Peak District Walk - The 9 Edges Challenge
Вставка
- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- In this video, I take on one of the Peak District challenges. A 22 mile walk taking in the 9 famous edges of the Peak District. The route was set up to help raise funds for Edale Mountain Rescue and forms part of an annual event where participants can either walk, run or climb the 9 gritstone edges.
Learn more about the 9 edges challenge: edalemrt.co.uk...
Route Map: my.viewranger....
Well done. Beautiful views; i love the rock formations around Baslow Edge.
It’s a stunning place isn’t it? I could spend hours up there looking over the valleys
What an awesome long distance Peak District route to do Anthony! Really appreciate the route map in your description, useful for future reference! Cheers, Simon👍
Thanks Simon. I’d highly recommend the route. It’s a tough one but enjoyable in the right weather. I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it quite as much in the cold, wind and rain 😆
Fantastic walk Anthony! I bet the Chinese takeaway at the end of it was like nectar!! Thanks for taking us with you, really looking forward to more of the longer distance walks! 🙂🙏👍
Thanks Nathan. I certainly ordered way too much food but I was starving! I’m hoping to do a couple of 2 or 3 day long distance walks before the Pennine Way now accommodation is opening up. Just need to find the time to fit it in
A beast of a walk! So many beautiful edges to explore
It certainly was. It was good to get a 20+ mile walk in the bag. The body felt it on the day but I was fine the following day as I’ve finally started incorporating cool down and stretching into my routine
What a great walk....i have walked all he edges but i doubt i could do them all in one go...hats off to you
Thanks Steve. It’s surprising what you can achieve with a bit of training. I couldn’t have walked those distances a couple of years ago. As I mentioned on the video, I find it’s more of a mental than physical challenge as my mind plays tricks on me as soon as I’ve planned a 20 mile plus walk!
love this friend keep sharing..
Thanks for watching 👍
Hi there, well done on your 20+ miles challenge. Thanks for taking us along with you, atb Simon
Thanks Simon. It was an enjoyable walk but tough on the feet. All of that gritstone gives them a good pounding over that distance. Thanks for watching 👍
22 miles is one heck of an achievement nice one! I think it's a great idea to do 20+ mile walks a month, as that should set you up nicely for the Pennine Way.
100% agree it's a mind over matter thing half the time!
Thanks Tom. I do enjoy the mental challenge of the long walks. Weather plays a crucial part to my mindset though 😆
I look forward to watching you in your next video Anthony bursting into song! 😊 Got this image in my mind now of seeing you on Curbar Edge singing Jerusalem! 😂 Great walk Anthony, really good to have walked all those edges in a day, that's a great achievement and defo good training for the PW. Watched your walk from Crich Stand and the Cromford Canal too which I enjoyed, done a very similar route myself before now. Best of luckj to Emma in her 100 mile challenge. Have a good week. Cheers, Patrick 👍
Thanks for watching the 2 videos Patrick. I’ll not subject any of my viewers to my singing. I think it would end up on social media for all the wrong reasons 🙈. It was good to get some miles in the legs, although those uneven gritstone edge paths take their toll on the feet! I think I need to get a few long walks in the rain as that will probably best recreate some of the days I’ll face on the PW!
Well done Anthony, thats some distance .
👍⛺
Thanks Dave. Long distance walking is my escape from the daily grind 👍
Well done Anthony, tough day but you smashed it! Them 20 Mile + days can be a proper killer both physically and mentally. I can’t see a horse in that either ... Nice day you got for it though, enjoyed the video as always! Atb! 👍🏻
Thanks TJ. I need to start telling myself I’m only walking 15 miles on 20 plus mile days. I think a lot of it is in the mind. Thanks for watching 🙂
Hats off to you in this one. That is a lot of ground to cover but looks like you had a nice and quiet day for it. Good luck with Pennine Way, preparation is always key 👏
Thanks ladies. I’m used to walking fairly long distances these days but the body still gives me the occasional reminder that I’m no longer a youngster!
Wow, what a great hike...the dam sure look intriguing...looks like your district there is way ahead with spring than we are currently experiencing here in Nova Scotia...love those peak markers...wish we could learn a lesson with placing them in places around our area too...for sure, we early starters tend to get the trails to ourselves...such fantastic vistas! Thanks so much and hope you are enjoying a great week!
Thanks very much. The reservoir dams in that area are very interesting. An old village once stood there and the dambusters used it as a place for their training
Well done Anthony, that was a really good video of a long day of walking. Always wanted to do this but we only have one car when in the PD, so it’s tricky! Some stunning views and places. Great training walk. Well done for smashing it!
