The last two days of the C2C are brutal. Back-to-back days, that clock in around 35-40 km each, terminate in Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea coast. The first day took us from Claybank to the village of Glaisdale, and the second from Glaisdale to Robin Hood’s Bay. I committed to walking the first …
Reliable luggage transfer is an essential component of long distance walking. Few people want to carry their luggage for the 300 km length of the C2C, so most use a luggage transfer company. Reliable companions also are critical. You want to walk with someone who has your back, just in case the wheels come off. …
Like any sensible person who’s spent four days warming up for a long distance walk, I took the next day off. There was a logic to my choice. The last four days of the C2C are brutal. They are either extremely long (37 km) or intense. The walk from Richmond to Ingleby Cross is a …
At the end of a 24-hour trip from Canada, I was greeted by the lovely Deborah in her new SUV nicknamed “Veronicar.” She whisked me away to her home with Stu, which is tucked into a Cumbrian dale. There we ate, drank and made merry for three days. Two of those days coincided with a …
This year’s long distance walk is England’s Coast to Coast path. The unofficial path was stitched together by Alfred Wainwright in the 1970s. It starts in St. Bees on the Irish Sea and ends in Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Sea. The Coast to Coast path — or C2C (sea to sea, har, har) …