Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 28 Aug 03 - 05:39 AM

Antonia, are you then going to pick up the pieces of your toes which you lost this year? ;-)
It was very nice to meet you - I'm sorry I could not say good-bye!
Enjoy the rest of your stay in Europe!

Andy/MudGuard

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 28 Aug 03 - 04:22 AM

Yes - don't miss your flights:-)

Well done, Antonia. Sorry we didn't meet and very glad you enjoyed it. Perhaps next year.

I am planning a much shorter walk for the spring from Bolton Abbey to Keld following the route as written by Bob Pegg in 'The Gypsy'. I know you are likely to be across the big water at the time but should chance arise...

Cheers

Dave the Gnome

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 28 Aug 03 - 03:14 AM

Well, as many of you already know, I finished the C2C. And liked it so much, I will be returning next year to do it again, as now my parents want to have a go. Any Mudcatters wanting to join in a group C2C walk, keep an eye out for a thread to appear sometime next spring...
Thanks again for all the advice, support and encouragement; it would not have gone as soothly without you. And I was so glad to have the chance to meet those of you I saw in Whitby; same time next year!
I'm in Edinburgh now, then off to London on Saturday. Anything off-the-map/wall I shouldn't miss while I'm here?
Cheers,
Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: GUEST,MudGuard w/o cookie
Date: 12 Aug 03 - 07:38 AM

Yes, the Guest Post was from me...

am in Penrith right now (library)

not sure where I will be for the next days, I just see what will happen... (Whitby on Saturday is definite...)

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 07 Aug 03 - 11:55 AM

Yay! Found the thread.
Noreen, I'm getting a great laugh from your 'serial', I can't wait to see how it ends either :)
I'm in Richmond, 25 miles to Osmotherly tomorrow, and then a REST DAY! thank the gods. I'll finish on Tuesday, barring anything major, so that will be 3 days faster than planned. I'm surprising myself more than anyone else...
So where is Andy? I'll look for him, though Richmond is massive and I'm B&Bing for lack of YHA.
More when I can, thanks to everyone for the support.
Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 03 Aug 03 - 06:43 PM

Very pleased to hear that everything is going to plan, looking forward to Whitby Folk Week, roll on the 16th,


PS do you need a stove, I'v got a 2 ring burner if you want one for the duration

Cheers


Raggy

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Noreen
Date: 03 Aug 03 - 05:32 PM

I take it the message above is from MudGuard, cycling through Patterdale on the 3rd.

I'll forward this message from Antonia:

2 Aug 2003
I'm in Patterdale, end of day 4, amazing I've made it this far. I can't find the thread and internet is spotty, but I thought I'd drop a line to say hi and that I'm on my way. I am going faster than planned, and will end at least 1 day sooner than expected. I'll see you in whitby,
Antonia
:)

So it appears that Antonia is ahead of Andy due to making good time.

Will Antonia be able to maintain the cracking pace?
Will Andy ever catch her up?
Will they recognise each other?
Will the rain hold off??

Watch this space for the next enthralling installment of our tale of international travel and adventure!

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Aug 03 - 03:05 PM

cycled through Patterdale today - without seeing Antonia who should have left there this morning.
Going on to the more coastal side of the Lake District, so not meeting Antonia for the next few days as she is moving on towards the East...

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 28 Jul 03 - 04:01 AM

I should have added let us know how you're getting on if you get the chance

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 28 Jul 03 - 04:00 AM

Hi Antonia,
According to your schedule you should be in transit to St Bee's today, good luck with your walk. I took the tent to Whitby on Friday, so it is in my caravan waiting for you, see you on the afternoon of the 16th

Nick

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 22 Jul 03 - 09:08 AM

Have a nice trip, see you in Whitby or maybe on the way!

Andy/MudGuard

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 22 Jul 03 - 08:59 AM

Thanks Graham, I did find that site helpful, the map of distances and elevations was particularly useful.

Well, I am off, leave for the airport in about 10 minutes to head to California, then fron there to London on Thursday. Thank you all so much again for your encouragement and advice, I look forward to meeting up with many of you in Whitby.

Namaste,
Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Grab
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 04:14 PM

In Richmond there's a very scenic campsite about 2 miles before you get to the town, on the riverside. It's a lovely spot, although as always the presence of water means midges (BTW, don't forget to take a bit of mosquito coil to kill any unwelcome visitors in your tent ;-) and you do have to walk up a bit of a hill to get to the toilets. IIRC it's the Swaleview caravan site shown in the book at mile 114 (page 103). The main problem though is that it's the wrong side of the river and there isn't a bridge/ford anywhere convenient - it is possible (with a little fence-jumping) to get down to the river, and you can get across if you're careful (and if the river isn't in flood) but you *will* get wet up to your knees doing so. Wet feet is probably preferable to a trip to the next bridge though, which probably adds another 3 miles.

