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0619 Littlebeck to Robin Hood’s Bay We awoke today knowing this would be the final day of our walk. After significant overnight rain, we were delighted to see the sun streaming through our bedroom windows. It meant we would maintain our 100% rainwear-free walk! Have a pre-walk breakfast – one last time. Pack the suitcases…

0618 Glaisdale to Littlebeck Our penultimate day on the Coast to Coast – 15 km from Glaisdale to Intake Farm at Littlebeck. It was a day of three parts. Debs and Jo joined us once again this morning for the first part of our walk to Grosmont – a delightful ramble through Arncliffe Woods. Squirrel…

0616 Feversham Arms to Glaisdale Today could have started off as a bit of a slog – after all, the Feversham Arms, though prettily located in a  valley, was some 350m below our official starting point for the day. But never fear! Our heroes had it sussed, and had organized an escape from the valley…

0616 Beak Hills Farm to Church Houses (via the Lion Pub!) No cooked breakfasts for any of us this morning: even “Full English Peter” had cereal and toast today. Our hostess couldn’t believe her luck!  Another sunny cloudless day for our walk across the North York Moors.  But first, a couple of steep peaks (Kirby…

0615 Ingleby Cross to Beak Hills Farm We awoke to another beautiful morning, with lovely views across the valley behind our B and B.  Breakfast was a communal affair today, with all the guests seated around a large table – a real farmhouse style – and the choices were many and the food very tasty. …

0614 Lovesome Hill to Ingleby Cross Having banked some extra kilometres yesterday, and with probably only another 12-14 to go, we treated ourselves to a very lazy start. Breakfast at Lovesome Farm was similar to many others, with the pleasant addition of an item entitled “Booster” which we all ordered.  This consisted of stewed fruit,…

0613 Richmond to Lovesome Hill Fuelled with yet another delicious breakfast, we left Nuns Cottage to walk out through Richmond on our next leg.  There was a short delay whilst replacement sunglasses (Peter) and Scotch Eggs (Adam) were located and then we were off. Walking past the old station, we linked up with the old…

0612 Richmond – rest day! Rest days are lovely – no need to race through breakfast or pack everything up.  Time to saunter through the day and take it easy.  Time to look around wherever you are staying, or just sit and read/ rest as you chose. But rest days are rarely boring – and…

0611 Grinton to Richmond Tribes. One of the highlights of the Coast to Coast are the people you meet along the way. We have already introduced you to some of our fellow C2C travelers – the Stick Men, Ronnie Corbet and Later feat. Cap’n Decibel and the latest additions, the Peloton; an organized group of…

0610 Keld to Grinton Up to now we’ve had little choice as to the route. Today, though, we had  a choice – a high-level route past some of the industrial lead-mining history and ruins, or a lower-level valley route. There was some interest in the high route, given lead mining was a vital part of…

0609 Kirkby Stephen to Keld Today’s subject – breakfast! Most of the accommodation on the Coast to Coast is of a traditional Bed and Breakfast type. This includes the option of a ‘Full English’ cooked breakfast included in the cost of the package. The temptation of a cooked breakfast is too much for all walkers…

0608 Orton to Kirkby Stephen The day dawned overcast with a bite in the wind around our kneecaps as we set out from ‘The George’ towards Kirkby Stephen. We followed a series of country lanes until, behold, Adam espied a russet-coloured creature scurrying atop a dry stone wall – a red squirrel! Despite having been…

07 June – Shap to Orton How lovely to sleep in.  A short day’s walk, and Peter, having committed to a Zoom call, meant that we did not have to leave the welcoming New Ing Lodge until a more reasonable hour.  This lodge was a cross between a B&B and a hostel. It had lots…

06 June – Glenridding to Shap Today was The Day – the longest (26km/18 miles) and highest (up to 784m) of the entire Coast to Coast Walk. It’s fair to say we awoke with some degree of trepidation about the day ahead. We’d organized an early breakfast – along with several of our fellow guests,…