WalkingCarrot

This schedule plans on eighteen days of hiking and four days of leisure. Faster hikers or those more in a hurry will frequently combine some sections and /or take fewer days off, walking the Coast to Coast route in 12 to 14 days. The first two days could be combined into one long day all the way to Ennerdale Bridge. The Vale of Mowbray (from Richmond to Ingleby Cross) can be done as one long 23 mile day. It is basically flat and has fewer features of interest than the rest of the walk. Alas, the speedsters who do this miss out on one of the best places to spend a night – the White Swan Inn in Danby Whiske. Many walkers will cover Grosmont to Robin Hoods Bay in one day, getting into the village too late to enjoy its lunchtime charms. By combining one more section and not taking any rest days, it would be very possible to squeeze this into two weeks, a “Standard American Vacation” time frame. None of us were in any mood to rush this walk at the end, wanting it to last as long as possible.