New Walks in Central Nottinghamshire ... and Beyond

In the days after we returned home there was some interest from the local media in our walk because my sister and I were so young. I don't know who had contacted them but we did an interview with BBC Radio Nottingham and local newspapers the Newark Advertiser and Mansfield CHAD. We also had our photos taken by the papers with the one below being my favourite. We joined the Pennine Way Club, which we had found out about at the Pen-y-Ghent cafe, and received this cloth badge. However, the Club folded a few years ago. The walk was the first long-distance trail of many that I have done since. As a family we attempted but didn't complete Offa's Dyke Path two years later. On my own, in 1989 I started walking from Land's End to John o'Groats but soon stopped after getting bad blisters. However, I managed to do it in short stages between 2004 and 2010 taking in the South West Coast Path, Cotswold Way, West Highland Way and Great Glen Way. I have also done par

Start: Cheviot Camp Finish: Kirk Yetholm Distance Walked: 23 miles Total Distance Walked: 263 miles We were up at dawn to begin the long trek through the Cheviot hills and complete the Pennine Way. Much of the early part of the day was very close to the Border Fence between England and Scotland with views of the hills and valleys. We saw a mountain shelter hut in the distance. The path was decent, on grass and with the lack of rain wasn't too boggy. We saw very few people although as we neared the Cheviot later in the morning we weren't completely alone. The Cheviot is the highest point in the eponymous range of hills and lies a mile off the main Pennine Way route. The area around it is featureless and quite uninspiring with the summit rumoured to be wet and peaty. We weren't tempted to make the detour to the top and back. We climbed the last hill in England, Windy Gyle, before crossing the border for the last time and entering Scotland for good.