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Itinerary
St Bee's to Ennerdale Bridge
Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite
Rosthwaite to Patterdale
Patterdale to Shap
Shap to Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen to Keld
Keld to Grinton Lodge
Grinton Lodge to Catterick Bridge
Catterick Bridge to Ingleby Cross
Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top
Clay Bank Top to Glaisdale
Glaisdale to Robin Hood's Bay
Robin Hood's Bay to Scarborough

Miles 13.0
14.5
15.4
15.5
19.3
14.0
12.2
14.0
16.7
11.2
18.5
17.4
15.1

      Required Ordnance Survey Maps:
      (Explorer Series 1:25,000)

• OL33 St Bee's Head to Keld
• OL34 Keld to Robin Hood's Bay
• 303 Whitehaven and Workington
• OL4 English Lakes - North Western Area
• OL5 English Lakes - North Eastern Area
• OL19 Howgill Fells & Upper Eden Valley
• OL30 Yorkshire Dales - North & Central Areas
• 302 Northallerton & Thirsk
• OL26 North York Moors - West
• OL27 North York Moors - East
  
  
• Read personal journals of walking the Coast to Coast Path on my Links Page

Crossing the M6 to Crosby Ravensworth Fell	This boulder must be an erratic surely?

Pain! My left knee had swollen up overnight. I felt it going yesterday between Haweswater and Shap. I could hardly walk last night. Also, my left heel lost a pile of skin so I had to bandage it all up. To cap it all my left big toe swelled up too. All on my left leg!  There was no way I could march on this stage so I ambled nearly 20 miles only stopping twice for 10 minute fuel breaks. It was agony and by the time I reached Smardale Bridge I was getting angry with myself. The last five miles we total purgatory. I was hurting bad. After leaving Shap between 9.15 and 9.30am I made it into Kirkby Stephen after 6.00pm making my average speed about 2.5 mph on an easy level ground stage. And that was flat out! Plus factors - The sights were great in areas with panoramic views of the Lakes, Howgills, Teesdale and parts of the Yorkshire Dales. Fair weather kept my pain company during the day and the added bonus of a good deal of sun to top it all. I don't know how I would have coped in the rain. Thank heavens I didn't have to face that predicament.

The Howgills Fells from Crosby Garrett Fell	Smardale Bridge is a highlight on today's stage

Due to the pain I was suffering today I walked alone for almost the entire stage. No way could I keep up with Deke so I let him go on. How I was relieved to see Kirkby Stephen at the end of the walking. And what accommodation we had there. Redmayne House, a favourite stop for Coast to Coast walkers is old and enchanting. What a loo - old fashioned. And what a bath - I didn't want to get out!

On both this and my earlier Coast to Coast I suffered badly during the middle stages, and I am a regular distance walker. My warning is to be prepared for spells where it will be tough going. During this walk I met people who had to drop out or take rest days. It is a common occurrence for people not used to long distance walking to drop out on a walk of such length. Take plenty of bandages, plasters and the obligatory second skin! You will be glad you did.