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Some notes on the Pennine Way, first week.

By Hugh Stewart July 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Edale to Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Plan it for Malham (Day 6 of my plan) and the weekend not to coincide, far too busy in the summer and the only single night accommodation is the YHA. (Which is OK).
Day 2, Wellcroft House B&B 3/4 mile off route at Standedge is an excellent stay. Day 3, stay somewhere in Hebden Bridge (NOT the Crown), as it’s a lively spot, Il Mulino’s restaurant has the best food on the trip, and passing through Heptonstall and/or Hardcastle Crags the next morning is much more interesting than the scrappy route from Callis Bridge. Day 4, go into Haworth for a look around and a drink, then a bus or taxi up the hill to The Old Silent Inn, a little Gem of a place, cheapest accommodation of the week, very good food, and only a few hundred yards off the route.

The start in Edale.
Jacob’s Ladder.
A dry Kinder Downfall.
Meeting Tim and Christine Shaw twixt Kinder and Bleaklow.
Orchids! The Peak wasn’t like this in my day.
Laddow Rocks, one of many famous crags visited on the PW.
Crossing the M62, wanted to do this for years!
Approaching Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall on the hill.
Hebden Bridge, delightful town.
Haworth. How did we get here.
Insect lurking near Malham Tarn.
Penyghent from the Dale Head Lane.

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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Kentmere valley to Longsleddale circular walk.

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An Upper Swaledale round from Muker

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A glorious friday in early June, the last weekday of the Whitsun holidays. I wanted to see what Piers Gill was like, as my late mother told me once that she had been cajoled by my father to take me and my one older and one younger brothers (aged maybe 3 to 7) up the Pike, but went wrong in bad

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