Created by Alfred Wainwright, this 192 mile route goes from St Bees in Cumbria, to Robin Hoods Bay in North Yorkshire.
After doing the Pennine Way, and seeing the increasing popularity of long distance walking routes, Wainwright decided he could do better. And so he set off creating the Coast to Coast.
Since he published his book A Coast To Coast Walk thousands of people have walked his route, including one Julia Bradbury. All that, despite it having no official or legal status.
And in the summer of 2010 it was our turn...
Our journey is detailed in the blog posts below, and are also available in an e-book, downloadable for Amazon Kindle and in PDF. For more information, see the One Coast to Another page.
Posted on 22 August 2010
There are ways to begin a long distance walk. Things that must be done. It's compulsory. It's written in the rules. First you must stride purposefully to the starting point. You must fill your lungs with a deep breath....
Posted on 23 August 2010
Setting off on Wainwright's mighty Coast to Coast walk
Posted on 25 August 2010
It's day two walking Wainwright's Coast to Coast, travelling along Ennerdale Water, up over Honister and down the beautiful valley of Borrowdale.
Posted on 27 August 2010
It's time to traverse from Borrowdale to Patterdale in some of the worst weather conditions you can think of. Bar snow.
Posted on 30 August 2010
There's yet more rain as we head off to the edge of the Lake District and a fantastic pub in Bampton.
Posted on 1 September 2010
The rains have gone and there's an Abbey to look at too. Oh and the Pennines in the distance. Finally the Coast to Coast started behaving like a walker would actually want it to behave...
Posted on 3 September 2010
Oh for good weather... Oh, we got it! Yay for good weather as we head to the beautiful Eden Valley and the delightful Kirkby Stephen.
Posted on 6 September 2010
It's our seventh day on the Coast to Coast and after visiting some cairns, being unimpressed by bog and walking through fog, we reach the half way point.
Posted on 6 October 2010
Striding through the Yorkshire Dales its time for a dose of lead mining history
Posted on 8 October 2010
Our Coast to Coast adventure continues as we head through the fields to the chip fuelled town of Richmond and beyond.
Posted on 11 October 2010
Over farmland do we go as we traverse the rather flat landscape just before the North York Moors.
Posted on 13 October 2010
Leaving the fields behind it's time to get out on to the moorland for a day of panoramic views and ridge walking.
Posted on 15 October 2010
It's off to the pub as Wainwright takes us ridge walking and down an old railway to the isolated Lion Inn.
Posted on 18 October 2010
It's the penultimate day as we walk over more moorland and head to a village in a timewarp and a ride on a steam train.
Posted on 20 October 2010
And after two weeks on the road we finally arrive at the other side of the country and a celebratory pint at Robin Hood's Bay.
So you fancy walking Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk? Well here's some info to get your trip planned.
Going from one coast to another in Summer 2010.
The truly inspirational, heart-warming and awe-inspiring e-book of two white able-bodied thirty somethings who follow hundreds of other people walking from one side of the country to another, just because Alfred Wainwright thought it was a good idea.
