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Day 7: Kirkby Stephen to Keld
By Steve on July 14, 2012
Breakfast at White Gil Kirkby Stephen to Keld: 12 MilesBed & Breakfast: The White Gill House Starting Time: 9:00 AM Finish Time: 3:45 PM Can the courtesy of our B & B hosts get any better?…
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Day 6: Shap to Kirkby Stephen
By Steve on July 13, 2012
Shap to Kirkby Stephen: 21 MilesBed & Breakfast: The Brookfield Time started: 9:10 AM Time Finished: 6:45 PMGabriel was none too happy to hear that after the difficult day yesterday we needed to go 21 miles today….
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Day 5: Patterdale to Shap
By Steve on July 11, 2012
Leaving Patterdale Patterdale to Shap: 17 Miles Bed & Breakfast: Overview Water Start Time: 9:10 AM Finish Time: 8:30 PM The Overview Water is a very charming B& B perched on the banks of a very charming river….
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Day 4: Grasmere to Patterdale
By Steve on July 10, 2012
Grasmere to Patterdale: 9 milesBed & Breakfast: The Silver Lea Start Time: 10:00 AM Finish Time: 3:30 PM A second day of lower mileage made for a shorter walking day. That was good, as breakfast…
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Day 3: Borrowdale to Grasmere
By Steve on July 9, 2012
Borrowdale to Grasmere: 10 miles Bed & Breakfast: Yew Creggs Start Time: 8:30 AM Finish Time: 2:15 PM Shorter miles today did not translate into easier. The Yew Creggs breakfast was at 7:30 which allowed…
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Day 2: Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale
By Steve on July 8, 2012
Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale: 15 miles Bed & Breakfast: The Fox & HoundsStart Time: 9:30 AM Finish Time: 6:30 PM Gabriel loves the names of the places we have to arrive at every night. To…
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Day 1: St. Bees to Ennerdale Bridge
By Steve on July 7, 2012
St. Bees to Ennerdale Bridge: 14 Miles Bed & Breakfast: Stone House FarmStart time: 10:00 AM Finish Time: 4:50 PM Woke up at 4:00 AM not so much from excitement as jet lag. Decided to go…
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Day 0: St. Bees
By Steve on July 7, 2012
Our friends Mark and Christine drove us from their place near the Wales border all the way up to the Coast to Coast starting point in St. Bees. Of course it would’t be a trip…
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Coast to Coast Walk: In London
By Steve on July 5, 2012
“Mrs. Peel…we’re needed!” China Eastern Airlines flight to London was not near as bad as the reviews had led us to believe. Ok, yes, the food was not good, even by economy class airline standards,…
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Coast to Coast Trip: London
By Steve on July 5, 2012
China Eastern Airlines flight to London was not near as bad as the reviews had led us to believe. Ok, yes, the food was not good, even by economy class airline standards, but we had…