Dog and I were in Swaledale for a long weekend. We camped in Reeth Sat and Sun nights and there was a
HUGE number of C2C walkers. I chatted with a few - mainly slightly older than me and many of them said they decided to do it after seeing the Julia Bradbury programme.
Up Gunnerside Gill I got talking to a woman and her teenaged daughter who were doing the C2C. She moaned that she had hoped this would be a life changing event for the two of them out in the wild crossing the country, talking to local farmers and the like, but all they were doing was following loads of other tourists. Where did she get the idea to do the walk
?............ you've guessed it!
Anyway - the local businesses are booming as a result.
As for walking - we arrived late on Sat so had a short walk over to Castle bolton along the valley then back over to gunnerside and back along the south side of the valley. Sun we went over Reeth low moor, Great Pinseat, to dams/waterfall at head of gunnerside gill, pint in pub at gunnerside and back allong north bank of river to reeth early finish to meet friends.
Monday met some friends walked Arkengarthdale, Great punchard gill over moors to Tan hill - camped (friends did B+B). Good night at tan hill with fiddle folk duo providing entertainment along with Rantin Ritchie (barman) doing poetry reading.
Tues - back down Pennine way and repeated much of Sunday walk to Reeth (well my friends had not done it and I have no objection to such a lovely walk).
Photos? Forgot the [censored]*** camera!