Trailblazer Guide Books

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 - Traveller

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK
    About the Coast to Coast path
    History 9 – How difficult is the Coast to Coast path? 9 – Mr Coast to
    Coast (Alfred Wainwright) 10 – GPS 12 – How long do you need? 14

    Practical information for the walker
    Accommodation 15 – Food and drink 19 – Money 21 – Information for
    foreign visitors 22 – Internet access 23 – Other services 23
    Walking companies 24 – Taking dogs along the Coast to Coast path 27

    Budgeting 28

    When to go
    Seasons 29 – Rainfall 30 – Daylight hours 31 – Annual events 31

    Itineraries
    Which direction? 33 – Village and town facilities 34 – Suggested
    itineraries 37 – Side trips 37 – Day and weekend walks 38

    What to take
    Travelling light 41 – How to carry it 41 – Footwear 41 – Clothes 42
    Toiletries 43 – First-aid kit 43 – General items 44 – Sleeping bag and
    camping gear 44 – Money 45 – Maps 45 – Recommended reading 47
    Sources of further information 48

    Getting to and from the Coast to Coast path
    Getting to Britain 49 – National transport 50 – Local transport 52
    Public transport map 55

PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE
    Conserving the Coast to Coast path
    Government agencies and schemes 56 – Campaigning and conservation
    organisations 58 – Beyond conservation 59

    Flora and fauna
    Mammals 60 – Reptiles 61 – Birds 62 – Flowers 64 – Trees 65

PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT AND OUTDOOR SAFETY
    Minimum impact walking
    Environmental impact 67 – Access 70
    Outdoor safety
    Avoidance of hazards 71 – Weather forecasts 72 – Blisters 73
    Hypothermia 73 – Hyperthermia 74 – Sunburn 74 – Collapse of
    morale 74

PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS
    Using the guide 76

    St Bees 77

    Stage 1: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge 83 (Sandwith 86 – Moor
    Row 86 – Cleator 90 – Ennerdale Bridge 92)

    Stage 2: Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale 94 (The Red Pike, High
    Stile & Hay Stacks route 98 – Seatoller 104 – Borrowdale 106)

    Stage 3: Borrowdale to Grasmere 109 (The ridge-walk alternative
    to Grasmere via Helm Crag 112 – Grasmere 113)

    Stage 4: Grasmere to Patterdale 118 (The high-level alternatives:
    Helvellyn and Striding Edge 120; St Sunday Crag 120
    Patterdale 124 – Ullswater and Glenridding 125)

    Stage 5: Patterdale to Shap 128 (Bampton 132 – Shap 134)

    Stage 6: Shap to Kirkby Stephen 138 (Orton 141 – Kirkby Stephen 149)

    Stage 7: Kirkby Stephen to Keld 153 (The three routes to Keld 154
    Keld 161 – Thwaite 163)

    Stage 8: Keld to Reeth 163 (The Swaledale Valley alternative 170
    Reeth 175)

    Stage 9: Reeth to Richmond 178 (Marrick 180 – Richmond 185)

    Stage 10: Richmond to Ingleby Cross 190 (Danby Wiske 198 – Ingleby
    Cross & Ingleby Arncliffe 200)

    Stage 11: Ingleby Cross to Blakey Ridge 206 (Osmotherley 207
    Urra 214 – Great Broughton 214 – Blakey Ridge 215)

    Stage 12: Blakey Ridge to Grosmont 218 (Glaisdale 218 – Egton
    Bridge 226 – Grosmont 228)

    Stage 13: Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay 229 (Littlebeck 232
    High Hawsker 236 – Robin Hood’s Bay 239)

APPENDICES

 Appendix A: Map key 243    Appendix B: GPS Waypoints 244

INDEX  249