Hiking 100 Miles Across the Yorkshire Dales | Taking on the Centurion

It's going to be another scorching day apparently. Still each breath [music] cut through [music] my skin. >> Leave no trace. And we're off. [music] I've checked and there are weather warnings for this heat wave to persist and get up to record breaking highs of 34 bank holiday. >> A load of lap wings. So, they're probably nesting around here and they're just circling me, screeching, trying to get me to do one. Lovely bird and I will do one. That's where we woke up. Top of Great Wide along here and we've come down through this valley and we're here and we're off to the top of there. You got to sort of weave around the boggy bits. Nothing too mental, but I got wet feet, but it's quite refreshing. Not been talking much because I can't. It's I'm too hot. It just sort of saps you. Boils your brain. I haven't found any water. I've got a few glugs left that I'm rationing. That's priority number one now is just get it down, march on, and get some wonderful H2O. Thanksgiving to God, the Parker family and local people. And in memory of five Polish RAF airmen who died here on 13th of the 11th, 1942, buried in Newark, the survivor. Well, that's a mad one, is it? Look at that. There we are. Upper Warfdale. after we're getting in the shade for a minute. Oh, that's nice. Taking it out of my brain. According to me map, it looks like I've got a bit of a trek before I come to anything that even looks like water. So, I'm just going to pace myself. Just I've got a couple of mouthfuls. I'll just sip on that and not exert myself too much. I love it when people have put these huge York stone flags down so you can just really crunch out the miles. Summit at Buckston Pike on a bank holiday Monday quart to 11. Lot of soul. Only one here. Everyone's in Lake District, mate. Don't tell anyone about this. Don't tell anyone about the Yorkshire Dales. This bit's nice, mate. Not much of a path at all. It just feels remote. There's just no one about. Lovely little bit of solitude. M. Have I even got it right way? Is there a path? There doesn't look like one over all that. Look. Tough little section with just the way the ground is. Some bits are boggy. Some bits are like little holes everywhere. Medic. >> I was born in the river one day. [music] Wash me clean and cold. Oh Lord, I won't come [music] home till the river runs dry my hand. I was born in the mountain air. It shook me to its peak. [music] Oh Lord, I won't come home till the mountains had it say. Oh [music and singing] Lord, I won't come home. I won't come home to play. Oh Lord, I won't come home till the river [music] runs dry. My friend, >> I just had shooting just had shooting pains through me because of all the the bog and how wet it was. The blister patches had come off and just caused havoc. So, I've just been sat here 15, 20 minutes drying my feet out, drying my shoes out, and I've swapped me socks for dry socks. These are toe socks. It was hurting too much, man. I couldn't walk on it. So, hopefully this will give it a bit of rest bite. I need some more comped. I've run out run out run out of comped. So, I need to get some more. But you know I am aware that I need water more than anything really. So it's so [snorts] hot mate. Oh I keep saying it but it really is a heat wave. Chilly heat wave. Look. First bit of shade. medic. [sighs] That's nice. [laughter] Nice and cooling. It's not quite a drink yet, though. My throat is seizing up. It's getting harder to swallow. Any puddle, any bit of water is getting it from now. It's just anything, anything to wet my whistle. >> Civilization. There's no shops or pubs or anything in this bit. I don't know if this is a private bench or not. Parish council, so that's all right. I don't know when I'm going to pass some more water. So, I'm going to make the most of this. I've just got these two of these um 850 mil bottles. I'm going to fill one now. Put some electrolytes in it and just neck it and then neck a full one of just pure water and then fill two up. Unbelievable. So happy that one's got electrolytes in. This is getting two sachets of instant coffee. We're experimenting out here. Some sweetener and some sugar. Let it all melt in a little bit. and you've got yourself uh a cappuccino. Call that a poor man's cappuccino. So, it was just like one of them ones you get at shop. Worse, I guess. This is going to be unreal. Absent friends. Oh my god. Oh, feel it going down. Ah, actually hurts a bit. Ah, wow. Oh, feel it in. I can feel it working