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Anybody done the pennine way? Can you give any tips and advice, is it pretty tough? I'm doing it at the end of june.

Many moons ago, when we still lived just outside the Pool, I used to ski sections of it on a pair of Fischer Radials, in the area between Glossop and Shefield. Me fave area was to the west of the Ladybower. This is as good as cross-country skiing gets in England. Miles better than the Lakes.If the Snake was open, I could be there in just over an hour, so if there was good snow I would go at night after work, or at weekends. Crisp January nights on me own on the moors, bleeding magic. I`d swap the beach babes and forty degrees of an Oz summer to be there now( would I bollocks )
Remember a Police Rover, on a farm track heading back to the main road and the look on the copper`s face as I overtook him was priceless Dug meself a shelter in the lee of a stone wall, bank was about fifteen feet deep. Not a soul in sight. As I finished digging I flashed up me Peak and turned round, from no-where, hundreds of sheep had silently appeared. They probably recognised me from the cover of my book" How to Improve Your Ovine Sexual Relationships"(Written before I saw the light and realised marsupials is the way forward) I thought "f@#k off and get yer own Heinz Big Soup" They just stood there, ice hanging off their arses, gazing wistfully.
What was yer question?
Oh yes, get a copy of a good walking mag like TGO and follow their advice. Any day spent walking in England is better than a day sat on yer arse. Get yer little pink body out there and enjoy yerself. Pennine Way, piece of piss.
Aye,
PS saddest thing was chucking me old Fischers in the skip before we left Up round the Pinnacles they use snowboards on the big dunes and I`m sure I could ski`em.......

The previous post was from the new autobiographical essay "Tea Trays I have sledged on" ghostwritten before the snows of '63 by two famous folk heros of the 'Pool, A Scally and Wanna Vidyo. Due out next week, that's the two lads not the book.

u doing all 260 odd miles otc boy? how long you planning it would take

I am a Derbyshire lad by birth and have often done the first three or four days of the Pennine Way from Edale upwards. Did the whole lot once taking about three weeks, allowing for an odd rest day if a particular pub attracted. I would say any of it is unduly hard, sometimes a bit boring and surprise surprise often wet. The early bits after the Snake across Bleaklow and the peat are annoying but once over the Woodhead and into the bottom end of the Yorkshire Dales I enjoyed it. As Prez says, any day walking is better than being a couch potato or computer games. Despite all our dripping these islands of ours really are worth seeing close up.


Barry

to mattt_h

yes me and a mate are doing all, we reckon about 16 days. In some places it says that it is 280 miles though.

Have done the pen way a long time ago,(it almost done me at the same time).Would suggest you read Alan Wainwrights book "The Pennine Way".Ifound it to be a great help as it shows two parrallel "Ways".,an upper and lower path in places where it is very difficult to ascend.He has also written a book telling how to do it by going from pub to pub,each pub being about 15 miles apart.Ofcourse that yomp would depend on how thirsty you were.Hope this helps.


The Happy Wanderer.

As Prez says, any day walking is better than being a couch potato

Pardon?
My advice remains, follow what they say in a good walking mag like The Great Outdoors.
As long distance walks go, the Pennine Way isn`t that hard. It`s bloody long, though It`ll be full of day-trippers in June, Wainwright doesn`t mention them of course
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