Yep I sense its a similar thing when you suddenly realise you're simply hoping some daft **** realises. That's a horrifying moment because in that moment you realise that you have very little faith in other people..
There’s always, in every village, a boy that climbed a pylon and got electrocuted…. Isn’t there?!! and the ghost woman that chops her boyfriend up on the roof of the car….. isn’t there?!
No because I'm thinking of somewhere completely different oop Linhope Spout I'm thinking of where you can jump in. But walked round low force and high force around the same time but certainly didn't jump in!
Used to do loads of it when I was younger. Still get out when I am home if I can persuade the Mrs. We mostly go to North Wales or the Lakes now as its our side of the Pennines. There are great walks all over the Pennines, including the northern parts, Yorkshire Dales etc. If you are feeling adventurous and like camping The Coast to Coast is a great walk but at 192 miles its a multi-day trip. The western half of it is great though from St Bees to Richmond. Only reason for doing the other half is the fish and chips at Robin Hoods Bay. Two of the three peaks (Ingleborough, Pen y Gent and Whernside) are all worth doing. Do Ingleborough from Clapham, then you can go up past Gaping Gill. Pen-y-gent from Horton in Ribblesdale, Further North and closer to Newcastle the fells east of Kirkby Stephen are worth exploring. Any walk should aim to finish at the Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub in England. In the Lakes my favourite walks are round Langdale, up Hellvellyn and there is a horseshoe west of Keswick that is long but easy going. If you don,t mind scrambling a bit Blencathra off the A66 into Keswick is great particularly if you go up Sharp Edge. There's loads of online guides so just choose a location and then google ‘walks near’. There are also loads of rambling groups that go out every weekend. It saves planning routes but choose smaller groups as the larger ones move too slow.
Starting off at Allen banks, right in the north. I don't have a car to get anywhere, but I found a bus that travels from the toon throughout hexham right to the top of the pennines, and I've found a way from cragside/rothbury to get into northumberland national park. It's cool to think that you can just use the buses and then walk a bit after and you can cover so much land. I could take the bus right to the top of the north pennines and then walk through some of it to a lodge and stay. If you are clever enough you don't need a car lol.
Sounds great. My brother in law hikes a lot. He uses some app to track his hikes. He's an i.t. guy, loves his stats and figures. Like the idea of using the bus, hoy a couple of cheeky pub stops in along the way
It really pleases me to see so many avid walkers/hikers on this site. Means there's less people on the road to get in my way when driving.
London being not so picturesque, I can do hikes from where I live, but I sometimes enjoy a 3 hour walk from where I live into the centre, good to zone out and listen to music for a while lol. More regularly just run like a motherfucker though, with trying to get in at least 50k of running a week atm, there ain't much time for walks.
That's a helluvalot of running! Last time I used a fitbit I was registering between 135,000-150,000 steps a week (running, playing golf, working). It had me down for between 5 and 7 million steps a year, up to 3.5 million per foot. No wonder the feet ache!
Never had anyone daft enough to climb a pylon, had one hung himself, two that had brain tumours and three lads all killed on their first motorbikes so six that never made it to 18.
Great for the mind Tash. Biking and hiking are two of my favourite things. Plenty of fresh air in the lungs, and we are lucky to live in a part of the world with it all on your doorstep. As a Northumberland lad our coast is unbelievable. Then Ingram and Breamish Valley, Rothbury, Cragside etc. We are extremely fortunate. My brother married a southern lass and she can't believe it when she comes up here. Loves it. They stayed in Amble round the harbour area last time and treated themselves to some unbelievable seafood up there. I bought my current house solely for the purpose of it having a fantastic wooded area right on my doorstep with Humford and Plessey Woods. Loads though for the biking too, going up Woodhorn and through Bothal Woods etc. Then obviously you have route 1 all the way up the coast. Great way to spend a few hours either on foot or bike.