through me. Not been that thirsty for quite a while. I think I might be sick. Done too much. I shouldn't have necked it all. Oh, it's okay. Oh, wow. We're back. Says West Burton, one mile this way, which looks like nice walking. My mindset's completely changed. I was uh consumed with thirst, which is a crazy crazy experience. People who are doing it, who are going to do this hike, take every opportunity to fill your bottles with your filters. I would even bring bigger bottles and then you'd be all right. That's coffee kicking in that. Oh, coffee making me think I can do walk backs. The faith that this bloke's got in this twig is I just wish someone had that much faith in me. Beautiful and quaint. Just leading me towards this village. Always shadow there cuz that seems to be just always up my back. And then just looking out for the tiny little gates in the wall which I do appreciate appreciate. That shade is good. It's probably the smallest one yet. Look at that. Got to go through it, aren't you? I just got through that little gate. I just stood it road and I just went like that cuz I was just exhausted. And uh this woman was like, "Oh, we all feel like that sometimes." Bloody old deer sunbathing in her garden. I apologized profusely for my profanities and we had a good little chat and she said, "You're only 200 yards from Alo. So that's nice." Don't know if any of you know what this will be, but it is I believe a kits pitch where you throw metal hoops or horseshoes from one to other kits. That pub was too good. Loads of lovely people there. Beer looked lovely. It looked too good. I thought if I have one in here, that would be me. 4:00. It's still just as hot as the midday sun. Hotest do you don't know if I've mentioned it. And we're going to just keep going. Tonight would have been maybe the night to get a B&B or in a pub or something like that with air con and a cold shower. To be honest, I don't fancy setting up the wigwam and getting in it in this heat. Atrocious behavior. Still doing it, aren't I? I'm cooked. I'm cooked. I've been out in it all day. I need some rest bite from it. I am cooked. Always shoot your gate. I've got to do it. There's no way that I can spend the rest of the day out in this. I've already spent too long. A helicopter going up. I'll bring you some some shots at food. See what the room's like. We'll do a review of it. See what this booze is like. cuz you might want to stop here on if you're doing it as well. You've got lots of options, but this might be one of them that you choose. Someone's private helicopter. Look, who do you think it is? Vinnie Jones. Oh, it's nice and cool. Oh, it's got everything I need, mate. Look at that. Oh yes, smush. We're living like kings. What's view like that'll do me like? That'll do me. Cold water, huge telly, somewhere to hang me duds and a shower. Oh yeah. And uh there was just like four or five old farmer guys in corner talking about eggs. Just like when did you last a boiled egg? And he's like, "Well, it's been a while. I've been having musli every morning." I thought that is for me top quality chats. I felt like wing in. You're talking just a stranger at the bar sipping whiskey. Are you talking eggs, boys? And then just get into it. Y'all ever had an eggs benedict? Get him big to I'm going to get a cold shower and let's go and have a wet Welcome to everybody's favorite time, map time. Great Wside. We made it to Great Wside after an exhilarating day on the trail. A tough first day on the trail. Um, woke up here and straight away I knew it was going to be a hot day. It was baking. So we come along here, we drop down uh this is where all the curus were and the birds. Lovely for uh bird spotting actually over this road. Now I don't know if you can see under me pen there, but it's uh it's tracks like this, not green tracks like this. And I found that with tracks like this and these little tracks, you roll the dice a little bit. