Lake District and Yorkshire: 2025

The landscape

My walk in the Lake District and on Lady Anne’s Way in Yorkshire.

Back at it, returning to the part of the world where I really started this walking mania: northern England

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Day 19: I did it… Anne’s Way

Cliburn to Penrith, 9 miles, 377 feet of ascent This was an easy day of walking. Just look at that minimal elevation change. And that’s a nice way to end Lady Anne’s Way. It gets you to Brougham Hall and Brougham Castle (it’s pronounced broom, by the way, not, as you would assume, the same…

Day 18: The wind at my back…

Appleby to Cliburn, 11 miles, 614 feet of ascent ā€œAppleby… shit. I’m still only in Appleby. Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the cow pastures. When I was home after my first ramble, it was worse. I’d wake up and there’d be nothing… Every minute I stay in this room, I…

Day 17: Trail Notes

Church Brough to Appleby, 10.5 miles, 600 feet of ascent Today, to help me recall all the things that flittered through my mind like birds above a field looking for food, I kept a series of very brief voice memos on my phone, sometimes just five or six words as a reminder. So, today I…

Day 16: Information overload

Outhgill to Church Brough, 12.5 miles, 604 feet of ascent We have reached the point in a long walk at which my brain starts to switch off and I need to remind myself to remember the day’s details. It’s a kind of mindless walking, still attentive to wayfinding (though I did make an obvious mistake…

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