Trailblazer Guide Books

Practical guidebooks for the more adventurous traveller.
 - The Herald

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR WALK
 About the Pennine Way
 History 9 – How difficult is the Pennine Way? 9
 Route finding 10 – GPS 10 – How long do you need? 12
 Practical information for the walker
 Accommodation 13 – Food and drink 17
 Money and other services 19 – Information for foreign visitors 20
 Walking companies 21
 Budgeting  22
 When to go
 Seasons 23 – Temperature, rainfall and daylight hours 24
 Annual events along the Pennine Way 25 – Walking with dogs 26
 Itineraries
 Village and town facilities 28 – Suggested itineraries 32 – The best day
 and weekend (two-day) walks 34
 What to take
 Travelling light 36 – How to carry it 37 – Footwear 37 – Clothes 37
 Toiletries 38 – First-aid kit 39 – General items 39 – Sleeping bag 40
 Camping gear 40 – Maps 40 – Sources of further information 42
 Getting to and from the Pennine Way
 National transport 43 – Local transport 44 – Public transport
 services 45 – Public transport map 46
 

PART 2: MINIMUM IMPACT WALKING AND OUTDOOR SAFETY
 Minimum impact walking
 Economic impact 51 – Environmental impact 52 – Access and the right
 to roam 54
 Outdoor safety
 Avoidance of hazards 56 – Weather forecasts 56 – Blisters 57
 Hypothermia 57 – Hyperthermia 58 – Sunburn 58  

PART 3: THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE
 Conserving the Pennines
 Government agencies and schemes 60 – Campaigning and conservation
 organisations 63
Flora and fauna
 Wild flowers, grasses and other plants 63 – Trees, woods and forests 65
 Birds 67 – Mammals 71 – Reptiles 73  

PART 4: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS
 Using this guide
 Trail maps 74
 The route guide
 Edale 75
 Edale to Crowden 77 (Upper Booth 80, Snake Pass 84, Torside 84,
 Padfield & Hadfield 88, Crowden 88)
 Crowden to Standedge 88 (Standedge 93, Diggle 94)
 Standedge to Calder Valley 96 (Blackstone Edge 98, Mankinholes 103,
 Hebden Bridge 105)
 Calder Valley to Ickornshaw 107 (Blackshaw Head 108, Colden 108,
 Widdop 112, Ponden 112, Stanbury 112, Haworth 113, Ickornshaw 120,
 Cowling 120)
 Ickornshaw to Malham 122 (Lothersdale 126, Thornton-in-Craven 126,
 Earby 126, East Marton 126, Gargrave 128, Airton 130, Kirkby
 Malham 133, Malham 133)
 Malham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale 136 (Horton-in-Ribblesdale 144)
 Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hawes 146 (Hawes 151)
 Hawes to Tan Hill 156 (Hardraw 157, Thwaite 163, Muker 163, Keld 164,
 Tan Hill 164)
 Tan Hill to Middleton-in-Teesdale 168 (Bowes 169, Baldersdale 169,
 Lunedale 180, Middleton-in-Teesdale 180)
 Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton 182 (Holwick 185, High Force 185,
 Forest-in-Teesdale 187, Langdon Beck 187, Dufton 194)
 Dufton to Alston 197 (Garrigill 204, Alston 208)
 Alston to Greenhead 210 (Slaggyford 217, Knarsdale 217, Greenhead 219)
 Greenhead to Bellingham 220 (Burnhead 223, Once Brewed 225,
 Stonehaugh 228, Hetherington 230, Bellingham 233)
 Bellingham to Byrness 234 (Byrness 243)
 Byrness to Kirk Yetholm 243 (Upper Coquetdale 250, Kirk Yetholm 256,
 Town Yetholm 257)
 

APPENDIX
 Map keys 258 – GPS waypoints 259
 INDEX  266