Geoff Jones

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Pennine Way finished

Chris andI wandered into the The Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm at 5.50pm, parched and hungry after a final day of over 29miles across The Cheviots in blazing sunshine for most of the day.

All the pictures of the trip can be found on this site here. Hopefully, I will annotate them all, currently they are in date and time order starting from Edale on 27th April.

The final barebone statistics of the trip are:-

Day 1 (27 April) – Edale to Crowden 37,606 steps in just under 8 hours.
Day 2 (28 April – Crowden to Torside 29,029 steps in just over 6 hours.
Day 3 (29 April) – Torside to Colden 35,763 steps in 6.5 hours.
Day 4 (30 April) – Colden to Cowling 28,385 steps in just under 6 hours.
Day 5 (1 May) – Cowling to Malham 31,186 steps in 7 hours 20 mins.
Day 6 (2 May) – Malham to Horton ) 33,293 steps in 6 hours
Day 7 (3 May) – Horton to Hawes 24,679 steps in 5 hours
Day 8 (4 May) – Hawes to Keld 25,793 steps in 5 hours
Day 9 (5 May) – Keld to Middleton 35.514 steps in 8hrs 30 mins
Day 10 (6 May) – Middleton to Dufton 42,703 steps in 9 hours
Day 11 (7 May) – Dufton to Alston 38,602 steps in 9 hours
Day 12 (8 May) – Alston to Greenhead 37,457 steps in about 7 hours 30 mins
Day 13 (9 May) – Greenhead to Bellingham 42,943 steps in 9 hours
Day 14 (10 May) – Bellingham to Bryness 29,340 steps in under 6 hours
Day 15 (11 May) – Bryness to Kirk Yetholm 58,120 steps in 11 hours 20mins

Making a total of 530,414 steps in 15 days or about 264 miles at a speed of 2.4mph including stops (3.1mph excluding breaks)

M62 behind bars

A Geoff special photoshot of the M62 motorway taken from the Pennine Way bridge. The motorway comes as a bit of a shock after wamdering across lonely moors for several days. Posted by Picasa

Pennine Way – First 100 miles

Today I passed the 100mile mark whilst dropping down into Hawes. I now only 155 miles to go. George appeared at the cafe and whisked me off to Kendal and some fine cooking and shoulder massage. His wife Jacqui (A professional podiatrist) also introduced me to to the wonders of Hapla Fleecy Web (made by Cuxson & Gerrard but don’t bother clicking it) for fixing blisters, hopefully that should cure the small blister that appeared on my right heel a couple of days ago.

Tomorrow is a short day to Keld, where I will meet up with Chris again and then its several days of 20+ miles culminating in the grand finale next Wednesday with a 25mile dash across the Cheviots.

The story so far is:-
Day 1 – Edale to Crowden 13.2 miles (5%) 37,606 steps in just under 8 hours. Fine clear
Day 2 – Crowden to Torside 11 miles (9%) 29,029 steps in just over 6 hours. Fine clear
Day 3 – Torside to Colden 16.6 miles (16%) 35,763 steps in 6.5 hours. Fine sunny
Day 4 – Colden to Cowling 15.2 miles (22%) 28,385 steps in just under 6 hours. Fine
Day 5 – Cowling to Malham 17.7 miles (29%) 31,186 steps in 7 hours 20 mins. Showers
Day 6 – Malham to Horton 13.3 miles (34%) 33,293 steps in 6 hours Windy Showers
Day 7 – Horton to Hawes 14 miles (40%) 24,679 steps in 5 hours Fine to sunny

I’ve been taking pictures with the Treo every hour but cannot p[ut them up yet 🙁