Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION About the Coast to Coast path Wainwrights Coast to Coast path 8 - Mr Coast to Coast: Alfred Wainwright 9 - How difficult is the Coast to Coast path? 11How long do you need? 12 - When to go 14 PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK Practical information for the walker GPS 17 - Accommodation 19 - Information for foreign visitors 22 Food and drink 25 - Money 27 - Internet access 27 - Other services 27 Walking companies 28 - Walking with a dog 31 Budgeting 32 Itineraries Which direction? 34 - Suggested itineraries 34 - Village and town facilities 36 - Day and weekend walks 38 - Side trips 41What to take Travelling light 41 - How to carry it 41 - Footwear 42 - Clothes 43 Toiletries 44 - First-aid kit 44 - General items 44 - Sleeping bag and camping gear 45 - Money 45 - Maps 45 - Recommended reading 47Sources of further information 48Getting to and from the Coast to Coast path National transport 50 - Getting to Britain 50 - Local transport 52 Public transport map 53 PART 2: THE ENVIRONMENT & NATURE Conserving the Coast to Coast path Government agencies and schemes 57 - Campaigning and conservation organisations 59 - Beyond conservation 60 Flora and fauna Mammals 61 - Birds 62 - Reptiles 65 - Flowers 65 - Trees 68 PART 3: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING & OUTDOOR SAFETY Minimum impact walking Environmental impact 77 - Access 80 Outdoor safety Avoidance of hazards 81 - Weather forecasts 82 - Blisters 83 Hypothermia 83 - Hyperthermia 84 - Sunburn 84 Collapse of morale 84 PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS Using the guide 86 St Bees 87 Stage 1: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge 93 (Moor Row 96 - Cleator 96 - Ennerdale Bridge 104)Stage 2: Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale 104 (The Red Pike, High Stile & Hay Stacks route 110 - Seatoller 114 - Borrowdale 118) Stage 3: Borrowdale to Grasmere 119 (The ridge-walk alternative to Grasmere via Helm Crag 123 - Easedale 124 - Grasmere 125) Stage 4: Grasmere to Patterdale 129 (The high-level options: Helvellyn & Striding Edge 133; St Sunday Crag 136 - Patterdale 136 Ullswater and Glenridding 139)Stage 5: Patterdale to Shap 140 (Bampton 144 - Shap 148) Stage 6: Shap to Kirkby Stephen 149 (Orton 152 - Newbiggin-on-Lune 156 - Kirkby Stephen 161) Stage 7: Kirkby Stephen to Keld 165 (The three routes over the moors 166 - Keld 173 - Thwaite 176) Stage 8: Keld to Reeth 176 (Swaledale Valley alternative: Muker 185 - Reeth 188)Stage 9: Reeth to Richmond 191 (Richmond 198)Stage 10: Richmond to Ingleby Cross 204 (Colburn, Catterick Bridge & Brompton-on-Swale 205, Danby Wiske 212 - Oaktree Hill 214 - Ingleby Cross & Ingleby Arncliffe 214 - Osmotherley 220)Stage 11: Ingleby Cross to Blakey Ridge 221 (Urra 228 Chop Gate 228 - Great Broughton 228 - Blakey Ridge 232) Stage 12: Blakey Ridge to Grosmont 234 (Glaisdale 234 - Egton Bridge 239 - Grosmont 242) Stage 13: Grosmont to Robin Hoods Bay 243 (Littlebeck 244 - High Hawsker 251 - Robin Hoods Bay 252) APPENDICES Map keys 256 - Taking a dog 257 - GPS Waypoints 259 INDEX 264 - Place name meanings 267 OVERVIEW MAPS & PROFILES 270

Promotional Information

The author will be publicising the book on the Trailblazer twitter feed and with review copies to appropriate hiking and general press media outlets.GPS waypoints and route tracklog. These are also downloadable from the Trailblazer website and can only be used with the book since it contains the descriptions for each waypoint.

About the Author

Henry Stedmanis a hiker of considerable experience, having hiked in many parts of Europe,Asia and Africa. He has been writing guidebooks for more than 15 years.

Reviews

'The most complete guide - with all the detail you'll need for a walk in Wainwright's footsteps.' The Sunday Times (UK) 'an enjoyable hike made easier by your publication' -- John Hedrick, President Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Virginia, Sep 2012 The maps are clearer and more easily read than Wainwright's. Backpack Magazine, Autumn 2014 There's something about completing a straight walking route rather than a circular one that gives me more of a sense of achievement. And adventure. If that route is coast to coast then my senses are magnified. At just under 192 miles, this is no day trip but it's all the better for it. With highly detailed pathways, and truthful accounts of overnight stays, this has to be the most definitive guide to this route so far. Escape Magazine The Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping. The Sunday Times (UK)