coast to coast sponsored walk provisional schedule
The Wainwright coast to coast sponsored walk provisional schedule is provided below. This is the route as prescribed by Alfred Wainwright.
| Saturday 30th April Travel to St Bees |
| Sunday 1st May Walk St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge 14 miles (22.5 km) |
| Monday 2nd May Walk Ennerdale Bridge to Rosthwaite 14.5 miles (23 km) |
| Tuesday 3rd May Walk Rosthwaite to Patterdale 17.5 miles (28 km) |
| Wednesday 4th May Walk Patterdale to Shap 16 miles (25.5 km) |
| Thursday 5th May Walk Shap to Kirkby Stephen 20 miles (32 km) |
| Friday 6th May Walk Kirkby Stephen to Keld 13 miles (21 km) |
| Saturday 7th May Walk Keld to Reeth 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Sunday 8th May Walk Reeth to Richmond 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Monday 9th May Walk Richmond to Ingleby Cross 23 miles (37 km) |
| Tuesday 10th May Walk Ingleby Cross to Clay Bank Top 12.5 miles (20 km) |
| Wednesday 11th May Walk Clay Bank Top to Glaisdale 18.5 miles (29.5 km) |
| Thursday 12th May Walk Glaisdale to Robin Hood’s Bay 19 miles (30.5 km) |
| Friday 13th May Depart from Robin Hood’s Bay after breakfast |
We won’t have the exact details of the overnight stops until I’ve paid the final cash for the trip to the travel agent, Contours Walking Holidays (whose image we are using in this post). We are staying at B&Bs each night and our bags are being transported from location to location. There is no way I would manage carrying two weeks worth of kit.
Our friend Adie Smith’s son Tom did this and also camped every night. He completed the walk in 7 days or so and after the first day had to do it in flip flops because his feet blistered badly in his boots! I am not in that league.
When I get the final details of the B&Bs I will let you all know. Quite a number of people have already expressed an interest in joining us for part of the journey.
As a reminder my son Tom and I are doing this in memory of my Mam Eileen who died one year to the day we start the walk – May 1st. Mam did not die of cancer but was Chairman of the Marown and District branch of the IoM Anti Cancer Association. My father in law Keith died of the disease in 2014.
If you want more detail on the walk itself there is a wikipedia entry. I will also be keeping the trefor.net coast to coast sponsored walk event page updated as things happen.
Our JustGiving page is here.
