Category Pennine Way

A Pennine Way Gear List

February 18, 2021 · by · in Gear, Pennine Way · 8 Comments

In response to several queries as to the practicality of walking the Pennine Way with just a 30 litre rucksack…

The Pandemic Pennine Way – Itinerary

January 14, 2021 · by · in England, Itineraries, Pennine Way · 18 Comments

A quick summary of my 2020 itinerary, mainly just to show how flexible and informal a Pennine Way can be.

Pennine Way – an Entertaining Extension

November 18, 2018 · by · in England, Pennine Way, Scotland · 5 Comments

You may be surprised to hear anyone might casually stroll onwards into Scotland…

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Pennine Way Blog 3 – Days 15 – 17

October 15, 2018 · by · in England, Pennine Way, Scotland · 9 Comments

I sorted myself out and hunkered down, it started to get dark…

Pennine Way Blog 3 – Days 12 to 14

October 8, 2018 · by · in England, Pennine Way · 2 Comments

I am running out of expressions for ‘it started to rain really quite heavily’…

Pennine Way Blog 3 – Days 9 – 11

October 6, 2018 · by · in England, Pennine Way · 19 Comments

I’ll show you! Who needs to allegedly ruin your ‘private party’…

Pennine Way Blog 3 – Days 7 to 8

October 1, 2018 · by · in England, Pennine Way · 12 Comments

Everything was very wet and everywhere was very quiet…

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Pennine Way Blog 3 – Days 4 – 6

September 26, 2018 · by · in England, Pennine Way · 7 Comments

They’d put the flags out for me…

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Pennine Way Blog 3 – days 1 – 3.

September 22, 2018 · by · in England, Itineraries, Pennine Way · 23 Comments

The Purposeless Pennine Way – a third, more philosophical, journey along Britain’s premier long distance hiking trail…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 17

January 14, 2017 · by · in Pennine Way · 13 Comments

There’ll be a massive carved gate, trumpets…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 16

January 11, 2017 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

A dodgy exploit verging on foolish…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 15

January 9, 2017 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

Any sensible Sirens would be elsewhere…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 14

January 6, 2017 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

It was distinctly wuthering up there…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 13

January 3, 2017 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

I packed up grumpily and stomped out into pitch darkness…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 12

December 29, 2016 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

You need to take a distracting interest in something…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day 11

December 16, 2016 · by · in Pennine Way · 8 Comments

By halfway down I felt a fool…

Pennine Way Blog 2: Day Ten

December 13, 2016 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

Quite apart from the bog issue…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day Nine

December 12, 2016 · by · in Pennine Way · 4 Comments

My head told me to stop…

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Pennine Way Blog 2: Day Eight

December 11, 2016 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

A campsite for amphibians…

Pennine Way Blog 2: Day Seven

December 10, 2016 · by · in Pennine Way · Leave a comment

I tried to look artistic, hoping in vain for spare change…

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