Table of Contents
for
"There and Back
Running the Pennine Way"
Plan of the 17 Sections of the Pennine Way.
5
Preface.
6
Section 1: Planning and Preparation.
9
Finding a partner 9
Booking the accommodation.
10
The Equipment.
10
Maps.
10
Transport Support
11
Yoga.
12
Compass and Route
Cards.
12
Clothing and Shoes.
14
Water Bottle.
16
Back-Pack and
Bum-Bag.
16
Route Cards.
16
Those that helped me
17
Section 2 - The Main Run:
19
Kirk Yetholm to Edale.
19
At the Top of the Cheviots.
22
Day 1 – Kirk
Yetholm to Cocklawfoot
22
A Gruelling Day.
31
Day 2 –
Cocklawfoot to Byrness.
31
In The Forest.
38
Day 3 – Byrness
to Bellingham..
38
A Jewel in the Wilderness.
42
Day 4 –
Bellingham to Steel Rigg.
42
The Wall
50
Day 5 – Steel
Rigg to Lambley.
50
Rainbows and Rushing Water
57
Day 6 – Lambley
to Garrigill
57
On the Brink of Survival
65
Day 7 –
Garrigill to Dufton.
65
Lost but not for Long.
78
Day 8 – Dufton
to High Force.
78
On My Own.
86
Day 9 – High
Force to Bowes.
86
Thistles and Flies.
92
Day 10 – Bowes
to Thwaite.
92
Two Great Fells.
98
Day 11 –
Thwaite to Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
98
In the Mist Again.
107
Day 12 – Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hanlith.
107
Mostly Farmland.
116
Day 13 –
Hanlith to Cowling.
116
Very Low in Spirit.
123
Day 14 –
Cowling to Hebden Bridge.
123
The Calm before the Storm.
130
Day 15 – Hebden
Bridge to Old Gate Nick
130
Rescue on Black Hill
136
Day 16 – Old
Gate Nick to Crowden.
136
Facing My Worst Fear
145
Day 17 –
Crowden to Edale.
145
Section 3 – Preparatory Running prior to the Main Run:
155
Edale to Kirk Yetholm..
155
Preparatory Running.
155
1 Edale to Crowden
[preparation]
155
[a] Edale to Kinder Gates and back
155
[b] Doctor’s Gate to Mill Hill Post and back; then to Hern
Clough and back
156
[c] Doctor’s Gate to Torside Reservoir and back; Doctor’s
Gate to Mill Hill Post and back
157
2 Crowden to Old Gate Nick
[preparation]
162
[a] Crowden to Black Hill and back
162
[b] Wessenden Head to Standedge and back
162
[c] Brun Clough Reservoir [A62 car park] to North Grain [draining
to Crowden Great Brook] and back
163
3 Old Gate Nick to Hebden
[preparation]
169
[a] M62 to
Warland Drain and back
169
[b] Brun Clough Reservoir [A62 car park] to Warland Drain and
back
170
4 Hebden Bridge to Cowling
[preparation]
175
[a] Calder Valley to Well Holes Cottage and back
175
[b] Well Holes Cottage to the Bronte Waterfall and back
176
[c] Ponden Reservoir
to Well Holes Cottage and back
177
[d] Ponden Reservoir to Ickornshaw and back
180
5 Ickornshaw to Hanlith
[preparation]
181
[a] Ickornshaw to Elslack Moor and back
181
[b] Thornton-in-Craven to Gargrave and back
181
6 Hanlith to Horton [preparation]
183
[a] Newbridge to Malham Tarn and back
183
[b] Malham Tarn to Fountains Fell and back
184
[c] Rainscar To Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
185
7 Horton to Thwaite [preparation]
187
[a] Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Cam End and back
187
[b] Hawes to Cam High Road and back
188
[c] Hawes to Great Shunner Fell and back
190
8 Thwaite to Bowes [preparation]
191
[a] Keld to Tan Hill and back
191
[b] Bowes to Tan Hill and back
192
9 Bowes to High Force [preparation]
195
[a] A66 Bowes to Middleton-in-Teesdale.
195
10 High Force to Dufton [preparation]
198
[a] Middleton-in-Teesdale to Cauldron Snout
198
[b] Cow Green Reservoir car park to High Cup Nick and back
200
[c] Dufton to High Cup Nick and back
203
11 Dufton to Garrigill [preparation]
206
[a] Dufton to Great Dun Fell and back
206
[b] Great Dun Fell to Greg’s Hut and back
207
12 Garrigill to Lambley [preparation]
209
[a] Alston to Garrigill
209
13 Lambley to Once Brewed [preparation]
211
[a] Lambley to Black Hill and back
211
14 Once Brewed to Bellingham [preparation]
215
[a] Steel Rigg car park to Hawkside and back
215
15 Bellingham to Byreness [preparation]
218
16 Byreness to Cocklawfoot [preparation]
218
17 Cocklawfoot to Kirk Yetholm [preparation]
219
[a] Cocklawfoot to Pennine Way [Clennell Street]
219
[b] Kirk Yetholm to The Schill
220
GLOSSARY.
223
SECTION 4 - PENNINE WAY PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
224
Kirk Yetholm to Cocklawfoot.
224
Cocklawfoot to Byrness.
231
Byrness to Bellingham.
236
Bellingham to Steel Rigg.
239
Steel Rigg to Lambley.
245
Lambley to Garrigill
255
Garrigill to Dufton.
263
Dufton to High Force
273
High Force to Bowes.
283
Bowes to Thwaite
289
Thwaite to Horton.
294
Horton to Hanlith.
300
Hanlith to Cowling.
305
Cowling to Hebden Bridge
309
Hebden Bridge to Old Gate Nick
314
Old Gate Nick to Crowden.
317
Crowden to Edale
324
