After stepping up our fitness for a few months, we tackled the Yorkshire Three Peaks on Saturday 25th August. It was a long walk and the peaks were hard, but the distance in between helped to loosen the legs. The scenery was superb and we had luck with us on the weather and snack bar fronts.
Clocking in 25 miles and 5,200ft of ascent and descent in 9 hours and 24 minutes, we were very pleased with ourselves. The pace-setting fellrunner helped our timing and enjoyed himslef (although later heard claiming that only Ingleborough felt like a "proper" mountain).
It was a popular walk over the Bank Holiday weekend, and everyone we saw and spoke to seemed to be enjoying their time in the hills. The route comes highly recommended to the fit and outdoorsy types. The Harvey map (Yorkshire Dales Three Peaks) shows the whole area, and leaves you free to make your own route decisions.
If you decide to go for it, we hope you have cool but clear weather, and remember not to worry too much about the time. For us, the next big thing will be the collection of mountains in Wales which top 3000 ft - the Welsh 3000ers: http://blogwalkers-welsh3000ers.blogspot.com
Saturday 1 September 2007
Sunday 15 April 2007
Hadrian's Wall Path
We completed Hadrian's Wall Path on 13th April 2007, taking half a day longer than originally planned. 86 miles in 4½ days.
The Wainwrights are progressing nicely for the female contingent; after the Easter break her tally is 163 completed with 51 outstanding - looking good to complete them in 2007.
In the meantime, the next challenge to keep us occupied is the 26 mile, 5,000ft Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. The first stage in the preparations was a climb of Scafell Pike - read all about it on the new blog here: http://blogwalkers-yorkshirethreepeaks.blogspot.com.
The Wainwrights are progressing nicely for the female contingent; after the Easter break her tally is 163 completed with 51 outstanding - looking good to complete them in 2007.
In the meantime, the next challenge to keep us occupied is the 26 mile, 5,000ft Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. The first stage in the preparations was a climb of Scafell Pike - read all about it on the new blog here: http://blogwalkers-yorkshirethreepeaks.blogspot.com.
Tuesday 13 March 2007
Welcome Home
This is our holding site which allows the reader to see a wide range of blog pages that we have made. It has our present blog pages and will, hopefully, have more blog pages featuring sites such as The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge.
It also has links to blog pages that other people have written that we are interested in. There are also links to helpful websites; most of our blogs are walking or fitness based and that is what the websites are focused on.
It also has links to blog pages that other people have written that we are interested in. There are also links to helpful websites; most of our blogs are walking or fitness based and that is what the websites are focused on.
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