In the spring of 2009, I walked the 429km¹ of the Pennine Way, a national trail along the hills of northern England, in 15 days.

Setting off from Derbyshire, I hiked over the Peak District moors into East Lancashire; through the Yorkshire Dales into County Durham and Westmorland; along Hadrian’s Wall and through the Kielder Forest in Northumberland; finally traversing the Cheviot Hills to cross the border into Scotland two weeks later.

I camped along the way; carrying my tent, sleeping bag and stove on my back. Happily I was joined by my dad for two days, and my friend Jim for another two. The rest of the time, I was on my own.

Itinerary

Starting off from Edale in the Hope Valley, I stopped at each of the destinations below in a wonderful fortnight.

Follow the link on any of the destination names to read my journal for that day's walk.