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're not so good. And this was quite remote and quite boggy in parts up to top out on Bookton Pike. And I'm glad I did. It was very remote and I imagine in winter it would be a tough gig, but um I did enjoy it in the end, but it is very remote and you need to keep looking at your map because the paths aren't that very well defined. So off we go down here. Grouse Butts. There is a lot of grouse but a lot of grouse shooting down here over Nbury Hill. We start to descend. This is where I was getting super thirsty. Hit this little bit of road work here. Thankfully, see this spring that's fed from Milbeck Springs. Comes down here and that was my life source. That was where that was where I got my water and I was so grateful for it. And that gave me a spring in my step. Now we get to here. You can choose whichever way you want to go. I went this bottom way. It was really nice. And then up through the fields into West Burton. And there's a shop, a pub. You can get your head down here. I didn't didn't even have a pint. Just cracked on through these farm fields. Saw a oyster catcher around here somewhere. It was quite nice. Lots of alouses around there near Agaff and Agaff Falls. It was very busy at the falls. A lot of piss wizards uh with ghetto blasters and all that cuz it was the bank holiday and it was a heat wave. So um I gave that a wide birth. On we go. Says van there cuz that's where I've parked me van for another hike. But so we ignore that. And here we are. What a wonderful a house. That was the right move, mate. Washed and dried me socks and duds, filled me water bottles up, charged my power bank, had a wonderful feed and a good night's sleep, and got out of that sun. Had a cold shower as soon as I got in there, as cold as it could go. Just drop my temperature. And what a place the wheat chief and the women who run it were just so warm and friendly. Just decent people. Yeah, I recommend it very much. If you're doing this hike, that's definitely worth a stop in there. It's all homecooked food. It's not like ponyy and, you know, using jew and all that sort of malak. It's just honest good home-cooked food. Good beer selection. Perfect. See the castle in the distance? I've just nearly talked myself into an early goof. This is my break. This is what I love to do. So, although I do love to push it and get as much done as I can and uh put myself out of my comfort zone a bit, I feel like this is not the time to do it. This is the time to amble and meander through the delightful Yorkshire Dales. There you go. That's good presenting that, ain't it? Cut. Cut to now back to you in the studio. All these lads early morning and they're already hiding in the shade. Mind you, I've got woolly jumpers on, so that must be hard work. Someone's left it open, which is a bit of a shame. It's nice, isn't it? No latch, but does the business. Looks well. It's just amazing for birds this hike. Amazing. That is dedication, isn't it? Look at this place, mate. It's an absolute hole. There's an oyster catcher, lapwing, and a curu. All just in the same area. I've joined the Harriet way. I believe it's the Harriet way. It's a hike that I've done in the past. You come the other way. So, I'm sort of I've joined it and I'm going in reverse. Castle Bolton. Let's have a look. Bolton Castle was built by Sir Richard Lcrope who was Lord Chancellor to the England captain David Beckham back in [laughter] and is still owned by a direct descendant of David [music] Beckham. Bolton Beckham the lesserk known son of David Beckham. Bolton Beckham. Construction of the castle. Oh, construction of the castle began in 1378 and it took around 18 years to build it. It was designed as a fortified residence rather than simply being a military base. The castle's most famous resident besides David Beckham who would frequently visit was Mary Queen of Scots who was held in custody there in 1568. I think you'll agree it's a wonderful looking castle. Stunning area that lovely and so quaint. But now we are heading up away from civilization and over the mu. It's day three and we haven't had a swim yet. So [snorts] we need to rectify that. We're up on top the Mland. Looks like a decent track. Not much going on up here. Grouse hunting. This is grouse hunting territory where people pay big money to come and uh hang out in these hides and blast game birds. It's nice showcasing the county that I was born and raised in. Nice soft roof holding all stone together. Nice to lay on. Keeps it camouflaged from above. And they're dotted all the way along here and all the way through this valley. Filmmaker at day award. These are the sort of holidays that make you grow and make you appreciate all the simple things in life. It's a really good reset. Sitting bite pool getting off your face on gin and tonics is a wonderful time. I've just talked myself into it. Right, we're off. Uh it's a wonderful time. But what am I saying? I would love love right now to be around pool with a frosty beverage. [laughter] Oh, just going to go on one about how this is better than sitting around pool with a frosty