Walking in the U.K.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:36:30 GMT, Randell Tarin
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall? We don't fancy
camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week if we could
arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Hi there,

You can have loads of fun :-) I'm dashing out now, but I can
confirm - as can lots of people here - that the Lakes is a brilliant
place to walk. So too is Snowdonia. I can't speak for the other end of
the country, as I'm stuck up here in the frozen north ;-)

Also, there are long distance walks you could consider. For instance,
the Coast to Coast Walk, Offa's Dyke, the Pennine Way, various coastal
walks, the Dales Way, the Cumbrian Way, the Cambrian Way and loads of
others. Look some of them up in Google: you'll be reading about them
for months!

There are transport companies available - Sherpa Van, for instance -
for a lot of the long ones. They'll carry as much or as little of your
kit as you like, and they'll do it for the whole trip or on a day to
day basis.

See the Spotlight Guides page here http://tinyurl.com/3ww2j as a
starter for 10. Welcome to a great new hobby!

p.s. don't disount camping. You might be v. surprised at how much
lighter and more compact kit has got since the old days, when we all
broke our backs carrying incredibly heavy, soaking wet, orange tents
around at school/scouts/guides/OTC (just put that last one in to give
you indigestion, KRO ;-)

Have fun!

Best wishes,
--
Peewiglet

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:36:30 GMT, Randell Tarin <[email hidden]>
wrote:

| My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by walking
| part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!
|
| We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
| wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Yorkshire has lots of good walking, Pennines and Yorkshire Dales are my
favourites, but North Yorks moors are fine. But as a Tyke I'm biassed ;-)
Mostly walking rather than rambling, and you need to know how to use a map
and compass.

Lake District is fabulous.

| Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall? We don't fancy
| camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week if we could
| arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

Shhhhh You will get drummed out of urw for saying that. Only backpacking
and wild camping may be mentioned here ;-)

--
Dave F

"Dave Fawthrop" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Shhhhh You will get drummed out of urw for saying that. Only

backpacking

Quoted message said:

and wild camping may be mentioned here ;-)

Having just come back from a wet Scotland in a leaky tent I'm all in favour
of 5 star hotels next time. Trouble is wildcamping is a bit like
childbirth, you're programmed to forget the pain and misery and only
remember the good bits like watching the sunset and shooting stars from a
pitch on top of Ben Sgritheall and sticking your head out of your tent in
the morning to be met by blank stares from 3 fuzzy antlered deer.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:55:13 +0100, "AndyP"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

| "Dave Fawthrop" <[email hidden]> wrote
|
| > Shhhhh You will get drummed out of urw for saying that. Only
| backpacking
| > and wild camping may be mentioned here ;-)
|
| Having just come back from a wet Scotland in a leaky tent I'm all in favour
| of 5 star hotels next time. Trouble is wildcamping is a bit like
| childbirth, you're programmed to forget the pain and misery and only
| remember the good bits like watching the sunset and shooting stars from a
| pitch on top of Ben Sgritheall and sticking your head out of your tent in
| the morning to be met by blank stares from 3 fuzzy antlered deer.

They all say that until next time ;-)

--
Dave F

Randell Tarin <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by
walking part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall? We don't
fancy camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week
if we could arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,

Randell Tarin
Midlothian, TX USA

Those are all good ideas. If in Yorkshire, I recommend the Dales.
Being limestone they tend not to get too muddy in wet weather.
Also there is some interesting geological features in the area.

Hadrain's Wall has got popular lately. An
interesting alternative is St Cuthbert's Way a little further north
running from Melrose in Scotland to Holy Island off England's NE coast.

Plenty of good mountains in Scotland but it depends on what sort of
walking you are after.
--
Adrian

Adrian,

Now you have me intrigued. Can you tell me more about St. Cuthbert's Way?
We love Scotland too, though we've yet to do any walking there.

