England’s Coast to Coast

Alfred Wainwright described a walk across England in his 1973 publication “A Coast to Coast Walk.” It winds its way across Northern England from the Irish Sea at St. Bees Head on the west coast to the North Sea at Robin Hood’s Bay on the east coast. Its 192-mile journey passes through the three national parks of The Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, and the North Yorkshire Moors. Janet and I fell in love with the Lakes when we lived in Ulverston. It is like our second home. When we learned about how this trek was possible without camping, it became a high priority!

On 14 July 2022, we completed our 18-day (including 2 rest days) adventure from St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay. Not only did Bailey and Samuel join us, but also our dear friends Dean and Tracy, who chose this as their 30th Wedding Anniversary celebration!

The daily blogs with lots of photos from our adventure are below. Their rawness illustrates how they were published after each day’s walking.

Date	Day	Title	Lodging	Dinner	Distance (mi)	Time (h:mm)	Ascent (ft)	Steps
		Reflections on the C2C
		Highlights of our 2022 C2C
		Counting Down the Days
26-Jun-22	0	Ulverston to St. Bees	The Premier Inn	Callaghans
27-Jun-22	1	St. Bees to Ennerdale Bridge	Shepherds Arms	Shepherds Arms	14.36	7:06	2,405	31240
28-Jun-22	2	Ennerdale Bridge to Stonethwaite	Langstrath Hotel	Langstrath Hotel	15.99	9:51	4,554	27233
29-Jun-22	3	Stonethwaite to Grasmere	The Inn	Tweedies	8.3	7:30	1,955	12823
30-Jun-22	4	Rest Day in Grasmere	The Inn	Lewis’s
1-Jul-22	5	Grasmere to Patterdale	Old Water View	Fellsides	8.96	5:49	2,769	17528
2-Jul-22	6	Patterdale to Shap (Low Raise Alternate)	Kings Arms Hotel	Shap Chippy	15.2	8:23	4,088	30761
3-Jul-22	7	Shap to Orton	The George Hotel	George Hotel	7.84	3:54	1,729	14755
4-Jul-22	8	Orton to Kirkby Stephen	Jolly Farmers	Mango Tree	12.4	5:49	1,772	27009
5-Jul-22	9	Kirkby Stephen to Keld	Frith Lodge	Frith Lodge	13.45	7:53	2,726	24967
6-Jul-22	10	Keld to Reeth	The Kings Arms	Kings Arms	13.25	7:04	2,963	24346
7-Jul-22	11	Reeth to Richmond	The Fleece	Fleece	10.52	4:55	2,756	23564
8-Jul-22	12	Rest Day in Richmond	The Fleece	La Piazza
9-Jul-22	13	Richmond to Danby Wiske	The White Swan	White Swan	13.38	5:48	2,644	33453
10-Jul-22	14	Danby Wiske to Osmotherley	The Golden Lion	Golden Lion	12.61	5:39	3,127	31043
11-Jul-22	15	Osmotherley to Clay Bank Top	Wainstones Hotel	Wainstones Hotel	11.28	5:09	3,698	24709
12-Jul-22	16	Clay Bank Top to Blakey Ridge and Sunset With the Drone	The Lion Inn	Lion Inn	8.7	3:12	2,142	22014
13-Jul-22	17	Blakey Ridge to Grosmont	Geall Gallery	Station Tavern	13.27	4:39	2,316	30591
14-Jul-22	18	Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay	Victoria Hotel	Victoria Hotel	14.06	6:09	3,953	30465
15-Jul-22	19	Robin Hood’s Bay to Heathrow	Hilton Garden Inn	Hilton
				Totals	193.57	98:55	45597	406501