304-Coast to Coast National Trail UK
Show notes
In this podcast we interview Canberra hikers Amanda and Paul about their recent trip on the UK based Coast to Coast Path National Trail. This is one of the UK’s best known walks and over recent times has been upgraded to be included in National Trail system
Podcast Overview
Podcast Overview
- Podcast introduction
- Episode introduction (time index 0:01:46)
- As a couple what have you been up to walk wise?
- Why this walk? (time index 0:01:46)
- How many Kilometre did you do? (time index 0:03:31)
- How many days did you plan for this walk and how many days did you end up doing? (time index 0:06:29)
- Is there a right and wrong direction?
- East to west or west to east?
- Is there a right and wrong direction?
- What’s the trail tread like? (time index 0:12:21)
- What were the elevation changes across the trail?
- Was this a natural trail surface?
- Now given this trail is in the UK and it snows, what time of the year can you do this walk from a hiking perspective? (time index 0:14:37)
- Best travel time to do this walk
- Spring to Autumn
- Average weather conditions on your trek
- Best travel time to do this walk
- What sort of gear did you use for this hike (time index 0:16:29)
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- What were the key bits of gear? e.g. pack, sleeping bag, tent
- Other key pieces of gear
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- What accommodation options did you use?
- Tent, bothys, hostels, or a mix?
- What’s the average distance that you were travelling each day?
- What were the food logistics like on this trail? (time index 0:26:16)
- Did you carry your own food for this walk or rely on towns and villages for meals?
- Describe a typical day on the trail (time index 0:32:49)
- Start with getting up, to starting your walk, an average hiking day including distances travelled and then going to bed
- What navigation options did you use/recommend? (time index 0:39:01)
- How busy was the trail? (time index 0:45:24)
- How often did you come across other hikers?
- What was the wildlife and vegetation like? (time index 0:42:49)
- Coming to this walk as overseas hikers, were there any complexities that you had to deal with? e.g. transport, food etc (time index 0:50:48)
- What were the trail highlights for you? (time index 0:56:13)
- Identify the key ones
- Were there any lowlights?
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- Major negatives
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- Would you recommend this trail and if so, for who? (time index 1:04:35)
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One final question
- What’s your next great hiking adventure (time index 01:08:18)
- Final thoughts (time index 01:10:15)
- Close (time index 1:21:54)
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Looking back to St Bees at the start of the trail (photos by Amanda and Paul)
Amanda and Paul Day 3 in the Lakes District (photos by Amanda and Paul)
Ennerdale Water the Lakes District (photos by Amanda and Paul)
Kirby Stephens Cumbria Day 8 signage (photos by Amanda and Paul)
Summit of Heartly Fells in the Pennine Hills (photos by Amanda and Paul)
View from the accomodation day 9 Yorkshire Dales (photos by Amanda and Paul)
The cliffs heading into Robin Hoods Bay towards the trail end (photos by Amanda and Paul)
Amanda and Paul at Robin Hoods Bay trail end (photos by Amanda and Paul)
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