The backbone of England, as if allowed the path would follow the ridge, the water on your left side flows westerly and on your right easterly. Keep up the good work, you are inspiring us all. 😊
Hi Christina. I picked this thread up by sheer chance (probably helped by AI!) when you posted your very first day leaving Edale and have followed you every day. I just wanted you to know that you have helped me through the first third of some pretty aggressive chemotherapy aimed at shrinking some tumours resulting from colo-rectal cancer. The Pennine Way has become an important part of my life in recent years despite the fact that I live in west Cornwall, so about as far away as I could be! Watching you in places that I know and love (like Malham, Hawes, Middleton and Dufton to name just a few) has been a real boost. I volunteer on the safety teams for the Spine Race which happens every January and June and covers the whole of the PW. Because of the chemo I wont be able to do next January's Spine as I wont have recovered in time but fully intend being back next June. So - thank you so much for all the effort that has gone into your videos. It must be quite a trial after a hard day's walking but rest assured, it has been hugely appreciated. THANKS! Pete
@@peteb1198 Wow Pete!! Thank you for writing me a note! I am so glad to be able to help someone going through something. I will send some prayers your way. I hope your chemo side effect won't be too severe! And those tumours will be gone!! I know it!! And soon you can get back to Edale to work on the race again. Please write me an update on your treatment (if you are ok with it). Christina
Great videos, you’ve been lucky with the weather for the time of year. Would love to see you on the Chisholm trail, and some local urban walking. Keep up the good work !!
As we say Christine : its grim up North . You have done amazingly well for the time of year , it takes its toll the relentlessly gloom of the moorlands, something that takes time to truly understand and get past . Ps , fireworks guy folks time
Hi Christina, you’re done amazingly 🎉good luck on your last day (you’ve probably finished now ) hopefully you make it in daylight 🤞. Take great pride in yourself on that mammoth hike you’ve been amazing. The last time i done this next part was 30 years ago so looking forwad to following you from my armchair. Thank you 😊
Hi Christina,you may already be on last section,but I do know there’s a mountain hut part way over the Cheviots,so you could rest up there,when I did it I didn’t bother going up the The Cheviot,just get the 27 + miles done,have a beer in the pub at the end👍,all the best Colin P.
Well done! You made good time on this stage. It was good to see that stone and dirt path at the top of Brownrigg Head. It was walking the other side of the forest fence in a bog when I did it in 2013. The map still shows that way. Right at the start of the video, as you are leaving Bellingham 1:41, you pass a campsite and Granary Cottage. The cottage is a superb barn conversion and can be rented, for a lot of money, for sole use. When I went, I had booked a bed in a bunkhouse 9 months before and they had forgotten about my booking. In the months in between it had been renovated to first class accommodation for about 12 people. I ended up staying the night on my own for £15.
I’ve so enjoyed your videos of the Pennine way am watching cape wrath trail ( 😮 OMG ) !! Also I’ll definitely give that one a miss..looking forward to seeing you finish the way very soon & Well done made it look so easy 👋 Roll on next spring welcoming you back to the UK for more hiking adventures.
Well done Christina hope your last days has gone well. The guns & mortar sounds are from Otterburn ranges. Shame its overcast as you are in a dark skies area... if you get the chance look at the stars they are amazing. Xxx see you again next year. Xx😊
You have given me the idea of going over to durness for a winter camp for a week or two, its been a while. The peace and quiet is heaven over that way. Compared to this north east coast of scotland. Two different worlds.
It's interesting to see you hiking the Pennine Way so late in the year, makes a very nice change from most videos that are filmed in the warmer and more daylight times. I wish you luck with the last section in one day and hope you have good weather. What make and size of rucksack are you carrying? If you want an alternative type of long hike I would suggest looking at hiking the High Weald Trail in the South of England, pastoral, apple orchards, plums, olde-world pubs, attractive villages, etc. At the right time of the year, you can be in scrumpers heaven.
Ive been watching clips of your videos recently and just wanted to say how amazing your motivation and resilience is during your treking adventures. You should be so proud of yourself and thanks for promoting how special our landscapes are in the UK. Not long now to Kirk Yetholm 👍
The Kielder Forrest area is known as an area for "Sky Watching" due to the lack of habitation (Houses) and therefore there is less light pollution from Street Light or large Towns.
