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Message 280: The Beamsley Beacon walk was fantastic, luckily on a clear and crisp day. The route was easy to follow and I can recommend it for all. Enough to increase your heart rate but easy enough for most people. Next time I do this route, I will continue along to the craggs and not back track. Thanks From: Peter Clough Town/City: Headingley, Leeds Country: England Date: Sunday 17 February 2008 Message 279: Happened upon your website and was inspired to get out there. My friend and I walked The Roaches yesterday starting with Hen Cloud and had a great day. Earned out final stop at the tea shop. Thank you! From: Amanda Barrie Town/City: Country: England Date: Saturday 16 February 2008 Message 278: Hello Mike Just completed a long-planned trip up Jack's Rake with my 14 year old son and it did NOT disappoint! Your description and comments on the route were absolutely bang on! A great website in every aspect! From: Ken W Town/City: Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire Country: England Date: Saturday 16 February 2008 Message 277: Good morning! I do hope this mail finds you well? I was hopeful that you might be able to provide me with a little bit of information... In seven weeks time, I'm lucky enough to be getting married to a girl who, despite being lovely, isn't a great walker. I say lucky, because it means that my brother and I can enjoy my 'stag' weekend (for want of a better word) spending some time together walking and hiking and reminiscing. We were hoping to go up to the Yorkshire Moors or somewhere relatively close by, as we will be leaving from Nottingham on the morning of the 14th March. I was really hoping to be able to walk between 10-15 miles a day for a couple of days in a circular manner, aiming to park the car up on the the Friday morning and arrive back at it on the Sunday lunchtime(ish), punctuating the walk with a couple of overnight stays at decent pubs along the way! Now, despite being both fit, we are certainly novices at planning such things and wondered whether you would be able to help in any way with advice or suggestions? Many, many thanks if you are able to. Best wishes, Dan Walking Englishman writes: "I proposed a 2 day route for Dan which he was pleased with" From: Dan Hatfield Town/City: Nottingham Country: England Date: Tuesday 12 February 2008 Message 276: I am a ‘black sheep’ of a now defunct bunch of brewing barons. I removed myself from Hampshire in August 1958 for an “educational” trip around the globe. Last summer I plucked up enough courage to join the group who almost ‘killed’ me in 2000, this time to go along with their fourth leg of completing “Les Hautes Pyrenees from Atlantic to the Med. Thus, les Pyrenees Orientales from Andorra to Banyuls-sur-mer. I used the same boots that in 2000 had removed all skin off both heels after about 5 days. They were much better the second time around as I had done plenty of serious adjusting & training in them for about 2 months prior. I have promised NOT to use said boots a third time. All this to state the OBVIOUS that proper fitting boots are the MOST IMPORTANT item of equipment in long distance walking. The same group is currently pressuring me to join them on the pilgrimage route to Santiago del Compostella in No. West Spain; starting somewhere in Le Massif Central in central France. With your considerable experience can you please recommend to me perhaps a web site devoted to the proper fitting of walking/hiking boots? Many congratulations on your excellent web site and as I have not yet read all the content which of the U.K. long distance walks are your personal favorite[s] & why. I am seriously thinking of the South Downs Way ; but with a slight twist in that I wish it to also be a SUPERIOR GASTRONOMIC experience; any suggestions as to how best to search out pubs with accommodation with either in house excellent cuisine or close to excellent restaurant[s]? My apologies for lack of brevity, most sincerely, Anthony Mann. p.s. Our premium brew initially marketed in 1902 is still being brewed today. Namely; Mann’s Brown Ale. From: Anthony Mann Town/City: Country: Canada Date: Monday 4 February 2008 Message 275: Hi! Many thanks for your wonderful informative website. Brilliant idea to put all the fab mini mountains of the glorious dales together!!! Makes my fellas & my life so much easier to sort out a walk now! We've done about half of them probably more in the last year, but whose counting!!! Actually I am now, our goal is to complete them all & then do them all again eventually!!! Oh thanks for the advice about Great Shunner Fell, too late we were up there last sunday,very windy, thick mist, freezing my pinkies (fingers) off.........loving every minute of it!!!!!!!! You're right about the Howgills ohhhhhhhhh there magical mountains Just as Wainwright describes them, as a heard of elephants all sat down together!!!! Really lovely place & the views were out of this world!!! My fella PeterWoolley.artist@virgin.net hasn't painted them yet! He's a professional water colour artist & has a gallery in Hawes so go to view his fab pic's. If you ever bump into us on the hill I'm the one always giggling full of the joys of life ...........until I go back to school, love the kids just hate the system! Happy walking!!! Regards Caroline From: Caroline Town/City: Middlesborough, Teeside Country: England Date: Monday 28 January 2008 Message 274: Hello Mike, I have just taken a couple of friends on the Strid & Simons Seat walk following your route. You mentioned a substantial stone bridge across the river which seems to serve no useful purpose. It is actually an aqueduct and is hiding a huge and (probably) ugly iron pipe! There are what may be valve chambers under concrete slabs about 100yds each side of the bridge. As we walked by the side of the wood above the bridge we were accosted by a male pheasant, which followed us for a while before pecking at one of the ladies!! Very strange. From: Jim Hamer Town/City: Burnley, Lancashire Country: England Date: Sunday 27 January 2008 Message 273: Hi Michael, Great site. I have completed two of your walks listed on your website and have thoroughly enjoyed them. The most recent was the walk through the Harewood Estate, which was a lovely walk through the grounds. The first was the Elterwater Waterfalls Walk in the Lakes which I completed with my partner and we had so much fun walking through great countryside, and the waterfalls were a joy to behold. We did get a little lost near the end of the walk. Does the path take you across some stepping stones? And if it does then they are really worth a mention as we had some good laughs getting across! I think your site is great especially detailing the difficulty of the walk and its distance. I look forward to you adding some more walks around Harrogate as that is where I am from. From: Richard Town/City: Harrogate, Yorkshire Country: England Date: Sunday 27 January 2008 Message 272: I came across your site while I was looking for walks which would appeal to my friends. It was a pleasure to read the enthusiastic and informative descriptions of the walks along with the photo's of yourself and your companions. Many thanks, Jim From: Jim Hamer Town/City: Burnley, Lancashire Country: England Date: Saturday 26 January 2008 Message 271: We live in Ft. Worth, Texas. I am interested in our family history which started in the UK. Are there many Roseberry's in Scotland and England? Do you know if there is a family site for Roseberry's in the UK and do you know the origin of Roseberry hill? From: Jerry Rosebery Town/City: Fort Worth, Texas Country: USA Date: Saturday 26 January 2008 Message 270: My brother & myself are planning to walk the 2500' Wainwrights in May. Your site is an excellent resource for viewing the route and settling on realistic timings for the various sections. Particularly liked your sections on Scafell and the Langdales. The route cards should be very useful. From: Joe Keating Town/City: Cricklewood, North London Country: England Date: Thursday 24 January 2008 Message 269: Have just come across your site and, knowing the Lake District reasonably well I must say that it is excellent. I particularly enjoyed the routes in and around Langdale. Great photographs - a real bonus. Thank you. From: Tom Phillips Town/City: London Country: England Date: Friday 18 January 2008 Message 268: As an extended family we just stayed at the Mankinholes YHA near Todmorden and followed your walk up to the Bride Stones. Thanks very much - spot on. From: Andy Swarbrick Town/City: Mankinholes, West Yorkshire Country: England Date: Monday 14 January 2008 Message 267: I have just discovered your excellent site which brought back memories of walks done - Cleveland Way over 20 years ago - real amateurs then with b/w photocopied maps! Then in 1999 - 2 of us completeing Coast to Coast - in my 49th year and then again as a sponsored event to raise money for Sri Lanka tsunami victims - 5 of us and me in my 56th year! - brilliant. This year the original C2C walkers are walking Offas Dyke - if you have any information that might be of help I would be most grateful - especially on the best cheapest tent and the availability of B&B. Enjoyed your account of the walk at Tryfan - my one roped mountain climb from college in 1970! Just didn't realise how many years have gone by! Thanks for an excellent site - I will certainly make more use of it as early retirement is only 2 years away!! From: Andrew Guy Town/City: Penistone, South Yorkshire Country: England Date: Saturday 12 January 2008 Message 266: Thanks for the walking time calculator, very handy! From: Duncan Newbury Town/City: London Country: England Date: Tuesday 11 December 2007 Message 265: Hi, A group of us walked the North Downs Way this year as 11 day walks. If you are interested I attach a link to my blog of our walks, which I have finally finished. There are some really nice photos taken by one of my walking companions. If you have time, do dip into it. Website is: http://ndwdaras.blogspot.com/ Best wishes. From: Sara Davies Town/City: Country: England Date: Saturday 08 December 2007 Message 264: Hi, Annabel here calling from New Zealand. Really enjoying your website, I am just getting keen on walking, but the Robin Hood Coast to Coast does look pretty long and hard. Anyway, I will research your site some more, and devour the pictures. Great job done. Cheers Annabel. From: Annabel Wright Town/City: Country: New Zealand Date: Friday 09 November 2007 Message 263: As a child living in Nottinghamshire I looked forward to my holiday's with my Grandparents who lived at Gilstead near Bradford. We would walk to Shipley Glen. I would enjoy the rides on the little fun fair. We could also see the beautiful peacock butterflies. We would then walk into Shipley. Your web page has given me lovely memories of my childhood. Thank you. From: Jenny Smith Town/City: Brisbane Country: Australia Date: Tuesday 06 November 2007 Message 262: Absolutely brilliant website, simple, accurate and very engaging. I have not walked for a few years but your website inspired to me to pull out my old explorer maps a couple of weeks ago and do some of the Pennine Way from Horton then over the S and C line and back via Moughton bringing back very happy memories of holidays in the 1980's. Even got free camping round the back of the Golden Lion in Horton. Also managed a quick jaunt up Goredale Scar and the dry valley on the Sunday before going home. The Dales are God's country for me, timeless and spiritual. From: Jonathan Davidson Town/City: Liverpool Country: England Date: Thursday 18 October 2007 Message 261: Excellent site, clear ,concise and easy to use. The blue on the beige background makes it so easy to distinguish the headings from the text. Links good, again helped by the contrast of colour. Full of useful information. From: June Banks Town/City: Skipton, Yorkshire Country: England Date: Tuesday 16 October 2007 |
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