Long Distance Paths

sandy saunders said:

It was interesting reading the post above about the Coast to Coast. I have
often thought about walking one of these long distance trails, and in
particular the not-so-long South Downs Way (I live in Hampshire). My
problem is that to do a long walk would generally involved a few days or
weeks, depending on the choice, off work Here comes the crunch. I feel if
I can get that amount of time off work, I want to head for the Lake
District, Snowdonia etc, or even over seas to more exotic mountains, and
walk the hills. I am sure a long distance path would be fun ...... and an
achievement, but I keep getting drawn to the hills in my spare time.

I suppose once retirement hits me (which isn't too far away, I suspect) I
can venture off for days on one of these trails.

One way of doing long distance paths is to do them in sections, either
a day or a weekend at a time. I have walked the Thames Path, North
Downs Way, Saxon Shore Way and most of the London LOOP like this. The
longest chunk I did in one go was the Thames Path from Oxford to the
Source. Sometimes I manage to concentrate on a path, other times not.
I did the North Downs Way over a period of two months in 1996 but I
started the London LOOP in June 2001 and there have been two
interruptions of more than a year :-| I have got one day's worth of
walking to do on it, perhaps I'm suffering from a variation of the
Munroist's 283-itis.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:14:21 GMT, "sandy saunders"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

| It was interesting reading the post above about the Coast to Coast. I have
| often thought about walking one of these long distance trails, and in
| particular the not-so-long South Downs Way (I live in Hampshire). My
| problem is that to do a long walk would generally involved a few days or
| weeks, depending on the choice, off work Here comes the crunch. I feel if
| I can get that amount of time off work, I want to head for the Lake
| District, Snowdonia etc, or even over seas to more exotic mountains, and
| walk the hills. I am sure a long distance path would be fun ...... and an
| achievement, but I keep getting drawn to the hills in my spare time.

The vast majority of people do long distance walks in chunks of a day or a
few hours. Those who post under funny names excepted ;-)

--
Dave F

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:14:21 GMT, "sandy saunders"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

Here comes the crunch. I feel if
I can get that amount of time off work, I want to head for the Lake
District, Snowdonia etc, or even over seas to more exotic mountains, and
walk the hills. I am sure a long distance path would be fun ...... and an
achievement, but I keep getting drawn to the hills in my spare time.

I suppose once retirement hits me (which isn't too far away, I suspect) I
can venture off for days on one of these trails.

This has always been my philosophy as well - walking overr moorland or
lowland is for short days, but from Manchester, a full day tempts me
to Snowdonia, or Cumbria for mountain scenery. Even giving a day to
the Dales or the Peak is a bit of a wrench from real mountains.

Then I guess you can put together ALL kinds of long distance tramps
through real mountain country until your knees give out on you!

Talking to people who do the LDPs though, I guess the rhythm and
length of the walks is part of its attraction. Maybe I should give
them a try - Hadrian's Wall looks good.........

Paul
Leigh
Lancs

Dave Fawthrop said:

The vast majority of people do long distance walks in chunks of a day or a
few hours. Those who post under funny names excepted ;-)

Whaddya mean, funny names..... :-)

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \

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wonderful person Peewiglet <[email hidden]> said

Quoted message said:

Dave Fawthrop said:

The vast majority of people do long distance walks in chunks of a day or a
few hours. Those who post under funny names excepted ;-)

Whaddya mean, funny names..... :-)

Yep, seem like a perfectly reasonable name to me .. but hey, look at
what my friends are called. 8>.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

Quoted message said:

One way of doing long distance paths is to do them in sections, either
a day or a weekend at a time. I have walked the Thames Path, North
Downs Way, Saxon Shore Way and most of the London LOOP like this. The
longest chunk I did in one go was the Thames Path from Oxford to the
Source. Sometimes I manage to concentrate on a path, other times not.
I did the North Downs Way over a period of two months in 1996 but I
started the London LOOP in June 2001 and there have been two
interruptions of more than a year :-| I have got one day's worth of
walking to do on it, perhaps I'm suffering from a variation of the
Munroist's 283-itis.

Clare and I have actually walked a fair section of the South Downs Way on
our weekend walks. We just need to venture further east from Hampshire to
get the eastern sections done. Also done some off the South West Coast Path
from Swanage around to Weymouth Bay, again on day trip from Denmead.

The more remote long distance paths are just that, remote for day trips.

I should keep a log of the sections of these paths so I know what remains.
Maybe then we could make a real effort to go out of our way to complete the
further away section.

