I seem to have lost my links, anyone got a route and how much time is required to do it?
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Sustrans route? There should be maps on the 'sea to sea' website.
Time depends on fitness / how much you want to enjoy it.
1 day is possible, 2 at a push, but 3 would be best if you want to take it easy
No I'm after the off road version
You need 3 days minimum, unless you're quite hard, in which case you have no excuses for not doing a 24 hour attempt.
Try and get your hands on a book by Tim Woodcock, which describes the route and gives a good breakdown of stopovers etc - there seems to be a few variations on the C2C route, but we did St Bees to Robin Hoods Bay, which is an interpretation of the Wainwright C2C walking route (at least I think it was Wainwright).
We did; St Bees to Eskdale (half day)
Eskdale to Kirkby Stephen (14 hour day)
K/Stephen to Osmotherley (9 hour day)
Osmo to R/Hoods Bay (9 hour day)
We carried a days gear and stopped in Youth Hostels, but had a set of parents on holiday in the Lakes to do the car ferrying (they drove our car from St Bees to R/Hoods bay and left the keys for us at the B&B).
I have a Magellan GPS route, but it is a strange format and doesn't seem to import to anything else - email me if you want it.
It's a great ride, but we missed some fantastic off road after Tan Hill, trying to make some time up after a bog walk up to Tan Hill.
Thanks Mr.Large, I was thinking a more sedate pace, I'll be SS and B&B I haven't worked out getting back yet, but hey, what could go wrong....
Well that's why I couldn't find anything on the computer. I have the tim Woodcock book, but have only just discovered it. Ah the joys of getting older........