- 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!
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It took about 5 hours on various trains but I was safely at Edale, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the light breeze was cooling. It was then that I had a major crisis – walking stick (MK1) had disappeared, while I was ambling into the village of Edale it was heading off to Manchester.
I found the B&B in quick order and decided to head to the hills to forget my crisis…
Two good viewpoints to the south were marked on the map – Hollins Cross and Lose Hill. While it was hazy at the top the views were uplifting, it was also good to stretch my legs, and I got to thinking about the path ahead – but I sure did miss my walking stick.
I had noticed that while quite a few trains sped along the valley very few stopped, so on the off chance I waited for the next train to stop. My luck was in, my walking stick was just where I had left it in the luggage rack and none the worse for its trips to Manchester and back to Sheffield.
Crisis averted, tomorrow the Pennine Way.
