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17/3/2011 at 9:02pm
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I started off small, walking a few miles here and there with a day sack. Circular routes are good, especially if you are travelling by public transport because you can get a return ticket cheap. Depending on where you live many websites will have good local routes, or if you trawl through local charity shops/bookshops you'll probably find a few good books on the subject.
After several years of this kind of walking I'd found that I had covered just about every feasible nearby route (including several so many times I could do them blindfolded) and was getting a little bored. It was then that I noticed that one of the old railway lines nearby was part of a much larger route (The Trans Penine Trail) and I thought this would be nice to do one day. So I started to look in to camping and hiking and began to go on longer walks to build up stamina. For a trial I tried doing the Anglesey Coastal Path, which at 125 miles I thought would be a good warm up for the TPT (over 200 miles). I knew I could walk 15-20 miles in one go without too much trouble, so figured doing it for seven days in a row wouldn't be any harder.
The Anglesey Coastal Path isn't terribly strenuous but I wholly agree with Scep, the up and down nature of many hill walks can make things a great deal harder, especially if you carry heavy gear all the way. I found in Anglesey that the flatter parts of the island such as the western and southern coasts were easy, but the Eastern and Northern coastlines where the path follows the coast more closely left me exhausted, sore and struggling. It was much harder than walking 15-20 miles a day for a week on the relatively flat TPT routes I'd trained on.
If I was you I would try setting up camp at one good site and do day walks from there with a day sack until you get used to walking distances. Then you can gradually increase the weight you carry and later try hiking along a trail moving sites each night only once you get used to it and feel comfortable with it. Once you get the hang of it there's something very appealing about knowing that you've completed a trail or path though, and you really see some amazing terrain.
As for trekking poles I've got two Campri poles but have honestly never used them. I probably will on my next two trips though since it will involve some hill walks.
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17/3/2011 at 10:22pm
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well i think it will take me a while before i exhaust my local area, if i head west theres nothing but hills and dales till i hit the M6 at penrith if i head north theres the A69 but theres Hadrians wall and Keilder and the boarders, and not much till Edinbrough, south well theres the A66 but thats just a hop over to the dales south of richmond and keep going till Leeds/Bradford
have a look at the map HERE and you will see what im on about.
Its not like im starting from scratch, went to a schoold where Outdoor pursuits during the time table, would do 5-6 miles anywhere from the moors to the dales each week, we would spend the week in Borowdale and and done a fair few of the local mountains, Dale head to keswick sicks in the memory. I know i need to rebuild slowly and remeber im young as i used to be, and remind myself of the exhaustion and the pain that can come, i remeber not being able to bend my knees by the end of the white rose all 30 odd miles of it one day.
Im planning on keeping a record of walks and camps i do this year so others see whats about this area, im going to use google earth and google maps, ill place my routes and spots we find as we go along. take a look if you want im putting in last years endevours, though we did move house last year so not that much to put in. it at
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213760252671733662191.00049eadd3e98fd6f2f20&t=h&z=8
remeber you can import it to google earth so you can follow the paths in 3d and i looks good.
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