Coniston – Old Man pt 1
Another bright cold day. The plan is to walk from Coniston Village towards The Old Man of Coniston.
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Walking
Lancashire Coastal Way pt 3
As i did not have my car with me, I finished the day at The George Washington pub in Warton. Local real ale, a log fire and lots of brass.
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Lancashire Coastal Way pt 2
The Lancashire Coastal Way passes very close to Pine Lakes so as the day was sunny but cold – and to avoid the hill walkers in the Lakes – I chose to walk out to the coast.
There was a suitable path right outside the resort gates so I did not need to use the car.
Warton Crag
Lunch Stop
I found a great place for lunch – hot chicken noodles, maple syrup granola bar and fresh coffee – with a view.
I used my Source 1l roll up water bottle, that Jeremy got me for Christmas, for the first time today. It fitted well into one of the grab pockets on my pack, but it was a bit “squeezy” when I came pour water from it. The result was some spillage over the stove, my trousers etc – it will need a bit more care when in use compared to my Platypus roll up bottle.
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Lancashire Coastal Way pt 1
I am off to walk part of the Lancashire Coastal Way today.
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A Walk Along the Shore at Morecambe Bay
I was told that the overnight temperature at Morecambe was -6c – which explained the frozen beach.
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All Saints Church, Branston
I went for a short walk west of Branston this afternoon.
The weather took a turn for the worst – cold and windy. I found a convenient log to sit on, to boil some water for soup.
It was a struggle to get the stove to light in the wind and even with the wind shield it took over 30mls of meths to heat the water – which did not quite reach boiling! I will have to take this into account when packing fuel for my back packing trips – I might not be allowing enough fuel on my packing list.
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Pennine Way Route – .gpx
Pennine Way Route
Pennine Way Route gpx file is available on the Downloads page. This route was created using Memory Map on my laptop and then used in the field on my smartphone – read more about my backpacking tech here.
This English National Trail connects Edale to Kirk Yetholm crossing the backbone of the country, passing through a number of National Parks. Near Keld it also crosses Wainwright’s Coast to Coast path.
Fifty Years of the Pennine Way
Free Downloads
I have a selection routes, in GPX format and a lightweight backpacking gear list spread sheet available for free download – see here.
Loading gpx Files into Memory Map on the iPhone
Read my article – here – on how I keep my Memory Map files in Microsoft OneDrive so they are available on my iPhone.
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