--
sandy saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
brings the same excitement'

Quoted message said:

The vast majority of people do long distance walks in chunks of a day or a
few hours. Those who post under funny names excepted ;-)

I suppose so, like Clare and I are doing with the South Downs Way. Although
I must admit, when I plan my walks on the Downs, I try to vary my routes.
Just by chance it inevitably completes a section of the SDW .... all be it
in rather small sections some times.

--
sandy saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
brings the same excitement'

sandy saunders said:

Quoted message said:

One way of doing long distance paths is to do them in sections, either
a day or a weekend at a time.

Quoted message said:

Clare and I have actually walked a fair section of the South Downs Way on
our weekend walks.

Quoted message said:

The more remote long distance paths are just that, remote for day trips.

Yes true. I did the Wolds Way in a week as day walks - returning to
base at my brother's place in Hessle.

Quoted message said:

I should keep a log of the sections of these paths so I know what remains.
Maybe then we could make a real effort to go out of our way to complete the
further away section.

All my LDPs as sections were done consecutively. I'd done bits of the
NDW before I did it "complete" and I repeated them as I did the whole.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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Quoted message said:

It was interesting reading the post above about the Coast to Coast. I

have

Quoted message said:

often thought about walking one of these long distance trails, and in
particular the not-so-long South Downs Way (I live in Hampshire). My
problem is that to do a long walk would generally involved a few days or
weeks, depending on the choice, off work Here comes the crunch. I feel

if

Quoted message said:

I can get that amount of time off work, I want to head for the Lake
District, Snowdonia etc, or even over seas to more exotic mountains, and
walk the hills. I am sure a long distance path would be fun ...... and an
achievement, but I keep getting drawn to the hills in my spare time.

An LDP can be great fun, I did half the Cleveland Way and it was wonderful
walking. Did part of the Shropshire Way on Monday and the scenery was
lovely, if a little windy.
What books list all the LDPs in the UK? My library had one (poss AA
published?) but it's gone walkies!

Nick

They've got it all!

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/

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Quoted message said:

It was interesting reading the post above about the Coast to Coast. I

have

Quoted message said:

often thought about walking one of these long distance trails, and in
particular the not-so-long South Downs Way (I live in Hampshire). My
problem is that to do a long walk would generally involved a few days or
weeks, depending on the choice, off work Here comes the crunch. I feel

if

Quoted message said:

I can get that amount of time off work, I want to head for the Lake
District, Snowdonia etc, or even over seas to more exotic mountains, and
walk the hills. I am sure a long distance path would be fun ...... and

an

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

achievement, but I keep getting drawn to the hills in my spare time.

An LDP can be great fun, I did half the Cleveland Way and it was wonderful
walking. Did part of the Shropshire Way on Monday and the scenery was
lovely, if a little windy.
What books list all the LDPs in the UK? My library had one (poss AA
published?) but it's gone walkies!

Nick

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:31:33 -0000, "Nick Pedley"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

What books list all the LDPs in the UK? My library had one (poss AA
published?) but it's gone walkies!

I have one, but I'm not sure that it's truly comprehensive.
Nonetheless, it's the:

"Long Distance Trails Almanac
(A walker's (sic) guide to the best of Britain's national trails,
regional routes and other long distance footpaths)"

by:
Colin Elliott

published by:
Lochar (1992)

ISBN: 0-948403-69-1
£6.99

Best wishes,
--
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \

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"Nick Pedley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

What books list all the LDPs in the UK? My library had one (poss AA
published?) but it's gone walkies!

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Quoted message said:

They've got it all!

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/

Thanks for that Bryan, I've ordered the LDW Handbook from my local bookshop.
Might as well spend these book tokens on something that'll last!
Anyone got the LDP Chart? Is it worth getting?

Nick

Sandy - you sound like a train spotter!

--
Regards
Ken Parkins
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Quoted message said:

One way of doing long distance paths is to do them in sections, either
a day or a weekend at a time. I have walked the Thames Path, North
Downs Way, Saxon Shore Way and most of the London LOOP like this. The
longest chunk I did in one go was the Thames Path from Oxford to the
Source. Sometimes I manage to concentrate on a path, other times not.
I did the North Downs Way over a period of two months in 1996 but I
started the London LOOP in June 2001 and there have been two
interruptions of more than a year :-| I have got one day's worth of
walking to do on it, perhaps I'm suffering from a variation of the
Munroist's 283-itis.

Clare and I have actually walked a fair section of the South Downs Way on
our weekend walks. We just need to venture further east from Hampshire to
get the eastern sections done. Also done some off the South West Coast
Path
from Swanage around to Weymouth Bay, again on day trip from Denmead.

The more remote long distance paths are just that, remote for day trips.

I should keep a log of the sections of these paths so I know what remains.
Maybe then we could make a real effort to go out of our way to complete
the
further away section.

--
sandy saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
brings the same excitement'