Virtual Spine Day 13 Distance Covered Today – 10.82 miles Total Distance covered – 136.89 miles Virtual Very cold with snow showers most of the day turning heavy snow by evening Is it heartening that today finally marks the halfway point of the Pennine Way? Its also a day of trudging over endless, often squelchy […]
Virtual Spine Day 12 Distance Covered Today – 5.47 miles Total Distance covered – 126.08 miles Virtual Very cold but bright and very light winds A steep but short ascent today took me back onto the moor, and the short day finished with something to remember. 200km completed and celebrations in one of the Way’s […]
Virtual Spine Day 11 Distance Covered Today – 8.55 miles Total Distance covered – 120.61 miles Virtual Heavy rain most of the day with strong winds and a cool feel Tough weather conditions today as I leave Hardraw Force behind and head uphill for a while onto the moors and over Great Shunner Fell, the […]
Virtual Spine Day 10 Distance Covered Today – 12.01 miles Total Distance covered – 112.03 miles Virtual A little warmer today with temperatures not falling below zero The weather improved today with signs of a thaw and for once the temperature didn’t start with a minus. But until the end of the day, thats all […]
Virtual Spine Day 9 Distance Covered Today – 10.29 miles Total Distance covered – 100.04 miles Virtual Cold day but bright with the odd snow flurry An enjoyable section of the Way today from Horton in Ribblesdale following the Three Peaks route over to Ribblehead. Easy walking and running along old packhorse routes and Roman roads […]
Virtual Spine Day 8 Distance Covered Today – 10.17 miles Total Distance covered – 89.79 miles Virtual Very heavy snow for most of the day Starting from Malham its a nice day today in some heavy and deep snow. Wainwright thought the limestone country around Malham ‘the best walking territory so far encountered along the Pennine […]
Virtual Spine Day 7 Distance Covered Today – 10.60 miles Total Distance covered – 79.41 miles Virtual Extremely cold this morning at -5 degrees to start and very foggy Today starts in the Aire Gap, the lowlands which form a geographical corridor between the South Pennines and Yorkshire Dales, or between millstone grit moors and limestone. The […]
Virtual Spine Day 6 Distance Covered Today – 10.35 miles Total Distance covered – 68.84 miles Virtual A bit cold again with snow flurries but warmed up later Smashed through the 100km barrier today which is really good progress for Day 6. There are fine views from Pinhaw Beacon and Scalaber Hill as I march on from […]
Virtual Spine Day 5 Distance Covered Today – 10.76 miles Total Distance covered – 58.49 miles Virtual Sunny day but cold and snow flurries early morning and late evening In to Bronte country and very close to my house today as I head over past Widdop reservoir and round the back of Boulsworth Hill. From here it’s […]
Virtual Spine Day 4 Distance Covered Today – 7.40 miles Total Distance covered – 47.70 miles Virtual Warmer day today and very damp but still cold in the breeze Made it to CP1 today at Hebden Bridge after a climb up to see Stoodley Pike. A brief rest then off down the Rochdale Canal before turning right […]
