Thankyou everyone who gave me advice and posted there memories
I Completed it yesterday and what can I say. I’ve done some silly things in my time like Lands End to John O Groats and Coast to Coast in a day on my bike, but this was the toughest thing I’ve ever done,
42 miles took 16.5 hours.
I went from loving the North Yorkshire moors to never wanting to see Heather ever again.
I did the Yorkshire 3 peaks last year which was just as tough physicall even though it’s 18 miles shorter but not as mentally tough, the changes of scenery keeps you going on the Y3P whereas once your on top of the moors there’s no change in the landscape, and all you pass on the whole route is lordstones cafe (no good at 5am
) and the lion inn, no farms literally nothing, you forget just how remote the moors are, whilst walking there’s very little to base distances on so it’s as much of a mental challenge as a physical.
And the last 10 miles broke me but we dug in and got it boshed off
Overall I’m glad I got it ticked off, would I do it again? No. Did I enjoy it? No but I’ll look back further down the line and the tough moments will turn into the good memories I’m really glad I accomplished it
I Completed it yesterday and what can I say. I’ve done some silly things in my time like Lands End to John O Groats and Coast to Coast in a day on my bike, but this was the toughest thing I’ve ever done,
42 miles took 16.5 hours.
I went from loving the North Yorkshire moors to never wanting to see Heather ever again.
I did the Yorkshire 3 peaks last year which was just as tough physicall even though it’s 18 miles shorter but not as mentally tough, the changes of scenery keeps you going on the Y3P whereas once your on top of the moors there’s no change in the landscape, and all you pass on the whole route is lordstones cafe (no good at 5am
) and the lion inn, no farms literally nothing, you forget just how remote the moors are, whilst walking there’s very little to base distances on so it’s as much of a mental challenge as a physical.And the last 10 miles broke me but we dug in and got it boshed off
Overall I’m glad I got it ticked off, would I do it again? No. Did I enjoy it? No but I’ll look back further down the line and the tough moments will turn into the good memories I’m really glad I accomplished it
how Fylingdales BMEWS and then the radio mast at Ravenscar never seem to get any fecking closer once they come into view like some sort of mirage driving you insane. At least it was dry, I've just walked the Loose Howe to Shunner stretch this afty and the 'usual bog' wasn't too bad and the clay path later on was bone hard.
