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Coast to Coast Walk
Part 10 - Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top

Coast to Coast route map

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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

Day Ten - Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top

elevation profile
Statistics:
Start: Ingleby Cross Difficulty: Hard
Start (OS ref): NZ450007 Total Climbing: 927 metres
Finish: Clay Bank Top Longest Climb: 213 metres
Finish (OS ref): NZ573033 Longest Descent: 155 metres
Maps: OS Explorer OL34, OL26 Hazards: Extreme care needed crossing the A19
Distance: 11.2 miles (18 km) Refreshments: Cringle Moor
Estimated Time: 5 hours Route: Download Memory Map Route

The Story of the Walk:

Note: The daily records are from my diary written during the course of the walk with additional notes in italics.

Ingleby Cross Scarth Moor
Jez, Chris and Deke (again) join me on today's leg The Cleveland Hills from Scarth Wood Moor

Deke is back, just for the day with my pals Jess and Chris Clapham. Great company, good laughs and I was really back on walking form too. Striding out, my bounce definitely back. Swellings still on the knee but all the pain and stiffness are long gone now. I led most of the walk today in lovely weather and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

Scarth Nick Vale of Mowbray
The green colours are profuse at Scarth Nick Roseberry Topping across the Vale of Mowbray

Ups and downs and hard paths are the order of the day. It's not too harsh distance wise so although I'm feeling it at the end of the day I now know I'm unstoppable until Scarborough. This walk has been brilliant and hard with spells of pain but its still brilliant. And today thanks boys - great company. Spike, Anne and Lil too. You have all been a great help. From tomorrow though it's up to me.

Cringle Moor Wainstones
Looking back towards the west from Cringle Moor The Wainstones, a fine place to scramble

This section of the walk is great for hill climbing and provides some great vantage points to view the surrounding countryside including Swaledale, the Vale of Mowbray and the North Sea Coast, your first opportunity to look towards the Coast to Coasters ultimate goal. Comment - For the last three days I had enjoyed the comfort of accommodation at my sisters in Northallerton. A perk for one born so close to the path of the Coast to Coast. It was appreciated and made the crossing a little easier (and cheaper!).


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