Thanks Greg. It was nice to join up all the edges on one walk. I knew I had to plan it around my wife’s availability to drop me off at Fairholmes. It was a bit tougher than I expected which I think is down to the uneven rocky ground you get on those edges. My feet were sore by the end of it but I felt good the next morning. Thanks as always for watching 🙂
22 miles, oh my gosh that is crazy! What a big challenge! Great video, showed so much. Hope you have recovered now 😂☺️
Thanks very much. The legs were aching a bit, but I was ok the next day. Its definitely getting tougher as I get older though 👴 🙂
Well done Anthony, that was a big days walk.. What a great video. Really enjoyed this one, it was good to see all the edges linked together on that way. Totally with you on the psychology of doing 20 + mile days. Doing one a month is a good idea to help condition yourself. Looking forward to see you complete then PW. 🥾⛰🥾⛰
Thanks Tony. I tend to cope ok with one long day but it’s the back to back long days that take their toll and are hard to prepare for. I’m hoping giving myself 4 months to prepare will mean the body gets stronger with each day on the PW
Great video mate!..Done them all bar Derwent and Birchen-all on separate visits mindst 😉👍
Thanks for watching Scott. Derwent and Birchen are well worth a visit when you get chance. I quite like combining a trip to Derwent with a hike over to Howden moors too 👍
Wow 22 mile is some going, well done.
Hopefully I get up to them distances 👏
Thanks very much. I’m sure you’ll get to those distances yourself. I just built myself up to them over time. Good luck 👍
Good time with u I enjoyed ur videos 👍41
Happy to see u friend and want to see ur videos more & more
Thanks very much for watching 👍
This was great Anthony. I’ve got it it on the list to do too. Not sure about the horse and coaches either but might be because I haven’t seen it from the “proper” angle either! We’re definitely going to cross paths soon!
Thanks Shaun. I think a lot of the rock formations probably only make sense from certain angles. The eagle stone on Baslow edge is another good example. I’m in the Peak District quite often so there is a good chance we’ll bump into each other at some point 🙂
good ole jaunt round that one Anthony you will be smashing the Pennine Way at this rate 👏👏 atb daz
Thanks Daz. Doing one 20 mile day and then having a few days rest is fine. It’s whether I can put back to back long days for 2 weeks that’s the unknown quantity. We have to try these things during our mid life crisis years though 😆
@@AnthonyJohnson1 as the old saying says one foot in front of the other. I think by sept you will be fine you can always mix your milage up biter one day bit less the next.
Great hike Anthony! If you keep that up you should be in good shape for the PW👍 Must have been torture walking past the car to go up to Birchen Edge 😁 All the best!👍
I’m hoping the mixture of walking and strength training prepare me for the rigours of the PW. I’m getting old though and sometimes the body rebels 😆
@@AnthonyJohnson1 Tell me about it! 😁 I get sciatica. So always a lottery whether it kicks in after a long walk.
Wow, 22 miles in one day is a fine achievement - too far for me, as I like to take my time and will sit for ages in a great spot but good on you for doing it. Great weather, great views and a very green and pleasant land but having to walk passed your car to the final area, was very cruel indeed. I hope you did not collapse before you got back to the car😳. Cheers Alan
Thanks Alan. I do enjoy a nice relaxing walk where I can find a nice spot to sit, although only on warm days 😆. I was flagging by the time i passed my car but I thought i'd better tick off the final edge seeing as i'd gone that far. Thanks for watching 👍
You got the better weather than when I did the 9 edges, most of it I couldn't see more than 100 metres in front of me, Baslow Edge is my favourite of the 9, usually a little less people around
The weather can certainly make or break a walk like this that’s for sure. Baslow is my favourite too, although I do like Birchen too, although that gets busy with climbers
@@AnthonyJohnson1 I hope to be up Baslow Edge in next few weeks or Beeley Moor for a bit of camp out
Good evening Anthony, tea and chocolate demolished as we watched you plough over the edges, cracking looking walk and some good mileage, exceptional mileage if you count the weeks total! Great bit of training. How are you trail shoes getting on? Cracking video, keep up it up ❤🤗👍 stay safe and well, Ceri and Kat 🌞👌
Cup of tea and chocolate is how I roll too 😋. It was a good week of walking during my week off. It was good to get some decent miles into the legs. I’ve been very impressed with the trail shoes so far. Very comfortable over the 22 mile route. I’ve been out in some sealskinz socks today to test them out as I’d rather keep the feet dry on really wet days. I went through quite a few deep puddles and they seemed to do the job. Thanks for watching. Have a great week too 💚🙂👍
Waiting for you to start singing...LOL. What a wonderful hike. I have missed a few of your hikes and you are going so far now. Such beautiful areas. 22 miles was so much....just wow. Oh... by the way did you enjoy the Chinese take away.
