A Guide to the Coast to Coast Walk | Resupply, Trail Details, Accommodation, Itinerary & Top Tips!
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2023
- If you are planning on hiking the Wainwright's Coast to Coast trail, this video will help you plan this incredible walk.
I share with you all I learnt along the way, including details about the trail, where to resupply, accommodation options and my tips about optional routes and other information that I am sure will help you.
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01:09 The Trail
05:43 Resupply Options
14:23 Accommodation
17:50 Trail Options
25:00 Itineraries
28:31 Top Tips
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We did the hike August 2023. Your comments are ‘spot on’. An option we chose was to take the boat from Patterdale to Pooley Bridge. From Pooley Bridge we hiked to Shap. Laura, the hostess at The Beech House, Glen Ridding, where we stayed said half of her guests opted to take the boat. It was a terrific option. Also we stayed at Intake Farm breaking the Egton Bridge to Robin Hood’s Bay into two days. We were among the senior hikers (73 & 79) but found the hike comfortable. We did opt for B&Bs and used Sherpa/Packhorse to move our baggage. We were self guided and found the camaraderie among the hikers rewarding. We did it in hiking 20 days plus 2 zero days (Grasmere and Richmond). Kirkby Stephen would have been another good zero day. Your video is an excellent introduction to this trail and we will recommend it to any considering the venture. B&B hosts told us that companies that plan trips for hikers book up a lot of the B&Bs early so it can be tough for independent hikers to find accommodation unless they set it up well in advance. We used Walker’s Britain to book accommodation and baggage transfer as recommended by friends who used them in 2013. Our contact at Walker’s was Trina and we found her to be wonderful. Several of the B&B hosts said they had worked with Trina for many (20+ years) and that she was a favourite. Travelling from Canada for this hike made it to our advantage to book through an agency like Walker’s. As a side note, using a baggage transfer has a safety factor in that, the B&B host expects owners of baggage to arrive in a timely manner. They take their hosting seriously and will trigger a search and rescue if you are not on time. Our hostess at Glen Ridding had called all possible restaurants and pubs about a late father daughter pair and was just about to call search and rescue when the two arrived at 9:40 pm. We were impressed.
Great video packed full of useful information. Incredibly useful for planning my hike. Thank you.
Best video I have ever watched for the Coast to Coast. Thank you so much. Doing the walk Sept 24. Can’t wait 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it! That is so wonderful of you to say so 😊
Really enjoyed your journey. I did this walk 43 years ago in the opposite direction. If we had started with the Lakes we would not have left them. Followed Wainwright’s advice and chose our own route across so only followed the official route in some sections. Best walk I ever did.
Wow Mary this has to be the best video for the c2c ...Great info that a lot of hikers need to know ....I just wish there was more of this quality for other multidays....Thank you and well done for another brilliant video 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Wow that is so wonderful of you to say so Wil 10 - I really appreciate the feedback, thank you 🙏
I was surprised to find that you missed quite possibly the best campsite and break stop on the walk at Danby Wiske. Church Farm is amazing. An honesty shop, toilets and a kettle to make a brew.
There are also hotels at Chop Gate and Great Broughton (Clay Bank Top) and both hotels will collect from Clay Bank Car Park. Also, now Clay Bank Huts (they look fabulous and I can’t wait to try them out).
Another place worth noting is Intake Farm at Littlebeck. Both camping and b&b. Judith is a legend, with wonderful hospitality.
I never came across that! So sorry to have missed it. Thanks for the comment so others can hear about it.
Watched your video with real interest, especially when you mentioned plant-based supplies. My wife and I plan to come to England in early May 2024 to hike the C2C. I’m used to mailing my resupplies to the post offices along the way, but maybe we can do well with the coops and stores. We plan to camp about half the time, and have no solid plan on where we will camp and where we will stay indoors. Your video has been the best info I’ve found so far. Thank you!
That is wonderful to hear, thank you so very much for the lovely feedback. May will be a wonderful time of year to enjoy the trail ☺️
Very helpful for my late May C2C, thank you!
