Well, finished the coast to coast yesterday.....

[Angry Blonde]

Whitehaven to tynemouth...broken and battered.....rain and hailstone most of the way...... with no training.......utter hell. Managed to get lost a couple of times. Hartside and whinlatter was a killer,
But im looking forward to it again soon hopefully.

 

[fossyant]

Well done

 

[Archie_tect]

Good isn't it? Did you have the feeling of disappointment when you finished? ...thinking 'back to reality'!

 

[Angry Blonde]

Nah......I was glad of a drink !

 

[Angry Blonde]

Cheers chaps

 

[0lonerider]

well done mate glad yi enjoyed it.
route 72s good fun!

 

[DefBref]

Route 72 is Hadrians (with no climbs as bad a whinlatter and hartside) the C2C is route 71.

Well done especially with no training! I'm doing a combination of 71 and 72 (via 68) at the end of june and trying to get training now.

 

[alans]

Congrats
Impressive given the "no training" technique.

I was surprised that Whinlatter was not harder given it's reputation but I do have issues with Hartside.

 

[Saluki]

Well done. C2C sounds far too hilly for me to be doing any time soon, even with training.

 

[Snapper88]

Well done I'm looking to do C2C next year after I've sorted a persistent knee injury

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Well done, next time do it faster

 

[babytiger]

well done

 

[Soltydog]

Well done. Doing your first coast to coast gives a real sense of achievement
Plenty of others to consider, Hadrians way, Way of the Roses & Trans Pennine Trail, all probably easier too

 

[Angry Blonde]

cheers everyone...to be fair i dont think if i done fourty miles a day it wouldnt have made any difference... there are no mountains round me to train on...its like peddling up a wall......whinlatter forrest was worse than hartside in my eyes.... i had at least three "i quit tantrums" all weekend

 

[vernon]

Crawleyside was the killer hill for me. Hartside and Winlatter are just long drags.