Recipe for Sticky Soggy Camera:
- Take 1 trouser pocket
- Add 2 packets of boiled sweets of your choice
- Add 10 gallons of rainwater
- Walk around a lot
Luckily I managed to dry the thing out a bit, and although still a little sticky, I recovered my photos from the Pennine Way:
Day 1 - Edale to Crowden (16 miles) taking in Kinder Scout and Bleaklow
Four of us were supposed to set out on the first day, however this was quickly reduced to two when The Nurse and his brother Mark missed their train from Sheffield (apparently unaware that platform 2 and platform 2c are actually different locations). Due to the inadequacy of public transport, this put the boys 2 hours behind me and The Tank.
The Bottom of Jacobs Ladder
With no mobile reception, we set off slowly and thought it would be extremely entertaining to leave messages in the dirt for the chasing team which for some reason reminded me of the 90s show 'Challenge Anneka'
Graffitiing Kinder Scout Summit
What was even more amusing was the fact that the trailing team absolutely bust a gut to catch us up and we decided we should change our times to make it look like we were getting faster and faster. Apparently this destroyed their morale.
Day 2 - Crowden to some pub somewhere (11.5 miles) taking in Black Hill
After a nice campsite in Crowden we took a fairly easy route (via Black Hill and a timely bacon sandwich delivery form The Nurse's mum) to a pub near Marsden where the landlord let us stay out back for free. Unfortunately at this point we lost a good man. The Tank was retired by his Pediatrist girlfriend for officially having 'Foot Mank'. An impressive case of 'Foot Mank' to say the least.
Mark Surveys the Damage on Black Hill
Day 3 - Some Pub to Some Farm (17 miles)
We were joined by the City Worker and the Sergeant Major by day 3. The weather held out pretty good up to around lunchtime when we got a bit of a drenching. Though we managed a pub lunch so not all was lost. And a pub dinner which was a bonus as I was getting a little tired of supernoodles by this point.
Day 4 - Hebden Bridge to Cowling (14 miles)
The sun held out for us on this day and we had figured out a way to block out The City Worker's constant moans and protestations to get ourselves to a campsite which had actual working showers and everything!
A Building on a Hill
Day 5 Hebden Bridge to Malham (17 miles)
The team expanded on this day with the addition of Lucy and a few of her friends. It was a long old flatish slog through some really nice lowland (we were bored of moors by this point) up to Malham.
The Wilson Brothers Prove that Fluorescent is Back in Fashion
Day 6 - Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale (via Pen-y-ghent)
Day 6 took in some wonderful views from Pen-y-ghent (one of the highest hills in the Yorkshire Dales). Only thing is, we didn't see any of the views. In fact we couldn't even see Pen-y-ghent, despite the fact that we were standing on it! It absolutely peed it down to the point where we were walking with our eyes almost shut because of the pain of the horizontal rain hitting us in the faces. I spend pretty much the whole day walking with a couple of millimeters of water in my boots which was fun!
No pictures on this day!
Posing for the Cameral on Day 5
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4 comments:
I think this one comes squarely under the "rather you than me" category. I'm more than happy to walk, but the whole carrying tents on my back and sleeping every night in a tent does not appeal at all.
Well done! just the first day would have finished me.
Your family walks a lot.
Great pics!
Dan - camping when warm and dry = great. Camping when raining and wet = horrific.
Dad - The first day was the hardest by far.
Whit - you should try it, its cheaper than driving.
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