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Cumbria Way, day four

Jun 5th, 2009
by Dan.
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Caldbeck to Carlisle
Miles walked: 14
Highest point reached: Not very high really.
Conscious that this walk was originally going to be a kick start to resuming my diet I chose to forgo a full English breakfast and went for scrambled egg instead. The pain and distress I felt watching everyone else stuffing sausage and bacon down [...] Read more »

Cumbria Way, day one

May 27th, 2009
by Dan.
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Ambleside to Honister Hause
Miles walked: 15
Highest point reached: Stake Pass, 480m above sea level
Weight of backpack: 19lb
Our journey began at Huddersfield train station at some ungodly hour in the morning where Craig, Rich Bassinder, Rich Brook, Dave, my brother Sam, and I staggered onto the train groaning under the weight of our backpacks.
A couple of [...] Read more »

The walking man walks

May 22nd, 2009
by Dan.
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Tomorrow at 6:45 in the morning I catch a train from Huddersfield to Windermere. I then start my 60 odd mile walk through the Lake District national park up to Carlisle. I’m not going alone, although our original group of nine has been depleted down to six due to a combination of injuries [...] Read more »

How to walk

Apr 30th, 2009
by Dan.
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Last night on BBC Two there was a show about that most English of topics: rain. In it they discussed the wettest point in the UK, the place that gets the heaviest, longest, and most frequent amount of rainfall in the entire of this already pretty sodden country. A place called Seatoller in the [...] Read more »

Here we go again

Jan 15th, 2009
by Dan.
23 comments

Q: What do you call a man who voluntarily walks 78 miles in six days?
A: An idiot
Q: What do you call a man who decides to do it all again the next year, but this time not even for charity?
A: A bloody stupid idiot.
I’m planning another walk. Or rather I should say we’re planning [...] Read more »