A Walkers Tale

Today is the second of two days spent walking the Pennine Bridleway , and having walked from Settle to Sough (near Colne) on the previous day, today I am walking from Sough to Hebden Bridge. With this in mind I am making my way across Burnley, via the M2 and M5 Mainliner buses - and for those doing walks around Burnley, the M4 and M5 (half-hourly) buses seem to be the most useful connections into the countryside.

Today we are back out following the Pennine Bridleway - which is one of the National Trails I am hoping to complete in this calendar year. This is a trail that often surpasses expectations - but we may need to have a little bit of patience today, as whilst we begin our walk in the  Yorkshire Dales  - and in the pretty town of Settle - there is a flatter section to come once we get out of the Yorkshire Dales .  That said, towards the second half of the walk, things should improve substantially - as we start to close in on Barnoldswick.

Today we are doing the stretch of south coast that I came down here to do - with this being the third of three days spent along the coast  - and having walked from Hastings to Eastbourne on the previous day. What makes today special is that we will meet up with the chalk cliffs off the South Downs - and for the stretch from Eastbourne to Cuckmere Haven we will be doubling up on both the King Charles Coast Path and the South Downs Way .

Today I am continuing a walk along the south coast of England , having walked between Rye and Hastings on the previous day - and today the plan is to walk from Hastings on to Eastbourne. This will take us across the fairly flat stretch of coastline that runs between these two seaside towns - and through Bexhill-on-Sea and Pevensey Bay along the way.

Today I am back making my way along the south coast - but initially following the Royal Military Canal rather than the England Coast Path . This will take us along the old route of the coastline until we reach Cliff End - and there we will revert to the England Coast Path , which will then take us to Hastings.

Today I am heading back out to do another section of the Pennine Way - and today the plan is to walk from Alston to Haltwhistle, heading along the South Tyne valley. My plan had originally been to walk this as part of a two-day walk - which would have started in Appleby-in-Westmorland and finished in Haltwhistle - but of late I have been favoring more frequent, but shorter, stretches of walking - and so today I am breaking this one up.