Keep going Christina , your doing great. There's a mountain shelter/bothy at yearning saddle just before lamb hill, stay in there if you want to break the last leg in two.
The PW is called the backbone of Britain because it pretty much runs down the centre of the country, like a spine down the middle of a back. There is a race along the PW called the Spine Race and I think the record is 2 days 10 hours from Edale to Kirk Yetholm… which is amazing as it took me 18 days including 1 zero day.
Hi Christina, good luck with the milage tomorrow I am sure you can do it. Many thanks for the entertainment you have provided in the last two or three weeks, it's a long time to be on your own. Looking forward to your return with Ben in the spring. My Best Wishes. Andrew.
i think the pennines are called the backbones of britain because of the position theyre in, through the middle of england and up towards scotland, scotland acting as the 'head' i suppose
Why are the Pennines called the backbone of England? According to AI Overview, "they form a long, continuous mountain range that runs north to south through the center of northern England, acting as a geographical spine that separates the west and east regions of the country, similar to how a backbone supports a body." I like Pete Mackie's analogy to the Apennines too.
I did the PW north to south 3 years ago, the sounds you heard are indeed military and are coming from the MOD training area in the Cheviot hills which at this point would have been still some 20 miles north of you.......i could still hear those distant thuds of the artillery guns when i was near Hadrians Wall.........congratulations on completing your hike😁👍🍺
Your a tough cookie doing all these walks you do.all best to you when you get home young lady.and best wishes to you on your future adventures from ys in sherwood forest..
Either I walked quicker or I did not have your rest days I completed the trail in 12 days. Then it was a case of getting back home to Grimsby on the East Coast of Engalnd at that time via an overnight Coach. Two day later I had to attend a Military Training Camp for 16 weeks as I had voluntered to serve in the Army for 3 Years, and I used the Pennine Way as part of my Get Fit training program. The Pennine Way is the Backbone of England because it follows the highest ground and therefore the Water shed of England, all that means is if you are on the west hand side of the Pennines the rivers flow West into the Irish Sea and if you are on the Easter Side of the Pennines the rivers flow East into the North Sea.
I remember being something like 8 or 9 and doing a geography lesson. The teacher pointed at a map of Britain and said these, the Pennines, are the backbone of England and it was immediately obvious what he meant. Beyond that I can't help you I'm afraid.
Hi Christine. Well done. Is a challenging time of year to tackle coast to coast weatherwise. Its nature on challenging days that you think and miss home and loved ones BUT your nearly there. Soon be home and wishing and plotting your next trip back over here 😂. Adoption papers on the way ❤
loved following your trek. amazing effort and a tough time of year to do it with the short days - i guess you didn't have really bad or cold weather which was possible, but this has been an extended period of high pressure weather they're calling 'anticyclonic gloom'! seems like we haven't seen the sun for weeks!
From Brownrigg Head (after the steep climb) to the forest road you had the luxury of a stony track. Until just a few years ago that was a mile or so of the most awful up to your knees bog. The worst ever. I’ve camped at the Border Forest site but also wild camped about a mile further on.
One theory is that the Pennines were named after the Apennines which really are the backbone of Italy. You have done so well in this gloomy autumn. Have you actually seen the sky the whole time? Wainwright said the Pennine Way should really have started at Ashbourne or Dovedale and ended at Hadrians Wall. There is a good book Hamish's Groats End Walk by Hamish Brown in which he does John O'Groats to Lands End. I think now you have done Cape Wrath to Edale. Great stuff!
Speaking of JOGLEnd & books, you might look into the author Raynor Winn who I believe has done this and has published a book of her experiences. She is best known for her book "The Salt Path" which chronicles her journey on The South West Coast path which I remember was on your wish list. Courage Kristina: you've got plenty!
@@hikersheep This may be out of date but I think there is no designated route for LEJOG. It is up to the individual. But one option is to do some combination of the Cape Wrath Trail, the West Highland Way, The Pennine Way, Offa's Dyke and half the SW Coastal Path. From Bristol northwards you have one not very pleasant day to Chepstow then you have around ten days on the Offa's Dyke to around Chirk then three days across country by canal towpaths and footpaths to Buxton and Edale. This last three days could be challenging in terms of routefinding. Not every footpath on the map is well walked or signposted or even exists!!! Just a thought.
