Geo and Jack camp it up on the Coast to Coast

[Laxie]

I seriously need to stop making pizzas   

[Geo the Sarge]

In on page 1.

Looks interesting Geo, will be following. Ive always liked the way you sign off every post with your name. I think in your honour we should all do the same in this thread.

Alex

Thanks Alex,

It actually tilts one person that I know of, which doesn't bother me as most of his posts tilt me anyway. Mpower does the same with his regards and I quite like it, adds a wee bit of uniqueness (is that a legit word?)

Geo

[Geo the Sarge]

I seriously need to stop making pizzas   

siiiiiiiiiggghhhhhhhhhhh,

haven't seen him since Newcastle, please don't let the orange fleece be a possibility. I have a nice Green Karrimor one that should fit him perfectly well. I'll bring it with me. It's actually a cracking jacket, deliberately bought about 3 sizes too big to fit over my gear to keep me warm during the cold Gulf nights

Geo

[tikay]

Wow, what a wonderful thing to do.

I might just add this to my Bucket List for next year. I adore the North Yorkshire Moors, & the Yorkshire Dales & visit frequently, but I'm a bit of a stranger to the Lake District.

I wish you well with this, & can't wait to see the photos & trip reports.

What an awesome thing to do!

[boldie]

I seriously need to stop making pizzas   

siiiiiiiiiggghhhhhhhhhhh,

haven't seen him since Newcastle, please don't let the orange fleece be a possibility. I have a nice Green Karrimor one that should fit him perfectly well. I'll bring it with me. It's actually a cracking jacket, deliberately bought about 3 sizes too big to fit over my gear so we can both fit in at the same time to keep me warm during the cold Gulf nights

Geo

FYP.

[cambridgealex]

Can everyone please start signing off their posts itt?!

Alex

[Boba Fett]

GL, have a good time

Paul

[leethefish]

looks like a good challenge and very enjoyable best of luck

Lee

[technolog]

Any charity involved? If so, post a link to a justgiving page!

Best of British.

We haven't actually discussed whether we were going to charitise this Dan. I'm not the biggest fan of shoving charities into people's faces as you probably know. Personally I have 3 charities where I have a standing monthly amount debited to and help the wife on her yearly spots collecting here at work but apart from that the odd case that I feel needs my donation and hopefully not swallowed up by admin fees.

Any thoughts Jack?

I know Mo will hate me for saying but if anything, possible donations to the Reece fund, after all his thread has given us here at blonde as much drama, joy, frustration and at times sadness as any.

Thoughts please

Geo

Well, when I first mooted the idea it seemed like an simple stroll, more of a relaxing holiday than a feat of endurance deserving charitable donations and I'd have been embarrassed to ask. I'd done a few multi-day walks between 80 & 110 miles and I was a couple of stone lighter and correspondingly fitter. I was hoping I'd be 15st or less when we headed off from St Bees - damn those home-made pizzas  - but I'll be comfortably above the 16st mark it seems .

Still, I've done a few 17 mile walks recently and am happy enough with my fitness, completing it in just under 5 hours which is pretty good going for walking through fields & woods and climbing over stiles.

So I'm happy enough to ask people to pledge money per mile or to simply make a donation. The Reece idea is a good one. Perhaps we could each set up a Justgiving page for a charity of our choice too. We'd probably struggle to make £100 but every little helps I suppose. I'd probably go for the British Heart Foundation as my mom mum died of a heart attack.

[technolog]

GL with this...I can see Geo grind this out as he's a hard b*****d but Jack needs to lose a few lbs as he's a soft, cuddly, chubby monkey.

Have no fear you hirsute, German dwarf. I'm gonna eat this! Along with everything else

[The_duke]

What day are you hitting Richmond for your two day stopover?

[mondatoo]

In 

Seriously though, great idea, have fun, should definitely do it for a charity imo.

Raymond

[Geo the Sarge]

What day are you hitting Richmond for your two day stopover?

Ger had already expressed interest in meeting up with us somewhere along the route some time ago, there are a couple of others done likewise. Here is our plan with dates, night stops and b&b details on the days we stay in. If you feel you would like to join us somewhere along the way feel free to give us a shout and we can arrange more accurate details.

Not too good at the old formatting maybe a kind MOD with the ability could tidy it up thanks.

Date                                 Start                                              Finish                                 Accommodation   Notes
02/09/2011   Fri      Meet-up                                              St Bees                                  Tomlin Guest House
   
03/09/2011   Sat      St Bees                                              Ennerdale Bridge                  Out   

04/09/2011   Sun      Ennerdale Bridge                              Rosthwaite                          Out   

05/09/2011   Mon      Rosthwaite                                              Patterdale                          Home Farm   

06/09/2011   Tue      Patterdale                                              Bampton                                  Out
   
07/09/2011   Wed      Bampton                                              Newbigging on Lune          Out   

08/09/2011   Thu      Newbigging on Lune                              Keld                                  Keld Lodge   

09/09/2011   Fri      Keld                                                      Reeth                                  Out   

10/09/2011   Sat      Reeth                                              Richmond                          Frenchgate Guest House

11/09/2011   Sun      Richmond                                              Richmond                          Frenchgate Guest House   Halfway stopover

12/09/2011   Mon      Richmond                                              Danby Wiske                          Out   

13/09/2011   Tue      Danby Wiske                                      Carlton Bank                          Out   

14/09/2011   Wed      Carlton Bank                                      Church Houses                  Feversham Arms Inn   

15/09/2011   Thu      Church Houses                                      Grosmont                          Out   

16/09/2011   Fri      Grosmont                                              High Hawsker                          Out   

17/09/2011   Sat      High Hawsker                                      Robin Hoods Bay                  Northcliff B&B

18/09/2011   Sun      Robin Hoods Bay                              Depart   -   -

Geo

[Geo the Sarge]

As well as the daily jaunt to and from work, I have been making use of the Pentland Hill range, an area I know well from my Army days. There is a military training and range area within the hills with many walks of varying degrees of difficulty throughout. To follow are 2 of the trip reports I did with pics. Ideally Jack and I hope to update throughout the walk with similar.

Swanston - Allermuir - Castlew - Turnhouse Hill and return (approx 14 miles)

Weather was blazing and put in a few additonal stops that I normally wouldn't have. Left at 10 and was back for 5:30 so all in 7 1/2 hours although I did spend about an hour at top of Castlelaw having lunch and chatting to a young Chinese lady who was part of a group on a guided walk.

The leader of the group didn't have much clue about the area and landmarks so I sat with my map and burdened the young lady with stories of the area and my times in these hills. All the while her mum (I think) was constantly taking photos of the both of us. I didn't even think to give them my email address to get some of the photos sent on................doh!!

Got some half decent photos although I only had my phone with me.

First stage from Swanston to Allermuir. Swanston is about 20 min walk from my home and is a good start point at the foot of the Pentlands.

I had decided to take the direct routes up Allermuir and Castlelaw as I knew they would be a good test.

The pic is the start up Allermuir

Geo

[Geo the Sarge]

At the top of Allermuir sits a trig point and also a cairn, on top of which is a metal dial with pointers to all the various landmarks and major hills that could be viewed from this point. The views, both to Edinburgh and also into the Pentland Range were outstanding.

Geo