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Summary

Trail guide with 140 large-scale maps to the Pennine Way, Britain's best-known National Trail which winds for 256 miles over wild moorland and through quiet dales following the backbone of Northern England. This is a complete guide to all visitors need to know for the full enjoyment of walking the trail, not just a trail guide-- getting there, places to stay, places to eat, background information, and flora and fauna are all included.

Author Biography

Keith Carter has over 40 years' experience of hiking Britain's long-distance paths with numerous magazine articles published on the subject.

Introduction
Planning Your Walk
About the Pennine Way, History - How difficult is the Pennine Way? (route finding) - How long do you need?
Practical information for the walkerAccommodation (camping, bunkhouses and hostels, bed and breakfast) - Food and drink (drinking water, buying camping supplies, pubs)(Aside: Beer)- Money - Other services - Walking companies (accommodation booking, baggage carriers, self-guided holidays, group/guided walking tours)
BudgetingCamping - Bunkhouses and hostels - B&Bs - Extras(Aside: Information for foreign visitors)
When to goSeasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) - Temperature - Rainfall - Daylight hours
ItinerariesandPlanning map- Which direction? - Village and town facilities - Suggested itineraries(Asides: Highlights of the Pennine Way - the best day and weekend walks; Walking with dogs)
What to takeKeep it light - How to carry it - Footwear (boots, socks, extra footwear) - Clothes(Aside: Cheaper alternatives)- Toiletries - First aid kit(Aside - Mountain rescue)- General items - Sleeping bag - Camping gear - Travel insurance - Maps - Recommended reading (general guidebooks, flora and fauna field guides)
Getting to and from the Pennine Way(Aside: Getting to Britain)National transport (rail, coach, car, air) - Local transport -Public transport map
Further informationTrail information - National Parks - Tourist information - Organisations for walkers
The Nature of The Pebbube Way
Flora and faunaMammals - Reptiles - Birds (streams, rivers and lakes; woodland; moor, bog and grazing; buildings and cliffs) - Wild flowers, grasses and other plants(Aside: How do you identify a flower?)(bogs and wet areas; woodlands; higher areas; lower areas)(Asides: Why are flowers the colour they are; Orchids; Wild flowers)- Trees, woods and forests (oak and broadleaf woodlands; coniferous woodland(Aside: The Forestry Commission)
Conserving the nature of the PenninesGovernment agencies and schemes - Voluntary organisations - Beyond conservation
Minimum Impact Walking
Economic impactBuy local(Aside: Food for thought)- Support local businesses - Encourage local cultural traditions and skills(Aside: The state of the farmed countryside)
Environmental impactUse public transport whenever possible --Never leave litter(Aside- The lasting impact of litter)- Erosion - Respect all wildlife - Outdoor toiletry - Wild camping(Aside - Your ecological footprint)
AccessRight to roam - Rights of way(Aside: National Parks and the honey pot issue)- Waymarking - The Country Code - Lambing - Grouse shooting
The Pennine Way - Edale to Kirk Yetholm
Trail mapsScale and walking times - Up or down? - Accommodation - Other features
Edale to Crowden(Asides: Kinder Scout; Trans-Pennine Trail)Crowden to Standedge
Standedge to the Calder Valley (for Hebden Bridge)(Aside: Stoodley Pike)
Calder Valley to Ponden(Aside: The Brontes of Haworth)
Ponden to Thornton-in-Craven Thornton-in-Craven to Malham, Malham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale(Asides: Fountains Fell; Fell running)
Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hawes(Aside: Packhorse roads)Hawes to Keld(Aside: Field Barns)Keld to Tan HillTan Hill to Baldersdale(Asides: Hannah Hauxwell; Hannah's meadow)Baldersdale to Langdon Beck(Asides: High Force; Black Grouse)Langdon Beck to Dufton(Aside: High Cup)Dufton to Garrigill to Alston(Asides: Greg's Hut; Lead mining in the Pennines)Alston to Greenhead Greenhead to Once Brewed(Asides: Thirlwall Castle; Hadrian's Wall)
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Introduction
Of all the long-distance trails in the British Isles the Pennine Way, 256 miles (412km) along the backbone of northern England, is pre-eminent. The first to be opened as a National Trail, to some it’s the best; it’s certainly the best known and it’s arguably the hardest.
Anyone who completes the Pennine Way will refute the suggestion that it was easy. It isn’t. It requires fitness, determination, good humour and adaptability because your walk won’t go smoothly all the time. There will be days when nothing seems to go right and you wish you’d never got out of bed; then again, there will be others when you feel invincible, when you can walk all day and arrive at your next stop, still with a spring in your step – when to be alive is ‘very heaven’.
The Way takes you through most of the different habitats of flora and fauna in this country and you’ll see a wonderfully varied and wide range of plant and animal life. You’ll start with a testing trudge over the peat moors of the Peak District and continue through the South Pennines past such milestones as Stoodley Pike and Calder Vale where a short detour to Hebden Bridge is recommended. You are into Brontë country and will pass Top Withens, said to be the Wuthering Heights of Emily’s great novel. The parsonage where the family lived in nearby Haworth is well worth visiting……
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….. Some who have walked the Pennine Way say it has changed their lives. It certainly gives everyone a chance to prove to themselves what they are capable of: ‘I never thought I could do it’, they say yet the Way has shown them there’s nothing you can’t do once you set your mind to it. Spiritual experience or great fun, hard work or the walk of a lifetime, maybe a combination of all four, the Pennine Way stands supreme.

Excerpted from Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm, 2nd Edition by Keith Carter, Edward de la Billiere
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