Coast-to-Coast + aliloop-of-the-lakes, England – June, 2018

I want to encourage in others the ambition to devise with the aid of maps their own cross-country marathons and not be merely followers of other people’s routes.

Alfred Wainwright

check out my gear list for the C2C!

C2C: vote now for tent-naming contest final round!

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious. - Ruth Reichl With England's

gear list for the C2C

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. Ernest

C2C: day 1, getting to the start

Everywhere is within walking distance, if you have the time.Steven Wright And so, it begins. But not so fast. It

C2C: day 2, Manchester to St. Bees

You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again.Alfred Wainwright It's half past nine

C2C: day 3, St. Bees to Ennerdale Water

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.Susan Sontag The morning began with the sound of birds and breakfast

C2C: day 4, Ennerdale Water to Wasdale

Nothing is as close to magic as nature.Anastasia Bolinder It’s happened again. I’ve found myself in a pub, talked into

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Created by the illustrious fell walker Alfred Wainwright, the Coast to Coast is an unofficial and often unsigned path that passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, and the North York Moors.

Which pretty well describes my plan of no plan aside from ‘wild camping’ and catching a bus and two trains from Robin Hood’s Bay back to the airport and home mid-June.

My mantra…

To experience the countryside on fair days and never foul is to understand only half its story.

Melissa Harrison

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