- Heading towards the Pennines
- Edale – the day before
- Hollins Cross (Edale) Panorama
- Day 1 – Edale to Crowden
- Edale Rocks Panorama
- Day 2 – Crowden to Standedge
- Standedge Panorama
- Day 3 – Standedge to Hebden Bridge
- Blackstone Edge Panorama
- Day 4 – Hebden Bridge to Cowling
- Day 5 – Cowling to Newton Grange
- Day 6 – Newton Grange to Malham
- Day 7 – Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale
- Day 8 – Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes
- Day 9 – Hawes to Tan Hill
- Day 10 – Tan Hill to Baldersdale
- Day 11 – Baldersdale to Langdon Beck
- Day 12 – Langdon Beck to Dufton
- High Cup Panorama
- Day 13 – Dufton to Garrigill
- Day 14 – Garrigill to Slaggyford
- Day 15 – Slaggyford to Greenhead
- Day 16 – Greenhead to Once Brewed
- Day 17 – Once Brewed to Bellingham
- Day 18 – Bellingham to Byrness
- Day 19 – Byrness to Kirk Yetholm
- The Pennine Way – done!
It was a late start at Tan Hill, 10am when I was dropped off. No sign of any Pennine Way walkers but the first of a few (of the 700) cyclists were already enjoying the sandwiches that were being prepared the afternoon before.
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It was great to be walking over springy peat turf, though it was a bit boggy in places. This stretch had no flagstones and only a couple of very short stretches of duckboards – there was a bit of guidance with a smattering of white posts at various intervals, which gave reassurance that the right route was being followed.
I intended to do the Bowes Loop, but headed down to God’s Bridge first to see the arch of limestone over the River Greta – though it was disappointing that there was no water flowing in this stretch, just a few small pools.
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The walk through farmland into Bowes was lovely – and much better than the guidebook suggested. I stopped to have a look around the ruined castle, and get warm in the pub, before heading north again skirting by the danger areas.
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Having survived the danger areas the path descended down toward the middle of a group of three reservoirs in the valley, and it was just a short walk to Baldersdale, which is the halfway point of the Pennine Way – Hooray!!
View the map in Google Maps, or here is the Google Earth KML file.More photos (from all the days of walking) can be found in the photo gallery.
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