INTRODUCTION
PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK
About the Pennine Way
History 9 – How difficult is the Pennine Way? 9 – Route finding 10 – GPS 10 – How long do you need? 12
Practical information for the walker
Accommodation 13 – Information for the foreign visitor 17 – Food and drink 18 – Money and other services 19 – Walking companies 20
Budgeting 21
When to go
Seasons 22 – Temperature, rainfall and daylight hours 23 – Annual events 24
Itineraries 25
Village and town facilities 26 – Suggested itineraries 28 – Highlights 31
What to take
Travelling light 33 – How to carry it 33 – Footwear 34 – Clothes 34 – Toiletries 35 – First-aid kit 35 – General items 36 – Sleeping bag 36 – Sources of further information 37 – Camping gear 38 – Maps 38
Getting to and from the Pennine Way
National transport 40 – Local transport 41 – Public transport maps 42 – Public transport table 44
PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE
Flora and fauna
Wild flowers, grasses and other plants 47 – Trees, woods and forests 49 – Birds 51 – Mammals 56 – Reptiles 58
Conserving the Pennines
Government agencies and schemes 59 – Campaigning and conservation organizations 62
PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING AND OUTDOOR SAFETY
Minimum impact walking
Economic impact 63 – Environmental impact 64 – Access and the right to roam 66
Outdoor safety
Avoidance of hazards 68 – Weather forecasts 69 – Blisters 69 – Hypothermia 69 – Hyperthermia 70 – Sunburn 70
PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS
Using this guide
Trail maps 71
The route guide
Edale 72
Edale to Crowden 74 (Upper Booth 80, Snake Pass 80, Torside 84, Padfield & Hadfield 84, Crowden 84)
Crowden to Standedge 84 (Standedge 89, Diggle 90)
Standedge to the Calder Valley 92 (Blackstone Edge 94, Mankinholes 94, Hebden Bridge 99, Blackshaw Head 102)
Calder Valley to Ickornshaw 103 (Colden 103, Widdop 107, Ponden 108, Stanbury 108, Haworth 110, Ickornshaw 115, Cowling 115)
Ickornshaw to Malham 117 (Lothersdale 117, Thornton-in-Craven 121, Earby 121, East Marton 121, Gargrave 123, Airton 125, Kirkby Malham 128, Malham 128)
Malham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale 131 (Horton-in-Ribblesdale 138)
Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hawes 140 (Hawes 147)
Hawes to Tan Hill 151 (Hardraw 152, Thwaite 158, Muker 158, Keld 158, Tan Hill 161)
Tan Hill to Middleton-in-Teesdale 163 (Bowes 165, Baldersdale 172, Lunedale 175, Middleton-in-Teesdale 175)
Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton 175 (Holwick 179, High Force 182, Forest-in-Teesdale 182, Langdon Beck 182, Dufton 188)
Dufton to Alston 192 (Garrigill 200, Alston 201)
Alston to Greenhead 205 (Slaggyford 208, Knarsdale 208, Greenhead 214)
Greenhead to Bellingham 218 (Burnhead 218, Once Brewed 220, Stonehaugh 224, Hetherington 226, Shitlington Crag 226, Bellingham 228)
Bellingham to Byrness 230 (Byrness 238)
Byrness to Kirk Yetholm 238 (Uswayford 244, Kirk Yetholm 252, Town Yetholm 253)
MAP KEYS 255
APPENDIX GPS waypoints 256
INDEX 263
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