For Reeth, there's the Grinton Lodge Youth Hostel, which is a lovely building with all amenities including a games room with pool table. The warden while I was there cooked his own bread, which was top stuff - I suspect he'll have moved on by now, but the place is well worth stopping at. It's a bit off the trail (and uphill at that!) but probably the best option if you're not doing B&B. Oh, and the views across the valley are great as well.

On the subject of places to stay, there's a pub on the main street in Shap that let walkers camp in its back garden, which is a very good arrangement for everyone! There are other pubs on the way which do that as well, but the Shap one stands out in my memory from good food and good beer. :-) Also at Ennerdale Bridge on the first night, the Old Vicarage B&B let you camp in their gardens for not very much money, and you got full use of their showers and stuff which was lovely. Oh, and there was a really good pub in Ennerdale Bridge which served plate-size Yorkshire puddings filled with really good stew. The Youth Hostel at Ennerdale Bridge is actually some distance the other side of the village, which makes for a very long first day if you're doing that.

This may be 10 years out of date, so all that may now have changed. Be prepared for misinformation - especially from Wainwright, whose information is more like 40 years out of date! :-/

I was having a look on Google to remind myself where I stayed in Reeth, and I found this link. http://www.coast2coast.co.uk If you've still got accomodation to book, this could be useful for you.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 02:04 PM

Raggy - I'll be sure to get a spot on the 16th; the plan was to be in R.H. bay through that day, but I can always skip it, as getting a site for the festival is of greater concern. I will look for you, my tent is a green one-man if you start the search first...

I would love suggestions/recommendations from anyone about accom. in Reeth and in Richmond, so far I have had little success finding anything at the lower end of the price-range pool.

-A

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 18 Jul 03 - 06:54 AM

Linda, to hear that I will meet you and Dave is a nice birthday present! Thanks!

Also looking forward to Whitby (and the rest of the trip...)

Andy/MudGuard

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 18 Jul 03 - 05:55 AM

Oi, Essex Girl, how will we recognise you, black tights, white stilettoes?

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Essex Girl
Date: 18 Jul 03 - 05:39 AM

Dave and I will be in Whitby for the folk festival. Hope to see you in the Tap & Spile. - Mudguard, it will be great to see you again.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 18 Jul 03 - 04:08 AM

Hi Antonia,
Hope you get to read this before you depart, I would reiterate, the camp site gets very full on the 16th I would seriously recommend that you get a pitch on the morning of the 16 if at all possible.
On the camp site the road goes round past the shower block and turns right down a gentle slope, halfway down there is a little parking spot for about 4 cars. Our is the first caravan on that section, we drive a black Rover 600 ot a dark blue Rover 25 come and find us, although I'll try and find you too. I'll PM my mobile number

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 17 Jul 03 - 11:41 PM

Thanks Graham, I'm hoping it will all go smoothly... The folks I've been training with seem confident in my ability, I won't be convinced till my boots are in RH Bay. I'm looking forward to the day in Richmond very much, I've heard much about the theater over the years.

Raggy, the campground is fortunately in my map book! So I shall see you on the 17th of August, thanks again :)

Last minute procrastinator's-rush, but I'm nearly ready to go and already there in my head, looking forward to meeting the many of you who will be at the festival, hopefully we'll find a way to meet up.

Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Grab
Date: 12 Jul 03 - 07:57 PM

Good news on the book!

Your schedule looks pretty well-planned. Seeing the original, I was going to advise against spending a day in Keld bcos there really is nothing there. A day in Richmond (or maybe Grasmere, if you're feeling it a bit :-) will be better spent. The Rosthwaite and Grasmere days (and the Patterdale day if you're doing Helvellyn) probably involve the largest height gain so expect to be a bit sore after them. It looks like you've planned fairly steady days though, so you might find that you've got super-fit and you'd rather have some longer days, then chill out for longer at the end. However it goes, I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself. Good luck.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 11 Jul 03 - 05:45 AM

