Welcome to my walking blog
The site is easy to navigate with all the posts visible in the category menu to the right of the page – just click on the category (e.g. St Cuthberts Way) and all the posts for that walk will appear. (If you’re viewing on a mobile, scroll past the comments at the bottom of this page to find the menu)
If you are looking for information on the trails, including accommodation, campsites etc please visit the links page. While no means comprehensive I have included a few useful sites which may help when organising a long distance walk.
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http://www.northernpies.blogspot.com/
http://www.wainwright-richardswalks.blogspot.com/
http://backpackingbongos.wordpress.com/
http://longdistancetrail.wordpress.com/
http://www.idontdohills.blogspot.co.uk
http://1girl1dog.blogspot.co.uk
Hi, like yourself I have been bitten by the long distance trail walking bug, having completed the rural section of the Hadrian’s Wall Path last year. However having family commitments I am unable to launch into it with as much gusto as you, until the kids bet bigger anyway, so I am satisfying myself with preparing a website (www.hikeview.co.uk) that helps me plan the walks I want to do, and hopefully might help others to do so too (I’d appreciate any comments or feedback you might have on it, oh and a link if you judge it worthwhile). Planning to either re-do the Hadrian’s Wall Path (including Newcastle this time) or the Ridgeway next year. Oh, the site has a forum too, where I am hoping people will share information about the walks.
Hi
Thanks for the comment. Glad you have found trail walking – it is seriously addictive. I will put a link up here and on my links page. Good luck with the website!
hey, love your blog, puts mine to utter shame, the cumbria way was a good read, thinking about doing that myself this summer!
matthew
http://www.matthew-walks.com/
You’ve got a nice blog there – will spend a bit of time reading the NDW – have fond memories of walking it in 2004 – my first LDP. Will add a link to your blog above.
edit – The Cumbria way was fantastic – would recommend a North to South Route, but that is just my preference. You could ask 10 people and get 10 different opinions on it! If you do it, do make sure you have some very good waterproofs 🙂
Hi, Really enjoyed running across your blog. I’ve always loved to walk and recently started a long one in Jan. I’m a newbie in the blogging world but love to connect to fellow walkers. Check out my blog- momonawalk.com Happy Trails!
Have just read your blog on the St. Cuthbert’s Way which I hope to walk this September. Such a helpful introduction – thankyou. Have recently walked and blogged on the South West Coastal Path and appreciate how much work it has taken to write this up in such great detail.
Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoy St Cuthberts and get some reasonable weather. The Pilgrims path over the sands to Lindesfarne is not to be missed. If you want to add a link to your blog, I’ll add you to my Blog Roll!
Hi I was wondering when you did the river ayr way walk did you come across many sheep or cows? I am hoping to take my dog on the walk but I am worried that it might be a problem?
Hi.
I don’t think you will have much of a problem taking the dog. From what I can remember the vast majority of the route is fenced off from any fields and livestock, although there are a few exceptions, mainly on the upper section. Most of the livestock there was sheep with most of the cattle being on the lower reaches and fenced off.
Hope that helps
Aaron
Thanks I’m doing the walk next Monday 🙂
I have just checked my emails and seen that you liked my site – firsttimebloggeruk.wordpress.com. Thank you very much. It’s so nice to know someone is out there after all!
The snow scene at the top of the page is stunning, really very beautiful.
Good, good luck with your blog – if I ever get a chance to move away from the computer I will take some of the advice here.
FTB
Love your long distance trail walking posts! I never realized the UK has so many beautiful hiking paths.
I have a long distance story you may want to share with your blog readers. Recently, I laced up my Nike Pegasus and embarked on an 800-mile walk to visit California’s 21 missions. I wasn’t soul searching. I’m not an endurance athlete. I’m an ordinary 54-year old woman.
I divided my peregrination into 12 months, taking four days each month to cover approximately 75 miles, with Amtrak as my chauffeur to and fro. Google maps and “A Hiker’s Guide to California’s 21 Spanish Missions” were my compass. Before launch, I sent an email inviting friends and family to join me on any segment of the excursion. A surprising number said yes. What ensued was the journey of a lifetime.
I was the 11th person to ever complete the walk. I’ve recently published a book about my hike. It’s full of stories from the road, written in the throes of exhausting 20+ mile days. There are also hundreds of accompanying photos.
Please let me know if you are interested in an interview for your blog. The topic is timely due to Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to America, where he’ll canonize Junipero Serra, the friar who started the mission project.
Maggie Espinosa
Thank you for your well written blog! I was looking for more information on Westmoreland way, where a friend and I will walk later this month. I got Paul Hannons book but it sounds difficult to navigate the trail. Is it easy to get lost?
We also walked St. Cuthbert way a couple summers ago, unforgettable! We do not have public trails across private land in the States.
Thanks again and hope you are still walking!
Hi Gail
As it’s an unwaymarked trail it is easier to miss a turning – that said, if you have the OS maps (I would really recommend having the 1:25000) you should be ok. We went wrong once missing an obscure turn, (talking too much) but managed to get back on route easily enough (just think of it as an unplanned diversion). If you have the maps I would plot the routes in pencil on them, which makes a huge difference.
There is online mapping (called OS Maps) which is a subscription service, but the route should still be in there and printable from our walk in daily stages as it may mean carrying 4 or 5 folding maps.
That said, with maps and route descriptions you should be ok – the public footpaths are generally well signed.
I’ve not had much activity here recently- more time issues with a new job, and I’ve got a backlog to blog – along with the Cleveland Way in a couple of months.
Have a fantastic walk and I hope the current weather holds for you (though a little cooler)!
Thank you for your well written blog!