On 08/17/04 8:11 PM, in article [email hidden], "Adrian

Tupper said:

Randell Tarin <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by
walking part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall? We don't
fancy camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week
if we could arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,

Randell Tarin
Midlothian, TX USA

Those are all good ideas. If in Yorkshire, I recommend the Dales.
Being limestone they tend not to get too muddy in wet weather.
Also there is some interesting geological features in the area.

Hadrain's Wall has got popular lately. An
interesting alternative is St Cuthbert's Way a little further north
running from Melrose in Scotland to Holy Island off England's NE coast.

Plenty of good mountains in Scotland but it depends on what sort of
walking you are after.

"Randell Tarin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by walking
part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

I suggest the Cleveland Way which goes up the Yorkshire coast from
Scarborough to Saltburn-by-the-Sea and then inland to Helmsley via
Osmotherley. Did the inland part last year and would love to get back to do
the coastal part one day.
http://www.clevelandway.gov.uk/

Nick

Completed Hadrians Wall Trail in May this year it was my first long
distance walk and I backpacked solo.
I had the time of my life I met some fantastic people and I am left
with many wonderful memories.

The trail is fairly new so accomodation is available but limited,
however it is improving all the time.
Try http://www.hadrians-wall.org/ for further details on the walk.
Great history, wonderfull scenery and great people.

Randell Tarin said:

My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by walking
part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall? We don't fancy
camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week if we could
arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,

Randell Tarin
Midlothian, TX USA

Following up to Randell Tarin

Quoted message said:

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Have a look at this page
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/page38.htm"

The Lake district would be a good choice

Quoted message said:

Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall?

Many, I believe.

Quoted message said:

We don't fancy camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week if we could
arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

People do this sort of service on many routes, another path that
might interest you is the (upper) Thames path, Windsor to
source:-
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/thamespath.htm"

You could also consider the "coast to coast" but its tougher but
wilder scenery.
--
Mike Reid
If god wanted us to be vegetarians he wouldn't have made animals out of meat.
Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Thanks for the link! It's just what I was looking for.
I'm looking forward to doing this.

Do you live in the U.K.?

On 08/18/04 12:56 AM, in article [email hidden],

Quoted post said:

Completed Hadrians Wall Trail in May this year it was my first long
distance walk and I backpacked solo.
I had the time of my life I met some fantastic people and I am left
with many wonderful memories.

The trail is fairly new so accomodation is available but limited,
however it is improving all the time.
Try http://www.hadrians-wall.org/ for further details on the walk.
Great history, wonderfull scenery and great people.

Randell Tarin said:

My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by walking
part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Has anyone here ever walked the length of Hadrian's Wall? We don't fancy
camping out, so we'd like to do this over the period of a week if we could
arrange for accommodations and luggage transport each day.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,

Randell Tarin
Midlothian, TX USA

Randell Tarin <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Adrian,

Now you have me intrigued. Can you tell me more about St. Cuthbert's
Way? We love Scotland too, though we've yet to do any walking there.

Sure. The best place to start is probably:

http://www.stcuthbertsway.fsnet.co.uk/

For other sites and info on Scotland, please take a look at my (rather
dusty) site www.highscotland.co.uk

You'd be glad you weren't walking this evening however. The rain
(here in Edinburgh) is torrential.

--
Adrian

Randell Tarin said:

My wife and I recently had our first experience of "Rambling" by walking
part of the Cotswold Way this last spring. We loved it!!

We're looking for more interesting areas to walk in the UK. We were
wondering how Yorkshire is for walking or perhaps the Lake District.

Both excellent. My favourite, though, is a place that nobody else has
mentioned so far - the Peak District. The walking there is excellent,
though possibly a bit 'softer' than the Lakes or Dales. But then, I'm
a Southerner :-)

General rule: the country is greener and easier going the further
south and east you go. Nonetheless, the south does offer some
excellent walks. There is, for example, the North Downs way which runs
roughly west (Farnham) to east (Dover) along a ridge of hills called
(oddly enough) the North Downs. This is south of London. And, since
this part of the country is fairly densely populated, you're never far
from a town where you'll be able to find accommodation. (Unlike some
here, I sympathise with your preference for avoiding tents.)

