Day 52, Abington to New Lanark.
When we planned the route we always knew we would make changes along the way. Today was one of those days! As we arrived at our destination yesterday we thought our way out looked very busy. So we had another good look at the map and found an amazing cycle path and also a very […]
Day 51, Beattock to Abington.
It been a long tough day with lots of ascent. We started back on the road we left yesterday but this time the road was largely through commercial forestry which dominated the views. This road has very few vehicles on but is very noisy as it runs parallel to the motorway and main train line. […]
Day 50, Lockerbie to Beattock.
We began our day by exploring Lockerbie and visiting one of the two memorials that remember the victims of the Lockerbie bombing. We then walked through the town centre and saw the life size sheep statues that have been installed. They celebrate the fact that Lockerbie has been home to Scotland’s largest lamb market since […]
Day 49, Gretna Services to Lockerbie.
When we planned our route we knew there would be the section of road walking we have started today. It means spending three days on small roads next to the motorway. Luckily it is a very quiet road that passes through magnificent Scottish countryside. Much of it today has been dairy farmland with a small […]
Day 48, Carlisle to Gretna Services.
It’s been a very exciting and different sort of day. The streets were very quiet when we left Carlisle early this morning. It definitely felt very different to being out in the middle of the day! The red stone of yesterday continued in a variety of different buildings and our route took us along and […]
Day 46, Catterlen to Carlisle.
We set off from lovely, quiet and peaceful Catterlen in clear and sunny weather. It certainly is a beautiful place to visit. Our walk once again took us over the M6, infact we crossed it twice before 9am. We really have lost count of the amount of times we have been over and under it! […]
Day 45, Shap to Catterlen.
Our accommodation had been changed last night and so a new route was planned. We had a brief walk along the A6 before heading off across very quiet country roads, with amazing views, towards Little Stickland. We then followed the road to Great Stickland. On the way we were very lucky to meet Robin and […]
Day 44, Garth Row to Shap.
We set off from lovely Garth Row knowing we had a wonderful day of fell walking ahead of us. Very different to all the canal walking we’ve been doing, with lots of ascent. We initially followed Dry Lane and very unusually this footpath took us through the remote Selside School Playground. Certainly a beautiful setting […]
Day 43, Burton in Kendal to Garth Row.
Our day began by heading across a sheep field next to the M6 to rejoin The Lancaster Canal. As we walked along it was amazing to see, Spine Race Legend, John Bamber heading towards us. We were so pleased to see him and it was great to walk and chat and gather local information. We […]
Day 42, Lancaster to Burton in Kendal.
To slightly misquote The Proclaimers….We have walked just over 500 miles, and we will walk just under 500 miles more! Just over half way, woohoo! It was lovely today that Sarah and Andy from The Spine Race walked with us from Lanaster to Carnforth. We rejoined The Lancaster Canal, sometimes known as the black and […]