Marcia and Sharon Walk the Pennine Way

Sunday, 26 April 2015

Day 3 - The A635 to The White House Inn on the A58

Sadly we are without Toby today. He's tired, so having a day off!!

A fab start to the day with wall to wall sunshine reflecting off the Wessenden Reservoir.

What a difference a day makes!

As we continued up along Blakley Clough, we didn't see a soul!

Sharon enjoying a decent path for once at the top of the moor

Total contrast from crossing the silent moorland to the noise of the M62.

Loads of cars sounded their horns as we crossed the Pennine Way footbridge to cheer us on!

Loads of reservoirs along this section. We counted 7 in total which made for some spectacular scenery!

Just one more hill to climb, and then down, and then back home to base camp for the day

Our final decent takes us on an old roman road with a 600 year old way marker called

The Aiggin Stone. Its then on to the White House Inn, and back to base camp for a chicken dinner lovingly cooked by Sherpa Frankie.

What a fantastic day!!!

Day 2 - The Snakes Pass Inn to the A635

Woke up this morning to rain!!!

We set off and were soon kitted out in our full wet weather gear!

It was a tough days walking through torrential rain and hailstones that hurt! We also found it difficult underfoot as the paths were full of running water, turning into streams. In addition, the climbs were tough as well as the descents.

We covered 13 miles today and finally finished at 18.30. We then had to go back to collect Sharon's car from the Snake Pass Inn and finally headed off to our first cottage at Hebdon Bridge. It's great to have reached out first base camp, but a very late evening!

Toby's photo says it all.... An exhausting day!