Keen readers will remember that last year my wife, Ariane, and I completed a 12 day walk in Northern England called the Coast-to-Coast. We both enjoyed it more than we expected and found that we loved multi-day walking and camping. So this year, we decided to do it again. This time we picked a shorter route, which crossed one of our favourite places – the Yorkshire Dales.

The logistics required to tackle this route were easy for us. The start point is only a half-hour drive away from my Dad‘s house and there is a 2-hour rail connection which brings you back to the start once you‘ve completed the trail. I liked the idea of starting in the back garden of where I grew up and gradually easing into the hilly wilderness of the Yorkshire Dales.

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