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paddy spencer
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Hi all,
Well, we decided en famille to do the WPW this year and, through much
phoning, booked the requisite Youth Hostels last Autumn.
Last week, Ravenstor told us that thanks to some government initiative
they are no longer open to the public _all_summer_ this year and the
next and had to cancel our booking. Bit of a pisser as we were due to
start and end there and leave the car while we walked.
Then Ilam Hall cancelled on us! At present, Castleton don't know whether
they'll have to or not but they've offered to help us find a B&B in
Castleton that will take us.
We've provisionally booked a camping barn near Ravenstor where we can
leave the car (Ravenstor even had the cheek to tell us that if we wanted
to leave the car with them we'd need to pay £2 per day!) but we're
currently a bit stuck around Ilam.
We'd booked a rest day at Ilam as the walk to it is the 17 miler
(youngest offspring will be 10 then and has short legs) with the
following section 16 miles to Hartington. What we're now considering is
breaking the 30-odd miles from to Hartington into three sections,
stopping at walking-family-friendly B&Bs en route.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Evening meals as well as drying
facilities are a concern at the moment as we've no experience of B&Bs,
having been more than content with the YHA until now.
Paddy
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paddy underscore spencer at hotmail dot com
Well, we decided en famille to do the WPW this year and, through much
phoning, booked the requisite Youth Hostels last Autumn.
Last week, Ravenstor told us that thanks to some government initiative
they are no longer open to the public _all_summer_ this year and the
next and had to cancel our booking. Bit of a pisser as we were due to
start and end there and leave the car while we walked.
Then Ilam Hall cancelled on us! At present, Castleton don't know whether
they'll have to or not but they've offered to help us find a B&B in
Castleton that will take us.
We've provisionally booked a camping barn near Ravenstor where we can
leave the car (Ravenstor even had the cheek to tell us that if we wanted
to leave the car with them we'd need to pay £2 per day!) but we're
currently a bit stuck around Ilam.
We'd booked a rest day at Ilam as the walk to it is the 17 miler
(youngest offspring will be 10 then and has short legs) with the
following section 16 miles to Hartington. What we're now considering is
breaking the 30-odd miles from to Hartington into three sections,
stopping at walking-family-friendly B&Bs en route.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Evening meals as well as drying
facilities are a concern at the moment as we've no experience of B&Bs,
having been more than content with the YHA until now.
Paddy
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paddy underscore spencer at hotmail dot com