Antonia,
The Caravan & camp site we use in Whitby is called Stoupes Cross, it is on the headland above the town, about a 15 min walk past the Abbey and down the famous 199 steps, there are over ways down which we will gladly show you, the walk along the cliff is fabulous. The site gets very full and people still come on long after the "camp site fill" notice goes up. The owners have a limited amount of keys for the toilet and shower facilities after they have issued those the sign goes up.
What I would recommed you do (as they do not take pre-bookings) is to get to the site on the Friday morning and pitch your own tent, when we get there later in the day, probably late afternoon we take your tent down put my tent up for you to use for the duration, and then I and my family will retire to the caravan.
I am sure you will fall in love with Whitby, most people do, and go back over the pond the extol the virtues of Whitby and it's folk week.
Looking forward to meeting you in August

Cheers

Raggy

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 10:37 PM

Bassic - thanks a million! I'd love to take you up on that offer. It will be quite a feat to spend days listening to great music and not be able to join in, so I'll take any chance I can get :)

Andy - that was my plan as well, to travel sans plan, and then was waking up at night and fretting... also this is my first trip abroad, and the first I'm doing entirely alone, so I chickened out and took the safe route and planned a bit.. Luckily, it seems like (other than that week in Whitby) most of the hostels I've checked online in London, Edinburgh, Oxford, et al, have quite a lot of openings, so I will be winging the last 1 1/2 weeks of the trip...

And Raggy, yes please! I will have my backpacking tent (1-man) with me, so all I'd need is a place to park it. As long as your sure you won't mind sharing your space with another body, I'd be very willing to take it :) And after all that walking over the weeks previous, I'll be out like a light and early at that, so no noise from me!

-A

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Bassic
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 09:38 AM

Antonia, I will be in Whitby for the week. Will have my (cheap and chearfull) fiddle with me which you are welcome to borrow for a few hours here and there during the week.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 07:26 AM

When you are doing your meandering pop into Chester, Cathedral, Roman Wall ,Ampitheatre, River, Race Track and great music scene.
For details of music search for FOLK ORBIT .It gives details of whats on where and when all around Chester.

Best of luck on the walk ..Travel light.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 04:37 AM

Antonia,
I, my wife and son will be in Whitby from the 15th to t24th if push comes to shove I can always stow my small (3 man) dome tent in my car for you. We have an old tatty caravan at Whitby up on the cliff top near the Abbey. The camp site there will be full of folkies, but it can get a bit noisy until the early hours, not all are as considerate as they might be of other people need for sleep. You are more than welcome to use it, and as Noreen has stated lots of Catters get to Whitby

Cheers Raggy

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 03:16 AM

Antonia, contrary to you I do not have a fixed schedule, so I can't give you the dates (or even the hostels) I will stay in - I usually decide from day to day...

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 11:02 PM

Noreen,
Yes to the festival, and I'm still trying to figure out accom., I should have done it months ago but was still unsure of when I was going to be able to be there... But I am greatly looking forward to being able to meet some mudcatters! Though, and this was a tough decision, I will be without an instrument; it was going to cost too much to insure my fiddle, and I could not find a travel-friendly substitute, so... I'll have to just be an observer, which will be hard but I'll be bringing a digital recorder so will be able to record tunes and take them back home and learn them by ear. I will look for you :)
And I will look for you Andy, I will be hostelling about half the time (as there is only so long I can go without a shower which i suppose makes me a wuss but oh well), I'll give you the list and locations when I get confirms. from the hostels. And I'll have to find a decent pic of me, I'm usually the one on the other side of the camera...

-A

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 03:50 PM

You don't have to say sorry to ME, only to the German cyclists... ;-)

Sorry the texts are in German only...

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Noreen
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 03:44 PM

Sorry Andy- it was a silly thing to say :0(
Like your site- the sunset photos on your Wales trip are splendid!

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 02:45 PM

Hm. Noreen, I think you just insulted all German cyclist except me...

Antonia, I noticed many of the places you go to have youth hostels - are you going to stay in them?
I will certainly stay in some of them, so look out for me!

To recognize me look here (I still have this cycling shirt, though the bike has been replaced - the newer one is all black, the bags are still the same bright red ones).
The bike is very tall (as am I at 1.94 or 6'4") and is easily recognizable, as it has some extra tubes in it.
Have a look at my bicycle

(no, that's a joke, this is my bike)

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Noreen
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 02:01 PM

Sounds wonderful, Antonia, hope all goes well!

Hope you realise that 16th-20th when you're in Whitby, is Whitby festival week? Will be lovely to meet up with you there (MudGuard will be there too, and many other catters) and you'll have a great time, but accomodation in the area is generally fully booked well in advance.


Ask for Mudcatters in the Tap 'n' Spile front room that week- I'll be singing there & will have my Mudcat badge on. MudGuard is 6ft lots and looks like a German cyclist, so you'll not miss him!