I wouldn't walk the Northern lowland fells this year. It's been more dull, grey & wet than last year. The 'water table' saturation level hasn't dropped for weeks.Theres been an absence of field mushrooms & fungi this season & molehills on higher ground than is usual.Its been a 'funny' year, weather wise, in the north!
I dont think I had dry feet once on the PW. It's called the spine of England because it's the watershed of England, the rain that falls up there runs down west and east.
I did the Bellingham to Kirk Yetholme in one stage so that could be the reason I took shorter time than you, or maybe as I was only 18 at the time I was fitter but definatley Younger. I still have 2 videos to watch of this Hike and I guess they will be viewable after you had done some editing. So until then Happy Hiking . Tony in Essex
@@hikersheep Yes Byrness to Kirk Yetholme as Bellinghaam is not even marked on my Road Atlas, and that it the Map book closest to my computer and therefore I refer to it the most often. Sorry for the concfusion, the memories are fading due to MY age...
I remember being something like 8 or 9 and doing a geography lesson. The teacher pointed at a map of Britain and said these, the Pennines, are the backbone of England and it was immediately obvious what he meant. Beyond that I can't help you I'm afraid.
The backbone of England, as if allowed the path would follow the ridge, the water on your left side flows westerly and on your right easterly. Keep up the good work, you are inspiring us all. 😊
Hi Christina. I picked this thread up by sheer chance (probably helped by AI!) when you posted your very first day leaving Edale and have followed you every day. I just wanted you to know that you have helped me through the first third of some pretty aggressive chemotherapy aimed at shrinking some tumours resulting from colo-rectal cancer. The Pennine Way has become an important part of my life in recent years despite the fact that I live in west Cornwall, so about as far away as I could be! Watching you in places that I know and love (like Malham, Hawes, Middleton and Dufton to name just a few) has been a real boost. I volunteer on the safety teams for the Spine Race which happens every January and June and covers the whole of the PW. Because of the chemo I wont be able to do next January's Spine as I wont have recovered in time but fully intend being back next June. So - thank you so much for all the effort that has gone into your videos. It must be quite a trial after a hard day's walking but rest assured, it has been hugely appreciated. THANKS! Pete
@@peteb1198 Wow Pete!! Thank you for writing me a note! I am so glad to be able to help someone going through something. I will send some prayers your way. I hope your chemo side effect won't be too severe! And those tumours will be gone!! I know it!! And soon you can get back to Edale to work on the race again. Please write me an update on your treatment (if you are ok with it).
Christina
Great videos, you’ve been lucky with the weather for the time of year. Would love to see you on the Chisholm trail, and some local urban walking. Keep up the good work !!
As we say Christine : its grim up North . You have done amazingly well for the time of year , it takes its toll the relentlessly gloom of the moorlands, something that takes time to truly understand and get past . Ps , fireworks guy folks time
Well done and thanks for sharing, you are inspirational!
Hi Christina, you’re done amazingly 🎉good luck on your last day (you’ve probably finished now ) hopefully you make it in daylight 🤞. Take great pride in yourself on that mammoth hike you’ve been amazing. The last time i done this next part was 30 years ago so looking forwad to following you from my armchair. Thank you 😊
Hi Christina,you may already be on last section,but I do know there’s a mountain hut part way over the Cheviots,so you could rest up there,when I did it I didn’t bother going up the The Cheviot,just get the 27 + miles done,have a beer in the pub at the end👍,all the best Colin P.
Well done! You made good time on this stage. It was good to see that stone and dirt path at the top of Brownrigg Head. It was walking the other side of the forest fence in a bog when I did it in 2013. The map still shows that way.
Right at the start of the video, as you are leaving Bellingham 1:41, you pass a campsite and Granary Cottage. The cottage is a superb barn conversion and can be rented, for a lot of money, for sole use. When I went, I had booked a bed in a bunkhouse 9 months before and they had forgotten about my booking. In the months in between it had been renovated to first class accommodation for about 12 people. I ended up staying the night on my own for £15.
