Publisher's Synopsis
This is the book that anyone thinking of doing the Coast-to-Coast walk should read before attempting it if they wish to get the most out of the walk. It's the tale of the misadventures of two would-be long-distance walkers who would go on to complete the Coast-to-Coast walk 13 times and tackle every other major trek in Northern Britain. The book contains a humorous narrative of their invaluable backpacking experiences while out on the Coast to Coast trail. Whether reliving your own Coast-to-Coast walk or planning to do it yourself, this book takes you through their adventures on each section of the walk. Enjoy learning from their pitfalls as you roam with them step by step from one coast of England to the other. The book is an entertaining biography of what first led the author into long-distance walking. Beginning with, as a student, completing the infamous Lyke Wake Walk, a horrendous 40 mile, 17 hour trek across the North York Moors, it should have put him off walking for life but somehow he ended up sampling it again later by undertaking a section of the Pennine Way which turned out to be as equally disastrous. On almost reaching the age of 40 the author got a taste for revisiting the North York Moors again, but this time as part of the Coast-to-Coast Walk. From then on the author and his wife, Pauline, went on to walk every major long-distance walk in Britain including the Coast-to-Coast 13 times, the Cleveland Way at least 8 times, the Cumbrian Way 5 times as well as walking most of the other great walks in the North of England and Scotland. The author and his wife are already responsible for writing the invaluable and funny guide to backpacking the C2C in the form of the book, 'Camping it Up! On the Coast-to-Coast Walk', a slim volume that over the years many walkers have taken with them across England. Make no mistake, this book isn't just another person telling the tale of their Coast-to-Coast walk, it's a book born of the experience of walking 13 of them, adventure filled days all of the way.
