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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/





Monday, 10 May 2010

Walk Day 1

B and B in St Bees was fine except being kept waiting 45 mins for breakfast by a noisy group of Americans. We set off at 8.30 in a few spots of rain but within half an hour it was fine but cool and windy. Kevin and Julia said they are going to attach some bungie lines to me so I can pull them along - for some reason they think I walk fast. There were good views over the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man and to Scotland. The bluebells, gorse and thrift on the cliff edge were gorgeous. We had some of everything today - sea,cliffs, woodland, hills - the lot. It was slightly shorter than we expected as the path had been re-routed so we did 12.9 miles and got to the pub at 3pm. Now in The Stork Hotel ready for a shower, an early supper and early bed. Pleasantly tired but no blisters or obvious problems. Looking forward to tomorrow even though Kevin wants to do Haystacks and 3 high fells when I wha thinking it would be another easy day! No peace for the wicked!
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