Walking in the North Pennines. Paddy Dillon

Walking in the North Pennines

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

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.

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

Access to the countryside

Getting to the North Pennines