Coast to coast, is in my plans

[glenn2926]

The coast to coast is one of the first things I’m going to do when I retire. I used to do an awful lot of mountain, fell and hill walking and camping when younger. Dales. Lake District, Scotland. Wales a couple of times but it was always too busy down there really. I will hopefully get back into it more next year. Well maybe not the camping bit.
I’ve walked the 3 peaks many, many times but have no desire to ever walk them as a thing again.
I’ve walked the Dalesway, EborWay, Cleveland Way, Lyke wake walk etc.
I did my ML at Plas Y Brenin. Map and compass were the only navigation tools acceptable.
The new walking, hiking section will hopefully spur me on a bit.

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Moved in the tidy-up of this new section.

Richard

 

[tuftywhite]

Coast to Coast is something I've considered and will probably do in the next few years. I've recently felt like going back to long distance walking after doing a load during the 90's and then life getting in the way since about 2008.

Somewhat less fit, surprisingly, than I was in 90's I'm now planning walks over passes rather than peaks and also considering low level walks which most counties have. I've also recently read an entertaining book on someone's fortnight walking Offa's Dyke, which is also worth considering.

If I start doing low level walks regularly, perhaps I can get fit enough to get up some mountains again. Saying that, I dragged my 12 year old daughter up Snowdon (Snowdon Ranger) last October so I reckon it's still possible.

 

[glenn2926]

Coast to Coast is something I've considered and will probably do in the next few years. I've recently felt like going back to long distance walking after doing a load during the 90's and then life getting in the way since about 2008.

Somewhat less fit, surprisingly, than I was in 90's I'm now planning walks over passes rather than peaks and also considering low level walks which most counties have. I've also recently read an entertaining book on someone's fortnight walking Offa's Dyke, which is also worth considering.

If I start doing low level walks regularly, perhaps I can get fit enough to get up some mountains again. Saying that, I dragged my 12 year old daughter up Snowdon (Snowdon Ranger) last October so I reckon it's still possible.

The Dalesway is pretty low level for most of its route. The highest point being Cam Fell as one crosses from Langstrothdale to Dentdale. Most of the route follows rivers. It’s only around 80 miles so a nice easy starting point for long distance walks.
I’ve done it 4 times and taken 4 days each time.
I’ve always done it from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere.

 

[OMG!!]

I met a couple 2 years ago, while staying overnight at a clamping & camping site near by Loch Ness and Fort Augustus.
They both looked exhausted, and glad to get to this campsite for the night, we talked for ages, seems they also came from Aberdeen and walking part of the West Highland way, from around Perth to Inverness.
An offer to help with their baggage to make things lighter for them was welcomed, but as I was new too them, they preferred to humph the items back home themselves. Which I completely understood.
Walking that distance is doable with good planning, but much too far for myself these days, anyways I prefer the bike for distances, and slight 2-4 miles hikes from that.

 

[glenn2926]

I met a couple 2 years ago, while staying overnight at a clamping & camping site near by Loch Ness and Fort Augustus.
They both looked exhausted, and glad to get to this campsite for the night, we talked for ages, seems they also came from Aberdeen and walking the West Highland way, from Perth to Inverness.
An offer to help with their baggage to make things lighter for them was welcomed, but as I was new too them, they preferred to humph the items back home themselves. Which I completely understood.
Walking that distance is doable with good planning, but much too far for myself these days, anyways I prefer the bike for distances, and slight 2-4 miles hikes from that.

Doesn’t the West Highland Way start in Milngavie and finish in Fort William?

 

[OMG!!]

Correct, and a few other routes, but you can also make up your own routes by joining onto others, which I think this experienced couple did.
This time doing it in reverse order, too allow for a train back home to Aberdeen at the end of it.

Suggested Itineraries - West Highland Way

 

[glenn2926]

Correct, and a few other routes, but you can also make up your own routes by joining onto others, which I think this experienced couple did.
This time doing it in reverse order, too allow for a train back home to Aberdeen at the end of it.

Suggested Itineraries - West Highland Way

The WHW is another walk I really fancy doing in the next few years.

 

[OMG!!]

It is well known and walked by many, as advertised as one of the worlds finest!......if fit enough I would have loved to walk some more, sadly unable to address more than a few miles these days.

Most of the routes can be achieved by motorbike, in a round about way The faster versions!

 

[grantmac]

I find this website and app very useful for walks planning in Scotland anyway....

walkhighlands

Discover Scotland, one step at a time with walkhighlands. The ultimate website and app for walking and hiking in Scotland, with thousands of free detailed descriptions of walks, places to stay, and GPS mapping.

www.walkhighlands.co.uk

and this is one I'd love to do one day before I shuffle of this planet.....

Cateran Trail (Walkhighlands)

The free Walkhighlands guide to the Cateran Trail, a circular long distance walk through Perthshire and the Angus Glens.

www.walkhighlands.co.uk

 

[RobA]

I've managed to keep walking for most of my adult life but on retirement the first walk I did was the West Highland Way. On finishing in Fort William, read a book in the climbing shop next to the station as I waited for the train home, and discovered The Great Glen Way, which goes from Fort William to Inverness.

A couple of years later I returned then completed that one.

In April this year I walked the Wilberforce Way from Hull to York via Beverley. An interesting if not very exciting walk with strong connections to William Wilberforce and anti-slavery. Turns out it is still an issue in our towns and cities today!!

Rob.A.

 

[Barnoe]

I was passing a castle ruin (forget the name and left the bike to get a closer look.
A woman arrived on a horse and said she was riding the West Highland way, so it must have a bridle part too.

Ive not done the C2C but i have done the Pennine Way twice (once in each direction)