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A COAST TO COAST WALK
A Coast to Coast Walk was devised by Wainwright himself, and
stretches across 190 miles from St Bees Head on the west coast to Robin
Hood's
Bay on the east, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales,
and North York Moors.
 COAST
TO COAST CAMPAIGN
The Wainwright Society and Striding Edge, which produces the DVD of the walk,
has launched a campaign to have the Coast to Coast officially recognised as
a National Trail.. .. [more]
THE WAINWRIGHT COAST TO COAST CHALLENGE
As part of the Wainwright Society’s initiative to have
the Coast to Coast walk’s status elevated to that of a National
Trail the Society is planning a project which will require significant
participation by members. [more]
COAST TO COAST IN THE NEWS
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for their content or accuracy.
Julia moves from Wainwright Walks on the Lakeland Fells to tackling
the Coast to Coast
Following two successful series of Wainwright Walks, Skyworks Production
Company have been asked by the BBC to produce a series, again fronted
by Julia Bradbury, about AW’s classic walk of the Coast to Coast
from St Bee’s to Robin Hood’s Bay.
Filming for this will be taking place in September 08 and it is expected
that the programmes will be transmitted later in the autumn.
Further details of transmission dates, plus pictures of the filming,
will appear here in September and October.
All things light and beautiful
The Australian - Sydney, Australia
It is when we take a breather by the rocky shores of Innominate Tarn
that we feel the spirit of walking writer Alf Wainwright most keenly
...
Son's coast to coast walk for tragic dad
Blackpool Gazette 10/08/08
By Heather Butler A COAST to Coast challenge is back on in memory of the victims of the Morecambe Bay helicopter disaster. More than a year after Andy ...
Coast walker’s success after friend’s fall
GazetteLive 11/06/08
A STUDENT doctor who bandaged up her friend on a treacherous Lake District path has completed the Coast to Coast walk. Clare Francis, 30, started the ...
Cross country trek for Gaynor
Ilkeston Today 21/05/08
... in aid of Cancer Research. e was devised by legendary hill-walker
Alfred Wainwright and will see Gaynor scaling the heights among the
mountains of the ...
Dad's trek for baby charity
Leigh Reporter 21/04/08
A Dad from Golborne, whose baby girl battled for life after being born
prematurely, is raising funds by attempting the190 mile coast-to-coast
walk from St Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay, in May.
Newlyweds
in 192-mile trek on honeymoon
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn 01/03/08
They will follow Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, which starts at St Bees on
Cumbria's west coast and finishes at Robin Hood's Bay on Yorkshire's east ...
Friends
coast along to raise charity cash
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph 06/12/07
A group of rambling friends have completed the walk of a lifetime to raise almost £4,000
for the British Heart Foundation.
Strolling England, west to east
The Denver Post 28/07/07
Lonely Planet's "Walking in Britain" book is a good introduction to
the country, but if you want to go back to source, Wainwright's "A Coast
to Coast Walk" ...
The
Full Monty
The Telegram, Canada 08/06/07
Devouring a huge breakfast each morning is just one of the challenges (and pleasures)
of England's Coast to Coast walk that takes one through the Lake ...
Walkers complete
epic trek for seafarers
Shipping Times UK 22/05/07
Two intrepid walkers have completed the gruelling 197-mile Coast-to-Coast
Walk from St Bee’s in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay in Yorkshire,
raising awareness of the conditions faced by merchant seafarers and
also money for the work of the Apostleship of the Sea.
Guardian Unlimited 25/08/06
Alfred Wainwright's coast-to-coast walk has brought unexpected
prosperity to backwaters whose economies have long been on the
back foot.
LankaEverything News Desk 28/07/06
Two Sri Lankans will leave their day job behind as they
set out on a 192-mile coast-to-coast walk to raise funds for their
Sri Lankan homeland.
Guardian Unlimited 26/07/06
The Coast to Coast Walk across northern England takes you
through three of the country's finest national parks. But the real
beauty of it is the camaraderie you find along the way.
Jane Lawson and Sue Hanson walked
the Coast to Coast in aid of Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People.
To see how they got on, please visit: www.bmycharity.com/V2/crossingbridges
Farang Untamed Travel 19/11/05
..using only an outdated, 1982 copy of Alfred Wainwright’s
classic A Coast to Coast Walk. Insanely, I decided on the “trekking-lite” approach..
England
on foot
St. Petersburg Times 31/07/2005
He wanted to run across England, from Irish Sea to North Sea, alone. But he knew
he'd need a sensible supporter with a car, a cell phone, a lot of patience -
and love.
Tony Norman - Coast to Coast Walk
ic wales 27/04/05
Tony Norman was approaching the end of a 13-mile trek across some
of Britain's wildest territory when he learned that Sunderland were
back in the Premiership.
Officers' Trek For Worthy Cause
Dearne Today 21/04/05
DEARNE policeman Sam Whitehead is in training to take on the 190-mile
Coast to Coast walk from St Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay.
Coast
walk tops trek to Everest
BBC News 23/11/04
The Coast to Coast walk has been named among the world's best walks ahead of
world-famous hikes to the Inca Trail, Everest and Mont Blanc.
COAST TO COAST LINKS
'BD800 trek' by Bahrain couple
A COUPLE who completed a coast-to-coast walk across England have managed to
raise over BD800 for charity. The married couple managed to complete the
walk with just one blister between them in some of the worst summer storms
on
record.
Tenor
sings his way along Coast-to-Coast route - The Whitehaven News
08/01/04
A
Walk Across England - Smithsonian Magazine - September 2003
The
Sherpa Van Project provides a back-up service for walkers and cyclists
following the Coast to Coast path and other long distance foot trails
and cycle ways in Britain.
Coast2Coast.co.uk provides
detailed route information, a guide to accommodation and other commercial
services offered along the route.
A
Ramblers' Association guide with advice on walking the route, accommodation
contacts and other practical information.
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