Why? – long distance paths

Long distance paths

I created my route by joining up long distance paths, and then filling in the bits with my own invented routes.   I got all the details from the Long Distance Walkers’ Association website (see banner above).

In case you’re interested, the long distance paths that I walked all or parts of, from south to north, are as follows (those with the suffix “Connector” are my own inventions):

  • South West Coastal Path
  • Minehead Connector
  • Celtic Way
  • Summits of Avon
  • Offas Dyke
  • Wye Valley
  • Snowdonia Gower
  • Welsh coastal
  • Mersey Connector
  • Lancaster Canal
  • Thirlmere Way
  • Head to Head
  • Scafell Connector
  • Cumbria Way
  • Carlisle Connector
  • Annandale Way
  • Border Connector
  • Clyde Walkway
  • Kelvin Walkway
  • West Highland Way
  • Nevis Connector
  • North to the Cape (aka Cape Wrath Trail)
  • Sutherland Trail
  • Thurso Connector
My route, as originally constructed by joining up long distance paths. The timings proved inaccurate as I walked faster than I had planned, and I varied the route compared to that shown, to adapt to local circumstances
My route, as originally constructed by joining up long distance paths. The timings proved inaccurate as I walked faster than I had planned, and I varied the route slightly, compared to that shown, to adapt to local circumstances

In the end, I didn’t follow these routes slavishly – sometimes I had to cut out bits (e.g. parts of the South West path when my knees got too painful and I had to road-walk) and parts of the Cape Wrath Trail (when I found the extreme remoteness was getting just too challenging).

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