Have an amazing hike!!
Awesome content, thanks for sharing, Hxx
So glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you so much, this is brilliant, I can’t wait until May
Have an amazing hike Debbi 😄
Thanks for the info Mary, especially about where to get supplies, I'm doing it myself in April so thanks for the heads up😁👍
So glad this will be helpful for you John. Have an amazing time!
What a helpful video! Thanks, I didn’t know there are so many camping options. I’ll do the c2c in summer 2024. looking more and more for it. Can’t wait for it 😊
Have an amazing adventure!!!
Comprehensive and excellent.
Thanks so much Martin 😊
Love this video, thank you. Planning on a 5 day hike/run in September, this was very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Mary, I was so glad to find the videos of your walk. I'm going in May and I am certainly excited. I have my accommodations planned, but my daughter and son-in-law have decided now to accompany me. Finding places for myself was difficult two weeks ago. I imagine now will be even more of a challenge. Your information I think will make my trip better for sure, but for me, it would have been helpful in the accommodation section if there had been information on names of hotels, airbnbs, and hostels so that I could better investigate the options. Google doesn't provide many. Anyway, thanks for the wealth of information. Your optimism and joy are a treat.
Thanks Rick, it sounds like it is going to be a great hike! I did consider adding in names of all the places for accommodation and food - but it would have been such a huge job and can change regularly. So I decided against it with the thought that all those places are listed in guidebooks and would be updated more regularly to reflect that. Have a great time!
It's my dream to do the Coast to Coast! I loved watching your videos of the walk, and I'm now also mid-way through your PCT series since discovering your videos a few months ago. I love them! Thanks so much, Mary ❤
Hi Kate, that's great to hear you are following along on my adventures and enjoying them, thank you so much! ☺️
Very thorough and great to see some of your photography at the end
Thank you so much!
What a fantastic video! Thank you Mary. This, along with all of your coast to coast stuff have been invaluable as I plan mine. I'm doing 11 nights, 12 days with a mix of wild camping and hostels. I leave on August 17th. Thank you so much for your efforts :)
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Thank you so much Adge, I’m so pleased they have been helpful! Have an amazing hike in August 😁
Amazing details, you’ve always been brilliant for that. It was like reliving your trek from coast to coast, very much appreciated. Your photography at the end is superb. Can’t wait for your book. 🙏🏻🥰👏🏻
Many thanks Anita, I sometimes think I go into too much detail 😂 Still working on the book - but I'm now in the final stage of editing so hopefully I'll be ready in the next month or two to start approaching agents/publishers 🤞
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I found this video very helpful. I have already watched the 3 part series that shows the walk. So this answers many questions I had as I watched you walking. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I am heading to the walk (coming over from 🇨🇦) in May. I was hoping you might let me know what the 'wild camping' opportunities are like on the walk? I see there are many 'official' campsites along the way but I am hoping to do a night or two on the cheap. Any insight is appreciated. I hope the 2023 walking season is good to you.
Hi James! So glad to hear you found it helpful. Wild camping is possible along the trail, although not officially 'legal' there are opportunities along the route if you set up late/leave early etc 😉
Excellent info, thank you, Mary 👍
😮Superb photos
Cloth strip maps may be a alternative to paper
Thank you so much!
Great video, also Harvey maps does a single paper map, double sided for the route. They do a lot of multi day hikes, the paper is waterproof too.
Great - thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the details. We use the FarOut app, which has Wainwrights Coast to Coast, West Highland Way, and the Cotswold Way. Can’t remember if you used Guthook Guide on your PCT, and FarOut now replaces Guthook. Thanks for sharing your trail detail update. Hopefully we will make it back and do one of your hikes.
Yes I did use that for the PCT (when it was still guthooks) - I have heard it did UK hikes too but haven't tried it as yet (only because I have a subscription with the OS maps).
Thanks Mary this is extremely detailed, plenty of food stops lol, this is a hike I have pencilled in for next year sometime, may do it in reverse? thanks for the help.