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 01:27 PM

Sorry for taking up space; once I entered that I realized it didn't fit with the itinerary I already made up for myself, so here are the revisions:

July 25th - arrive in London
July 28th - Travel to St. Bees
July 30th - begin walk, night in Ennerdale Bridge
July 31st - Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite
August 1st - Rosthwaite to Grasmere
August 2nd - Grasmere to Patterdale
August 3rd - Patterdale to Shap
August 4th - Shap to Newbiggin-on-Lune
August 5th - Newbiggen-on-Lune to Kirkby Stephen
August 6th - Kirkby Stephen to Keld
August 7th - Keld to Reeth
August 8th - Reeth to Richmond
August 9th - spend in Richmond
August 10th - Richmond to Ingleby Cross
August 11th - Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top
August 12th - Clay Bank Top to Blakey
August 13th - Blakey to Glaisdale
August 14th - Glaisdale to Grosmont
August 15th - Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay, stay till the 16th
August 18th - up to Whitby, stay through the 21st
August 21st - meander to Edinburgh
August 25th - meander towards London
August 31st - London
September 2nd - leave for the States

-A

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 09 Jul 03 - 01:06 PM

I found a book!! At the most unlikely place, at the bottom of a discount barrel at a used bookstore! How's that for good karma. Thanks to all who offered loans and searches.
Ok, here's the basic plan, though I do have some dickering room if there are suggestions for something different:

July 25th - arrive in London (Gatwick), plan now is to stay in
            London for 2 days but could change that
July 28th - Travel up to St. Bees, spend that night and the 29th there
July 30th - begin walk, night in Ennerdale Bridge
July 31st - Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite
August 1st - Rosthwaite to Grasmere
August 2nd - Grasmere to Patterdale
August 3rd - Patterdale to Shap
August 4th - Shap to Newbiggin-on-Lune
August 5th - Newbiggen-on-Lune to Keld
August 6th - spend in Keld
August 7th - Keld to Reeth
August 8th - Reeth to Richmond
August 9th - Richmond to Ingleby Cross
August 10th - Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top
August 11th - Clay Bank Top to Blakey
August 12th - Blakey to Glaisdale
August 13th - Glaisdale to Grosmont
August 14th - Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay, stay till the 16th
August 16th - up to Whitby, stay through the 20th
August 20th - meander up to Edinburgh over 1 or 2 days
August 24th - meander back down towards London, will probably pass
             through Oxford to visit a friend, must be in London by
             the 31st, so have a lot of leeway here
August 31st - London
September 2nd - leave for the States

If there are any suggestions for stops or deviations I'd love to get them, though I will have all reservations at hostels, etc. done by Friday so will be pretty much set after that. One place I would like to see (as a former organic farmer) is Highgrove, but it is not in my guidebook so would like some advice re where it is and how best to get there.
I'll look for you Andy, I'm a biker myself (and will probably be wondering on the 3rd day of walking why I don't have mine with me), though it sounds like you'll be on the Isle when i'm in St. Bees.

Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Antonia
Date: 06 Jul 03 - 02:59 AM

Hi all,
Have been having quite the caucauphony of computer problems of late, but am back online now. And, with actual plane tickets and a gelling itinerary, at that. If this new good computer karma holds i'll be back tomorrow with details and replies.
Ciao,
Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Grab
Date: 26 Jun 03 - 08:55 AM

Re borrowing a copy of the Wainwright book, you can nab mine if you need to. It's a bit mudstained from my trip, so you wouldn't need to worry as much about taking good care of it. :-) It's 9 years old though, so as John says, there may have been changes in the route since then. This is why it's a good idea to have OS maps of the route, so you can see which footpaths you're supposed to be using.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 26 Jun 03 - 03:13 AM

Sorry if I offended anyone ;-)

As I wasn't sure whether it is Hull9, 'ull, Kingston, Kingston-upon-Hull, Kingston upon Hull, Kingston on Hull or 8Hull9 or whatever, I just randomly selected one of the possible versions... ;-)

Btw, I looked on my map today (Thursday), and it gives the full name of Kingston upon Hull - so something must be wrong with that Sunday theory... ;-)

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Noreen
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 08:13 PM

I stand corrected. I can only blame my current position in a boys' Independent school- I've never SEEN so many b****y hyphens in my life!

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Les from Hull
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 06:14 PM

Excuuuuuse me, but it's Kingston upon Hull (none of them poncey hyphens for us). It's fine to call it Hull (pronounced 'ull).

Les from Kingston (oops!)

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Noreen
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 06:06 PM

Andy, if I may make a point please?

