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RE: Lord Nigel's Travels - A walk across England - Day Three
You're quite possibly the most insane walker I've come across on here! Well done for making it through, if you can do it through that and the storms of today then you'll be fine for the rest of the expedition!
Is this the coast to coast walk? 192 miles from West to East in 16 days?
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Hey, yep that's the walk! basically wainwright's coast to coast (with a few small variations). It started in St Bees and ending in Robin Hood’s Bay.
I wouldn't call myself an insane walker normally (by day I'm just an office worker these days and have gotten a bit soft); that day was definitely the most difficult set of challenges I have faced in a single day, I will occasionaly do something dumb like sit on the edge of a cliff for a photo and feel a little like.. I'm in danger, but day 3 on the coast to coast as soon as I headed up that mountain and I saw people sliding around and over, I knew it was bad news...I just never expected it to be as bad, particularly the way down being so dangerous, slippery rocks and walking through fast flowing streams... I imagine it's a pleasant hike, with beautiful views... when the conditions are good :)
I was thinking of doing that at some point. Maybe in the "summer months" where the days a bit longer. I was near Robin's Hood bay a couple of weeks ago, went to Whitby Abbey which is a great place to finish off. Also done the Yorkshire 3 Peaks and UK 3 Peaks Challenge which were tough! But not in the conditions you did.
With you on the office worker front, it will probably feel like a holiday when you get back to it after all these battles of the hiking challenge! Slippery rocks are my biggest fear, hate them with a passion!
Hope the conditions are better today for you and you get some great views!
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Nice job with those peaks - I did this walk sometime ago, just took me some time to get around to posting it on Steemit. Fortunately the days got much better and the lake district was definitely the more difficult area.