Virtual Spine Day 23 Distance Covered Today – 17.94 miles Total Distance covered – 236.25 miles Virtual Very cold and bright day Todays 18 miles is a comparatively easy day to reach the demanding but glorious Cheviots. The section is split into two clear stages: heathery moor with wonderful views but bog hopping skills required; […]
Virtual Spine Day 22 Distance Covered Today – 10.90 miles Total Distance covered – 218.29 miles Virtual Cold and bright day This is a long day and feels it. Plus there’s the culture shock of suddenly walking with lots of people, some of them wearing clean clothes, as the Way briefly teams up with Hadrian’s […]
Virtual Spine Day 21 Distance Covered Today – 8.10 miles Total Distance covered – 207.41 miles Virtual Cold and very windy most of the day Today I was told I was in for a visual treat and my mind in for a historical treat, but my calves are in for … the opposite of treat. […]
Virtual Spine Day 20 Distance Covered Today – 7.04 miles Total Distance covered – 199.27 miles Virtual Heavy rain for most of the day Another damp horrible day with very sodden ground as I make my weary way across the soggy wilderness of Blenkinsopp Common. The Way zigzags between fields, farms, walls, bridges and bogs […]
Virtual Spine Day 19 Distance Covered Today – 10.15 miles Total Distance covered – 192.25 miles Virtual Rain for most of the day Wainwright labelled the section after the B6292 tedious, dull and complicated. ’if the remainder of the Pennine Way was like this (happily it isn’t), here would be the place to pack it […]
Virtual Spine Day 18 Distance Covered Today – 8.80 miles Total Distance covered – 182.06 miles Virtual A dry cloudy day with occasional showers feeling cool in the wind Starting out from Greggs Hutt in a cold wind and at times rain, today is a thorough test of equipment (waterproofs and working compass essential), fitness, […]
Virtual Spine Day 17 Distance Covered Today – 8.65 miles Total Distance covered – 173.30 miles Virtual Dry cloudy day warmer than of late There’s no gentle walking today with a tough start from Dufton. A long climb gets me to the high fells, then continues over to the summit of the notorious Cross Fell, […]
Virtual Spine Day 16 Distance Covered Today – 16.55 miles Total Distance covered – 164.73 miles Virtual Heavy rain easing by the afternoon Upper Teesdale is a picturesque valley to start the day before a testing scramble by Cauldron Snout. The stretch before that, too, is a time to watch my step, as its rocky […]
Virtual Spine Day 15 Distance Covered Today – 5.36 miles Total Distance covered – 148.20 miles Virtual Cold with severe frost to start then sunny but cold day It’s an unusually easy day today for a welcome change, the Way starts with a lovely, leisurely amble through pretty, flower dotted meadows and beside the chorusing […]
Virtual Spine Day 14 Distance Covered Today – 5.92 miles Total Distance covered – 142.85 miles Virtual Heavy snow for the day Today’s short route is around and down Harter Fell and into Middleton In Teeside which is Checkpoint 3. Tough day in heavy snow today which made achieving distance very difficult. Reality Sleet and […]