Thanks very much. It was certainly a long one. I enjoyed having most of the area to myself though with it being a weekday. The Chinese takeaway was very nice and much needed to replace those burned calories and lost salts!
Hi Anthony great effort love them edges, can remember on froggatt edge walking between the rocks to get a better view and there was a bench lol bet i couldnt find it again, anyways bet there was nothing left of that chinese takeaway, will look forward to your pennine way cheers nigel
Thanks Nigel. I did demolish that takeaway, although I over ordered as usual! Those edges are fab aren’t they? Thanks for watching 👍
Great video Anthony, as ever, for which I am very grateful; these are all brilliant introductions to walks I hope to go on. Apologies in advance for the niff naff question but could you remind me of the Arcteryx layers you were wearing on this walk? Looking forward to the next adventure. Best
Thanks for watching Andy. Glad you enjoyed it. I had my Gamma LT soft shell on and I think I wore my Kyanite hoody as a midlayer. The Kyanite is polartec fleece and very warm but was a bit overkill as it wasn’t all that cold on this one, despite the feel like temperatures supposedly being 0 degrees on the tops. I’d rather be too warm than cold though as I’m mardy when it’s cold 😆
Thanks Anthony. So speedy today
@@andysmyth44 no worries. I’m having a long lunch break today 🙂
What a route! I think you earned that Chinese 😁👍
8.5 hours of walking and I probably still didn’t burn the calories off that my Chinese meal had in it 😆
If a walk is described as a challenge it's not a walk for me🚶😁. Enjoyed the views though.
Haha. I know what you mean. I think the term challenge relates to the annual event as it is a race. It was a leisurely meander for me, albeit a very long one! I quite like the long walks, providing the weather is nice. I’ve learned to take my time since the Cleveland Way though. Thanks for watching Steve 👍
Looks like a nice walk that Anthony. Glad you remembered your hat this time.
Have you set a date for your first wildcamp yet and are you planning on camping on the Pennine way or doing it the posh way in hotels/B&B’s?
Take care
Rob
Thanks Rob. I felt much better with the hat on. Felt naked without it on that last video 🙈. It’s looking like my first wild camp will probably now be in June due to aligning calendars etc. Regarding the Pennine Way, it will be a mixture of hostels and B&B’s. I think the thought of a shower and warm bed every night will help keep the spirits up when it gets tough!
Great video. Looks a fabulous walk. That’s another one on my to do list. I’m guessing the elevation gain isn’t massive once you’re on the edges?
Thanks Mark. You’re spot on. The climb up on to Derwent Edge is a nice steady one. After that, it’s just small changes in elevation until you get to Birchen edge where you have a decent climb if you want to go right to the top 👍
@@AnthonyJohnson1 cheers Anthony. I’ve subscribed - I need something to watch after all the Messener videos
@@summitupmark5615 very kind of you Mark. I can’t promise the quality of videos Mr Messner produces, but you will get a laugh at my first attempt of a wild camp very soon!
It feels quite an achievement to do 20 miles + doesn’t it. I’ve been better when doing so without realising till afterwards!
It certainly feels like a long day doing those distances. I find its as much as a mental challenge as a physical one. I convince myself I’m getting little injury niggles even though I’m fine. Thanks for watching Catherine 🙂
Excellent PW training Anthony. I'm not sure on your exact itinerary, but will you be doing the Cheviots in one go? My fitness on the PW definitely improved as it went on, yet the year before, on the C to C, I seemed to deteriorate as it went on! It's been many a year since I've done a 20 mile plus walk and I think I'd need to get some training in to get that far these days! Best wishes, Chris
Thanks Chris. The Cheviot route is the one thing I’m unsure of as it seems a very long day to do it all in one go. I’m planning on following a similar itinerary to the one Dean Read did in 2019. I’m just hoping the body gets stronger over the days as it’s so hard to recreate so many back to back days of walking. Day 1 of the Pennine Way is certainly a tough one, particularly if the weather isn’t great and you’ve only just started! 🙈
@@AnthonyJohnson1 I'll be honest, I was nervous doing the Cheviots in one go but it really wasn't that bad at all. One disclaimer though, I was only 18 and close to my prime. I've gone downhill since! 😁
@@ChrisJB Haha. Getting shin splints after 90 miles on the Cleveland Way knocked my confidence a bit. I have been doing quite a bit of strength training this time though and won’t go stupid in terms of mileage in the early days like I did on the CW
Nice one Anthony...excuse my ignorance but what is an edge?? That's a good old long walk though. Paul
Thanks Paul. They’re essentially gritstone edges that run alongside the paths. The 9 edges I walked in this video are some of the most popular parts of the Peak District and attract a lot of climbers etc