Hull is only known by its formal name (Kingston-upon-Hull) on Sundays.
As you are intending to visit midweek, etiquette demands that you refer to that famed fair city as Hull.

Thank you.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 01:38 PM

John, my plans are so far:
26th/27th July: Manchester
28th/29th July: Liverpool
30th July - ... 3rd/4th or 5th August: Isle of Man
after that: up to the Lake district
around 16th August: arrival in Whitby
21st August: Kingston
22nd August: some place between Kingston and Manchester...
23rd August: Manchester
24th August: Munich :-(
25th August: back at work :-( :-( :-(

But: except for the first few days and the last two nothing is really fix (might have problems with the bike or whatever)

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: John J
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 12:17 PM

Hi Andy,

If you have half an idea where / when you are going to be, let me know.....I'll be walking the Cumbria Way.

John

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: MudGuard
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 11:32 AM

Antonia,

you might even have the chance of meeting a German MudCatter!

I am cycling in Lake District at the beginning of August and on to Whitby for the festival...

MudGuard/Andy

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: John J
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 11:20 AM

I've got a copy, if you PROMISE to look after it you're most welcome to borrow it. The only problem you may have is that over the years footpaths are closed / diverted, errors are discovered in the book etc. My copy's about 10 years old and will no doubt have uncorrected errors in it. If the copy that Noreen has seen is still available it may be more up to date (less out of date?) and therefore a better bet.

Probably better still: the Ordnance Survey produce a 2.5" 'strip' map that covers the entire route. It shows something like a mile or so each side of the route so should be more useful than a potentially out of date guide book.

I probably still got the C to C accomodation guide, but that will be equally out of date and worse than useless. A search on the web may come up with a source for a current guide.

John

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 25 Jun 03 - 09:33 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: Raggytash
Date: 24 Jun 03 - 09:26 AM

Antonia,
I went to the bookshop today to check on the impending arrival of the new edition of Wainswrights Coast to Coast Guide. I have now been informed that the publishing date has been put back to September, after you will have completed the walk.
However, Noreen who post threads on Mudcat, and who I know to be very helpful, said on an earlier thread that she has seen one in Manchester.
If you still want it, it may be possible for us to get together and get a copy to you.
Cheers

Raggy

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: GUEST
Date: 19 May 03 - 12:03 AM

Thank you so very much, I am finding this all quite helpful. Have been practicing pitching and repitching (and repitching) the tent, that was a great suggestion; this morning I got to practice in 5 inches of SNOW, so everything from now on should be a cakewalk. As to the weight I will be keeping it down as much as possible (though have not yet resorted to chopping off the handle of my toothbrush, or similar). I will be making my tickets next week, and am aiming to be in St. Bees by August 1st at the latest. I am unaware of Ravenglass, must dig out my map... And although I will camp some to keep the cost down, I did get a current book on hostels, and will probably have a hard time not talking myself into that option more often than planned. As for a mobile phone, forgive the ignorance, but will a phone from here work in England, or would I purchase one there? I would greatly appreciate a transport for my fiddle, the thought of spending 191 miles with it...
I'll sign on again in a week with firm dates, thank you all so much again for your advice and encouragement, it has kept me from giving up the idea as hairbrained many times over :)

-Antonia

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 09 May 03 - 08:03 AM

If you follow guests suggestion above you can cheat a bit by going up on the "Lal Ratty" (Ravenglass miniature Railway) which will take you most of the way up. As an ex Lakelands Mountain Rescuer can I advise you? Make really sure you don't overdo it. Have a working torch, a whistle a map and a compass with you at all times. A survival blanket, plenty of Mars bars or mintcake and a first aid kit are also pretty essential. Good boots (properly walked-in) will be a blessing. Even in high summer you will need waterproofs.

Most of all keep someone informed of your routes and arrival times. If you go missing the Lakes and the Penines are hundreds of square miles to have to look for you in.

Good luck and do enjoy some of the finest walking in England.

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: GUEST
Date: 09 May 03 - 04:52 AM

I suggest starting at the Roman port of Ravensglass, and heading up the Hardknot pass (Roman Fort)    One hotel I highly recomend is the Wild Boar Inn. The Swan is worth a luncheon too. Have fun and enjoy.
http://www.best-hotel.com/lakedistrict_onlinereservations.html

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: John J
Date: 09 May 03 - 04:45 AM

Very true Rob!

Subject: RE: Walking Lake District - Robin Hood's Bay
From: GUEST,rob wright
Date: 09 May 03 - 04:41 AM

travel light, travel fast.
travel fast ,travel light.