@@nickcaunt1769 oya? I wonder if they are still open cause I don't remember seeing in the book? Maybe I missed it. Or closed for the year
I’ve so enjoyed your videos of the Pennine way am watching cape wrath trail ( 😮 OMG ) !! Also I’ll definitely give that one a miss..looking forward to seeing you finish the way very soon & Well done made it look so easy 👋 Roll on next spring welcoming you back to the UK for more hiking adventures.
Well done Christina hope your last days has gone well. The guns & mortar sounds are from Otterburn ranges. Shame its overcast as you are in a dark skies area... if you get the chance look at the stars they are amazing. Xxx see you again next year. Xx😊
You have given me the idea of going over to durness for a winter camp for a week or two, its been a while. The peace and quiet is heaven over that way. Compared to this north east coast of scotland. Two different worlds.
It's interesting to see you hiking the Pennine Way so late in the year, makes a very nice change from most videos that are filmed in the warmer and more daylight times. I wish you luck with the last section in one day and hope you have good weather. What make and size of rucksack are you carrying? If you want an alternative type of long hike I would suggest looking at hiking the High Weald Trail in the South of England, pastoral, apple orchards, plums, olde-world pubs, attractive villages, etc. At the right time of the year, you can be in scrumpers heaven.
Ive been watching clips of your videos recently and just wanted to say how amazing your motivation and resilience is during your treking adventures. You should be so proud of yourself and thanks for promoting how special our landscapes are in the UK. Not long now to Kirk Yetholm 👍
The Kielder Forrest area is known as an area for "Sky Watching" due to the lack of habitation (Houses) and therefore there is less light pollution from Street Light or large Towns.
Keep going Christina , your doing great. There's a mountain shelter/bothy at yearning saddle just before lamb hill, stay in there if you want to break the last leg in two.
The PW is called the backbone of Britain because it pretty much runs down the centre of the country, like a spine down the middle of a back. There is a race along the PW called the Spine Race and I think the record is 2 days 10 hours from Edale to Kirk Yetholm… which is amazing as it took me 18 days including 1 zero day.
Hi Christina, good luck with the milage tomorrow I am sure you can do it. Many thanks for the entertainment you have provided in the last two or three weeks, it's a long time to be on your own. Looking forward to your return with Ben in the spring. My Best Wishes. Andrew.
i think the pennines are called the backbones of britain because of the position theyre in, through the middle of england and up towards scotland, scotland acting as the 'head' i suppose
Why are the Pennines called the backbone of England? According to AI Overview, "they form a long, continuous mountain range that runs north to south through the center of northern England, acting as a geographical spine that separates the west and east regions of the country, similar to how a backbone supports a body." I like Pete Mackie's analogy to the Apennines too.
You've been blessed with very mild weather for this late Hike.Haveca great trip home
If you look had how a backbone or spine goes up and down the centre of the skeleton.... well... the pennines do that on the map of England.
@@kilvrecht oooohh i see.
I did the PW north to south 3 years ago, the sounds you heard are indeed military and are coming from the MOD training area in the Cheviot hills which at this point would have been still some 20 miles north of you.......i could still hear those distant thuds of the artillery guns when i was near Hadrians Wall.........congratulations on completing your hike😁👍🍺
Your a tough cookie doing all these walks you do.all best to you when you get home young lady.and best wishes to you on your future adventures from ys in sherwood forest..
Either I walked quicker or I did not have your rest days I completed the trail in 12 days. Then it was a case of getting back home to Grimsby on the East Coast of Engalnd at that time via an overnight Coach. Two day later I had to attend a Military Training Camp for 16 weeks as I had voluntered to serve in the Army for 3 Years, and I used the Pennine Way as part of my Get Fit training program.
The Pennine Way is the Backbone of England because it follows the highest ground and therefore the Water shed of England, all that means is if you are on the west hand side of the Pennines the rivers flow West into the Irish Sea and if you are on the Easter Side of the Pennines the rivers flow East into the North Sea.
I remember being something like 8 or 9 and doing a geography lesson. The teacher pointed at a map of Britain and said these, the Pennines, are the backbone of England and it was immediately obvious what he meant. Beyond that I can't help you I'm afraid.
The singing was a nice surprise ❤
I was a little bored. Hehe
Hi Christine.
Well done. Is a challenging time of year to tackle coast to coast weatherwise. Its nature on challenging days that you think and miss home and loved ones BUT your nearly there. Soon be home and wishing and plotting your next trip back over here 😂.