Glad it was helpful Kevin!
Thanks Mary, I have subscribed to your channel,some excellent information and tips, I’m thinking of doing this at the end of may ish, so your information will be invaluable 👍how did you find os maps on your phone ? I use os most of the time
So glad this was helpful! I found OS on my phone brilliant, what I did was plan my routes for each day in advance so I had them all downloaded before I went. I did this by using a coast to coast handbook and manually plotting it - but there are ones already on there that others have plotted. What can I say - I have a bit of OCD and just like plotting routes 😂
@@MarysOutdoorAdventures thanks mary, I’m same with plotting routes
Hi, thankyou so much for all your videos, planning on completing the c2c in summer 25! Just wondered if you had an info on total costs? Currently debating camping vs b&b and yha's. Thankyou
HI Mary, your video is very helpful, Thank you!
You mentioned staying at BnB's, what is the best way to find them? is there an app or website?
A very informative video Mary which will certainly be useful to any future Coast to Coasters, just one thing that was wrong, I live locally to the start of the Coast to Coast and there are trains that stop at St Bees on a Sunday, but not as many as a weekday, I don't think the National Park allow Coast to Coast signage in the Lake District, that is why you don't see much there but it might change when it becomes a National Trail in 2025, i would also recommend to split the trail into 3 days between Patterdale and Kirkby Stephen rather than the 2 days in most of the guilde books.
Thank you so much Howard, I wonder if that has changed recently as I was positive it didn't stop there. I have edited the video now so thanks again!
@@MarysOutdoorAdventures Hi Mary, I think the trains have stopped at St.Bees for a while now, I can remember seeing Coast to Coasters getting off at St.Bees last summer on a Sunday.
Hiking where there are pubs along the trail = a very good time. Good advice on the recommendation not to go ultralight. It always bugs me to see people slackpacking and they take hardly anything with them. On a well travelled trail, help may come by if you get hurt but sometimes no one will see you so having a tent and a quilt could save your life. Thanks for making me hungry late at night! I have been out hiking and came to the point where I just needed to get off trail and stay somewhere and ... nothing was available...NOTHING. Talk about a real downer having to find a place to pitch the tent when you just want to stay in a room with a bed. I don't relish the idea of taking any pet on a long trail such as a dog. Pets can be very head strung and decide at any point that they just don't want to cooperate any longer to go any further. It's up to the pet owner but I think it's much easier not having to carry their food, etc. That's a very good point. Look behind you because sometimes there are fantastic views on your back side! This was super informative. Thank you for putting it together. John
Thank you so much John 😊
Hello Mary,
thank you for all of the information about the trail.
I plan to hike the C2c in a tent. Since I'm from Germany, unfortunately I can't take my gas for the stove with me. Can you please tell me if there is a way to get a gas cartridge in St Bees?
Best regards
Andrea
You might find it hard to find anywhere in St Bees as the shops are minimal. My recommendation would be to get it from one of the main towns or cities as you travel there.
@@MarysOutdoorAdventures Hi, thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, everything gets a bit tight on the outward journey. I had already booked the trains before I realized that I wasn't allowed to take the gas canisters with me. I am now considering whether it is possible to have a cartridge sent to the starting accommodation by a mail order company from Great Britain. Unfortunately I can't find an online retailer in the UK for this need. could you please help me again: do you know an online dealer who sends gas cartridges (preferably Soto or Primus)? Kind regards, Andrea
Last year I backpacked around 1/2 of the South west coast path. This year I am planning on doing this trail. Since I'll be backpacking, I am using a stove that runs on gas. I am not from the UK so I cannot take gas with me via airplane/train. Do you know any place to get some gas before I start my hike?
You can get it from any outdoor store in any of the larger towns/cities in the UK - you will not be able to get it from the start point at St.Bees. There is also a place around half way on the trail where you can get more - a place called Kirby Stephen is a popular place to pick them up. Where are you flying to / staying before your hike?
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