Now, Stedman book has been delivered and reading it
. excited with anticipation! There are lots of useful info, incl shops for supplies and Black Spots for getting lost
He advises to be confident with own navigation, not to follow everybody else's wrong path. I suppose not all the walkers are doing C2C, and so, just following any walkers would not be the right thing
So far, I noted 4 black spots in particular, as other bloggers also mentioned them and also warning by Mountain rescue:
1 after YHA Black Sail ( low route from Ennerdale), to take less obvious path, instead of going down to Great Gable
2 After 1 above, going up Loft Beck but not to follow all the way up to hit the fence in the north but to find the gate in Brandreth fence in the east.
3 end of Greenup Edge, to find the path to Far Easedale before it splits into high route and low route.
4 after Nine standard to Red Route - as we are doing it in MAY.
the book is good in many ways, but it does not always show other paths we might take in error
Anybody had any problems with these black spots, or any tips? Thanks