Adoption papers on the way ❤
Im waiting for the adoption papers still! 😄
Well done and keep it going.
Thanks for the shout out ❤
loved following your trek. amazing effort and a tough time of year to do it with the short days - i guess you didn't have really bad or cold weather which was possible, but this has been an extended period of high pressure weather they're calling 'anticyclonic gloom'! seems like we haven't seen the sun for weeks!
Yes, the short daylight was inconvenient but not impossible. Ill be back late May 2025 to do it again after I do Cambrian Way and Offa's Dyke Path
From Brownrigg Head (after the steep climb) to the forest road you had the luxury of a stony track. Until just a few years ago that was a mile or so of the most awful up to your knees bog. The worst ever. I’ve camped at the Border Forest site but also wild camped about a mile further on.
@@geoffgafford5182 whattt??? I cant even imagine bog over there
Not long now Christina you are almost there.
One theory is that the Pennines were named after the Apennines which really are the backbone of Italy. You have done so well in this gloomy autumn. Have you actually seen the sky the whole time? Wainwright said the Pennine Way should really have started at Ashbourne or Dovedale and ended at Hadrians Wall. There is a good book Hamish's Groats End Walk by Hamish Brown in which he does John O'Groats to Lands End. I think now you have done Cape Wrath to Edale. Great stuff!
@@petermackie7233 so many different theories about the Pennines. Im not sure where exactly JOGLE OR LEJOG goes through. I need to look that up.
Speaking of JOGLEnd & books, you might look into the author Raynor Winn who I believe has done this and has published a book of her experiences. She is best known for her book "The Salt Path" which chronicles her journey on The South West Coast path which I remember was on your wish list. Courage Kristina: you've got plenty!
@@hikersheep This may be out of date but I think there is no designated route for LEJOG. It is up to the individual. But one option is to do some combination of the Cape Wrath Trail, the West Highland Way, The Pennine Way, Offa's Dyke and half the SW Coastal Path. From Bristol northwards you have one not very pleasant day to Chepstow then you have around ten days on the Offa's Dyke to around Chirk then three days across country by canal towpaths and footpaths to Buxton and Edale. This last three days could be challenging in terms of routefinding. Not every footpath on the map is well walked or signposted or even exists!!! Just a thought.
@petermackie7233 ohhhhh i see...well ive done portions of it then
I wouldn't walk the Northern lowland fells this year. It's been more dull, grey & wet than last year. The 'water table' saturation level hasn't dropped for weeks.Theres been an absence of field mushrooms & fungi this season & molehills on higher ground than is usual.Its been a 'funny' year, weather wise, in the north!
It was indeed. But im redoing it again May 2025 afrer I hike the Cambrian Way and Offa's Dyke Path
I dont think I had dry feet once on the PW. It's called the spine of England because it's the watershed of England, the rain that falls up there runs down west and east.
I see. I had dry feet for a few days but thats it. Lol. But here I am coming back to redo PW in May 2025 after I hike Cambrian Way and Offa's Dyke t
I did the Bellingham to Kirk Yetholme in one stage so that could be the reason I took shorter time than you, or maybe as I was only 18 at the time I was fitter but definatley Younger. I still have 2 videos to watch of this Hike and I guess they will be viewable after you had done some editing. So until then Happy Hiking . Tony in Essex
Did you mean Byrness to Kirk Yetholm? Because Bellingham to Kirk Yetholm is 42 miles.
@@hikersheep You could be right, but please remember the memory may play tricks on me after 40+ years
@@hikersheep Yes Byrness to Kirk Yetholme as Bellinghaam is not even marked on my Road Atlas, and that it the Map book closest to my computer and therefore I refer to it the most often. Sorry for the concfusion, the memories are fading due to MY age...
Pheasant shoot I think
I just wandered if anyone has created a light weight over boot for these conditions?
The Pennines finish more or less at the A69 road near Greenhead. After that they continue to use the name! We will forgive them!!!
Lololol
I remember being something like 8 or 9 and doing a geography lesson. The teacher pointed at a map of Britain and said these, the Pennines, are the backbone of England and it was immediately obvious what he meant. Beyond that I can't help you I'm afraid.