Neil's Coast to Coast

At slight risk of offending those kind people who I’ve conversed with following comments received, I consider the single biggest personal advantage (to date at least) of writing this blog has been the extra motivation it has provided towards my fitness goals. I wrote about my pre-walk targets for both weight and running a few […]

(With apologies for the ‘text’ speak on the first two days – it’s probably as good as it’s going to get from my phone. I’ll mostly leave the words ‘as was’ with only a few minor edits to make it readable ). Day 1: Scary drive to Hawes in the snow. Then I realised I’d […]

During the last few weeks I’ve been reading a few books written by, or about, Alfred Wainwright – what a great thing the Library reservation service is! I started with two of his novels: the story of his 1938 ‘Pennine Journey’ (written at the time, but published many years later) and ’Memoirs of a Fellwanderer’. They both gripped […]

Despite  now accepting that I ought to be getting some long walks in, at the time of writing, with 10 weeks to go, I simply haven’t managed any. This is still mostly related to my running – part of me is still loathe to risk interrupting the good progress I’m continuing to make there – although family birthdays have […]

The total accommodation cost, based on sticking with Osmotherly YH rather than its ‘family’ replacement, works out at £385.20. Of that, roughly half went in up-front payments; the balance will be paid out on arrival at the various locations. That total includes all but one breakfast, but only one pre-arranged evening meal. Over the 11 […]