The day started in Reeth where we got in a taxi which took us to Keld. So we could walk […]
Coast to Coast – Kirkby Stephen to Keld
Kirkby Stephen proved to be the perfect rest stop and, fully charged with fine Indian food, we set off towards […]
Coast to Coast – Kirkby Stephen
We were the only ones at the B & B when we arrived yesterday, although over tea and home-made cake […]
Coast to Coast – Shap to Kirkby Stephen
I’d gone to bed with a not altogether favourable opinion of Shap. But this morning as the sunshine streaked into […]
Coast to Coast – Patterdale to Shap
What a blissfully quiet and comfortable night. There is an extra quality to sleep that comes after really hard work, […]
Coast to Coast – Rosthwaite to Patterdale
That day off made all the difference. P and I were both at the point where blisters were beginning to […]
Coast to Coast – Ennerdale to Rosthwaite
Today’s section was, said Tom “the most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done”. Coming from someone who hiked above 5,000 […]
Coast to Coast – St Bees to Ennerdale
I was woken this morning by the chuntering of a two-carriage train at the station below our bedroom window. St […]
Leaving Ladakh
I’ve chosen to remember our last days in Ladakh like this Although to be quite honest there was also a […]
Sham Valley
When we arrived back at Nimmu House an elderly woman was making her way around the outside of the building […]
The Magic Bus 