johnnychips
Established Member
I just wondered if any members wanted to share any interesting experiences and observations while they had been out and about. Certainly, walking (sometimes with RailUK members!) has kept me sane during this crisis.
I am not thinking detailed trip reports (“We ate Kendal Mint Cake and availed ourselves of our hip flasks before tackling the terrifying and exposed 1 in 13 climb up Hopton Bank on our High Peak Trail odyssey”) but perhaps briefer notes and pithy observations, maybe with the transport we used.
So today, I got the new Hulley’s X57 service to Snake Summit and walked the Pennine Way to Edale. Three things surprised me:
Any contributions?
I am not thinking detailed trip reports (“We ate Kendal Mint Cake and availed ourselves of our hip flasks before tackling the terrifying and exposed 1 in 13 climb up Hopton Bank on our High Peak Trail odyssey”) but perhaps briefer notes and pithy observations, maybe with the transport we used.
So today, I got the new Hulley’s X57 service to Snake Summit and walked the Pennine Way to Edale. Three things surprised me:
- How dry the moors were, but also how much of the Pennine Way has become a paved path. No more getting your leg stuck in a bog in Featherbed Moss.
- The number of people you pass who say hello, or you say hello to seems to be less and less. I’m sure only ten years ago, all walkers said hello to each other. Not that anyone was unfriendly.
- Bikes on footpaths where they shouldn’t be; they should be on bridle paths. Doesn’t particularly annoy me but there were quite a few.
Any contributions?