Around this time last year I announced rather rashly that I was going to do a 78 mile long hike in aid of the Joseph Salmon Trust. In July I had to pay for that rash promise with blisters, sore muscles and aching bones. I was hoping we’d raise four or five hundred [...] Read more »
Posts under ‘The Dales Walk’
Burneside to Bowness-on-Windermere
The previous evening Dave had been talking about adding two or three miles onto the distance of our last day by walking from Kendal to rejoin the Dales Way rather than getting Kerry to give us a lift. His suggestion was met by incredulous looks and open hostility.
Dave had probably been the one [...] Read more »
Lincolns Inn Bridge to Burneside
I woke up on the morning of Day Five in a fair amount of pain. My leg was hurting, my feet were hurting, my shoulders were hurting. Who’s bloody idea was this walk thing anyway?
“Ow” I said as I stumbled around like some sort of crippled zombie. “Ow ow ow ow”. [...] Read more »
Whernside Manor to Holme Farm
I woke up on the morning of day four feeling worse than I did when I went to bed. Actually I think we all woke up on day four feeling worse than we did when we went to bed. Certainly Sandip did, and he announced that after two days of no sleep he [...] Read more »
Oughtershaw to Whernside Manor
The third day started off pretty uncomfortably. Not only did I have the aches and pains of the past two days but my only pillow had been a cloth bag stuffed full of my spare clothes. Little did I know that that fitful night’s sleep was to be the best I was going [...] Read more »
Grassington to Oughtershaw
On the morning of the second day we were all rather surprised that we didn’t ache quite as much as we thought we would. At one point I was even able to bend my leg, which was a bonus.
There were a few members of our group that were unable to start on [...] Read more »
Ilkley to Grassington
The task of reporting all 78 miles of our walk of the Dales Way seems almost as daunting as the hike was itself. Therefore I’m not going to bore you with a blow by blow account.
I do want to record it’s general feel for posterity however, and so I’m afraid I’m going to subject [...] Read more »
…but now what can I blog about?
The mighty conquerors of the Dales Way.
More tomorrow. Tonight – Bath, pain killers, and bed.
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Day 6 – They’ve made it!!!
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Civilisation is reached at last – Day Five
Dan and Co. have now reached Kendal at the end of Day Five and are rewarding themselves with a very well deserved chinese meal. Only ten more miles to go now. Hopefully tomorrow at lunchtime they will make their way towards the bench which marks the end of the Dales Way in Bowness. Myself, Rachael, [...] Read more »
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