Walking The Pennine Way When I Was Eleven - Stage 6: (Stanbury Moor to Thornton in Craven)
Start: Stanbury Moor Finish: Thornton in Craven Distance: 12 miles Total Distance Walked: 64 miles We set off from our rough camp site on Stanbury Moor at 9 o'clock and soon joined a track and left the moor. We departed from the official Pennine Way route to go to the village of Stanbury where we bought some postcards. The road walking on this section hurt my feet. After this diversion which added a couple of miles to the rout we rejoined the Pennine Way for some rather uninspiring and cold walking across Ickornshaw Moor. At 1.20 we came down into Cowling and stopped for lunch at the Black Bull where a sign invited walkers to remove their boots before entering. On the climb out of Cowling we were met by the sound of jet fighters flying low overhead. Villages were now occurring on the route more often than in the early stages of the walk and only three miles after Cowling we reached Lothersdale where we stopped to buy refreshments. I had a yogur...