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Kevin and Julia (married, marathon runners) and Julia's Aunt, Anita (OAP) are attempting to do Wainwright's Coast to Coast Path walk from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire. A total of about 180 miles (depending on which guide book you read) in 11 days. We will be setting off on Monday 10th May (Happy Birthday BB) and hope to finish on Thursday 20th May, an average of 16.3 miles per day.



We have arranged for 'Packhorse' to transport our bags between the nightly B&B stops and all accommodation is already booked, all we have to do now is get to the start point and walk!!



Keep your fingers crossed for good weather for us - and keep watching the blog.



Full details of the walk can be found on several web sites including http://www.northwestwalks.co.uk/





Sunday, 16 May 2010

Day 7 walk

We wanted an early start today so had to miss breakfast which was at 8am. We had been walking an hour by then. The old abandoned tin mines were very interesting and the peat moors were alive with grouse and other birds but it still involved some hairy descents and climbes around the ravines. The walk along the Swale valley was very picturesque but we were never so pleased as when we saw the castle in Richmond come into view! Accommodation very good - even getting our washing done for us! No significant rainfall as yet since we started and forecast is for it to get hotter before we finish. Probably poor reception tomorrow night in Inglby Arncliffe.
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