C2C on my own...Recommend?

[mjr]

It's also worth taking our cycle breakdown cover.

Your cover? What's that, then?

 

[YMFB]

WOTR first day, climbing out of Settle was a shock, which we walked up, everything else was manageable for us. I loved the Greenhow hill descent.

Seeing all the signs is definitely an issue and why I recommended getting a carrying the Sustrans paper map on top of uploading the .gpx.

 

[OldShep]

Hardly anyone rides the Rookhope to Parkhead section as it is steep and rough.
There are alternative on-road routes.

I’ve done both ways and id choose Rookhope over Crawleyside if I did it again. No wonder there’s a defibrillator on Crawleyside 😂

 

[DCLane]

Your cover? What's that, then?

Bicycle breakdown cover - mine's through ERA Insurance but there's others as well - https://www.eta.co.uk/bicycle-insurance/cycle-rescue

So if your bike breaks and you can't fix there's at least a pick-up and being taken to the nearest train station.

I've never needed them because the only time I had a catastrophic mechanical I was outside a train station.