Again”

C2C – Day 10: Monday 11 April – KELD to REETH (13 miles) Today, Monday 11 April, is World Parkinson’s Day. The date marks the anniversary of the birthday of Dr James Parkinson who, in 1817, first identified and recognised the condition. The main reason for this annual commemoration is to raise awareness of Parkinson’s,Continue reading “Everybody Hurts”

C2C – Day 9: Sunday 10 April – KIRKBY STEPHEN to KELD (12 miles) Today has certainly been the day of landmarks on our C2C Walk! Quite aside from leaving Cumbria and entering Yorkshire, we have also crossed the watershed of the Pennines, the backbone of England! And indeed, this afternoon, we passed the 100-mileContinue reading “The Only Way Is Up”

C2C – Day 8: Saturday 9 April – ORTON to KIRKBY STEPHEN (13 miles) I have been asked by more than a few folk to say something on the wildlife that we have seen on our C2C walk. In truth, and perhaps because of the gusty winds, mist, rain, sleet, snow and hail that weContinue reading “I’ll Follow The Sun”

C2C – Day 7: Friday 8 April – SHAP to ORTON (9 miles) What a difference a day makes! Today started cold and clear, with blue skies and bright sunshine warming us through, despite the efforts of a lingering northerly wind. So after a wonderful Full English breakfast at our Shap guesthouse (the Hermitage, builtContinue reading “I Can See Clearly Now”

C2C – Day 6: Thursday 7 April – PATTERDALE to SHAP (17 miles) Today was to have been the first day that just the two of us, Rob and I, walked together unaccompanied. However on leaving our Patterdale guesthouse we bumped into a fellow C2C trekker, John, who we had met a number of timesContinue reading “Cold As Ice”