Walking in the North Pennines. Paddy Dillon

      

      WALKING IN THE NORTH PENNINES

      by Paddy Dillon

      2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Author

      Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer with over 70 guidebooks to his name, and contributions to 30 other titles. He has written extensively for many different outdoor publications and has appeared on radio and television.

      Paddy uses a tablet computer to write his route descriptions while walking. His descriptions are therefore precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them.

      Paddy is an indefatigable long-distance walker who has walked all of Britain’s national trails and several major European trails. He lives on the fringes of the English Lake District and has walked, and written about walking, in every county throughout the British Isles. He has led guided walking holidays and has walked throughout Europe, as well as in Nepal, Tibet, Korea, Africa and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.

      Other Cicerone guides by the author

      Irish Coastal Walks

      The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way

      The GR5 Trail

      The GR20: Corsica

      The Great Glen Way

      The Irish Coast to Coast Walk

      The Mountains of Ireland

      The National Trails

      The North York Moors

      The Pennine Way

      The Reivers Way

      The Teasdale Way (Martin Collins; updated by Paddy Dillon)

      The South West Coast Path

      The Wales Coast Path

      Trekking in Greenland

      Trekking in the Alps (contributor)

      Walking and Trekking in Iceland

      Walking in County Durham

      Walking in Madeira

      Walking in Mallorca (June Parker; updated by Paddy Dillon)

      Walking in Menorca

      Walking in Sardinia

      Walking in the Isles of Scilly

      Walking on Arran

      Walking on Gran Canaria

      Walking on Guernsey

      Walking on Jersey

      Walking on La Gomera and El Hierro

      Walking on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

      Walking on La Palma

      Walking on Malta

      Walking on Tenerife

      Walking the Galloway Hills

      © Paddy Dillon 2016

      Third edition 2016

      ISBN 978 1 85284 905 4

      Second edition 2009

      First edition 1991

      Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      All photographs by the author unless otherwise stated.

       © Crown copyright 2016 OS PU100012932

      Updates to this Guide

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time.

      We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.

      Front cover: Stone crosses near Nag’s Head above Nenthead (Walk 50)

      CONTENTS

       Map key

       Overview map

       INTRODUCTION

       Geology

       Landscape

       Mining

       Weather

       Plants and wildlife

       Access to the countryside

       Getting to the North Pennines

       Getting around the North Pennines

       Tourist information and visitor centres

       Maps

       Emergencies

       Using this guide

       THE NORTH PENNINES

       1 Geltsdale

       Walk 1 Brampton, Gelt and Talkin

       Walk 2 Hallbankgate and Cold Fell

       Walk 3 Castle Carrock and Geltsdale

       Walk 4 Croglin, Newbiggin and Croglin Fell

       2 The East Fellside

       Walk 5 Hartside, Black Fell and Renwick