I'll admit to a bit of a bias here: I live at the foot of the North
Downs, so this is the easiest, and therefore most frequent, place for
me to walk.

Wherever you go, you'll want the local Ordnance Survey Explorer
(1:25000) map. The Landranger (1:50000) series is good, but
second-best. These maps are excellent, and easily obtainable from good
bookshops (eg, Waterstone's, Ottakar, Borders) or online directly
(http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/).

HTH

Peter.

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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:36:30 GMT, Randell Tarin
<[email hidden]> wrote:

I'll admit to a bit of a bias here: I live at the foot of the North
Downs, so this is the easiest, and therefore most frequent, place for
me to walk.

A lovely walk which I did many times as a youngster, I will
probably be doing it next week for the first time in 40 years
I suppose it will seem a lot harder now.

Richard.
South Africa

Peter wrote on Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:19:40 +0100....

Quoted message said:

Wherever you go, you'll want the local Ordnance Survey Explorer
(1:25000) map. The Landranger (1:50000) series is good, but
second-best. These maps are excellent, and easily obtainable from good
bookshops (eg, Waterstone's, Ottakar, Borders) or online directly

Harveys are generally clearer than the OS, though they only cover
upland areas.
http://www.harveymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Outdoor_and_adventure_maps.html

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Tim Jackson said:

Harveys are generally clearer than the OS, though they only cover
upland areas.
http://www.harveymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Outdoor_and_adventure_maps.html

Yes, they're good. But they can't be given a general recommendation
because:
(a) they're not readily available in shops (well, I've never seen them
in shops around here);
(b) even of upland areas, their coverage is decidedly patchy. At a
quick glance, I note the following areas *not* covered at 1:25000
- White Peak
- North York Moors
- Yorkshire Dales (out of stock, rather than not published, but still
a poor show)
- Cotswolds
- Exmoor

There's also good walking to be had in lowland areas, but Harveys
coverage of them is simply non-existent.

Peter.

Peter Trebilcock said:

Tim Jackson said:

Harveys are generally clearer than the OS, though they only cover
upland areas.
http://www.harveymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Outdoor_and_adventure_maps.html

Yes, they're good. But they can't be given a general recommendation
because:
(a) they're not readily available in shops (well, I've never seen them
in shops around here);
(b) even of upland areas, their coverage is decidedly patchy. At a
quick glance, I note the following areas *not* covered at 1:25000
- White Peak
- North York Moors
- Yorkshire Dales (out of stock, rather than not published, but still
a poor show)
- Cotswolds
- Exmoor

Most of those are agricultural areas with loads of fences and a need
to follow rights of way etc. Best use an OS map for those.

The plkaces that the Harvey format works well are the rough upland
areas like the Lakes and much of Scotland. Coverage is better there.

Their best scale is 1:40k , but the marketing mob have moved them to
publishing blowups - admirable for producing large print maps,(I will
soon need them) but thats what they are. The 1:25 shows no detail
that is not on the 1:40k.

As for the Large print thing - this is a clever move. If youur reading
sight is not good, the OS 1:25k maps can be difficult. Drunken spiders
in inkwells comes to mind. And then there is the purple plague and
soon , the Orange Pox.

Richard Webb

Peter Trebilcock wrote on Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:41:43 +0100....

Quoted message said:

Tim Jackson said:

Harveys are generally clearer than the OS, though they only cover
upland areas.
http://www.harveymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Outdoor_and_adventure_maps.html

Yes, they're good. But they can't be given a general recommendation
because:
(a) they're not readily available in shops (well, I've never seen them
in shops around here);

What you say is true (both about availability and coverage). However,
I've had good service and fast delivery ordering them from their
website.

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