beverage. Yeah, it is to me. This is my This is my pool and frosty beverage. I tell you what, I've made good time coming over the tops. Them five miles have just flown by. Coast to coast path signs. All brand new AW there for Alfred Way. Right, making good time. So, I've decided not to go to Wreath and just keep going. It's 3 miles to this next place that has a pub and I could maybe film a water there or just filter it on the way. It's off the beaten track, so it's it's not part of the coast to coast. We're back. We're on the Centurion again. There is a a slight path, but it's nothing like we've just had where the Harriet Way and the Coast to Coast all converge. We're back out onto uh paths less trod. And this does follow a river. And I'm hoping beyond hope that I get my my spot. In my mind, it's just a plunge pool deep enough for me to lie down in to submerge my full body just away from everyone. bit of peace and quiet where I can just cool my body temperature and just splash about a bit. This is a lovely section. All the wild flowers in the grass mic. So I go down here and then we cross over a river and that is I think the last river that I see today. So, I'm just hoping that it's got summit for me. That's deep enough. And I'm going in. In my mind, it's just a plunge pool. Deep enough for me to lie down in to submerge my full body. Just away from everyone. Bit of peace and quiet where I can just cool my body temperature and just splash about a bit. What a beautiful old bridge as well. The Yorkshire Dales, mate. going about. Oh mate, this is as good as it gets. As good as it gets. King Fisher. [laughter] See, best bit ever. Best life bit. Frolicking. Is this frolicking? I think it is, isn't it? Don't be ashamed to frolic mate. Right, I'll turn you off, but I'm coming back in here. I'm staying in here for a bit. 10 out of 10. What an unbelievable dip. That was the perfect spot. My last comped come off though. I am bare now. No comped at all. Yeah, the only place that will sell compedes is Kirk B Steven, which is another 20 miles from here. It's uh it's it's I'd have to I'm mumbling and stuttering my words. I can't speak properly. That swim's just like blown me away. I stayed in for ages just swimming about till I got really cold and then got out and just the sun warming me through. That's what I want to talk about. That's what I find it easy to talk about. But I'm trying when I'm like trying to give you a trip report and tell you about where I'm going and I I lose interest. I just keep cuz I keep reminding myself that all right, you're making a this is a hiking video showcasing this hike. People who will watch this might want to do this hike and people might watch it in years to come thinking, "Oh, I want to do like a challenging hike in the Yorkshire Dales and this is the one that they'll choose." And I'm just waffling on about being in water and being all peaceful and then getting out and the sun being on me and seeing King Fisher. Yeah, [laughter] that's what I want to talk about. [sighs] Cuz when you're like, I got three miles to get to Diggly Bits and then it's another three miles to Fiddledon. Yeah. Keep it, keep it, keep it, ref little babbling, bro. Look at this. Look, they are there's no little gates. There's been about three of these where he's just collapsed the wall. It's a wash with insects and birds and rabbits and wombles and crabs. Look at this section here, man. Just a lovely little path in the shade following the river. This is what it's all about, mate. This is lovely stuff. We're just coming into Lenweight now. Pretty as a picture. Beautiful looking pub. Black Sheep Brewery, but it's closed. Look, it's closed. It's pretty much the midday sun all day. And it's been a good day, but the heat has started to get me. started to give me that fizzy headache. What's this medic and the [snorts] old tingly skin? Charles Bathurst in this one might be closed as well. Yeah. Look at this big tournament style kit pitch. Look what I've gone and got. Look sheep. Not really. Look, just such a good boozer. What we done today, mate? Come on. Just went in to get a pint of Coke and some crisps, whatever. But couldn't resist, mate. Just having a bit of a chat to last behind bar saying uh I says, "I can't believe you're open till they're open every day 11 till 11." I was like, "That's who's who's putting them shifts in?" She was like, "You'll be surprised." ged me up. It ged me up and I was like, "Well, I'll have a pint then." If people are drinking from 11 till 11, I'll have one at 400 p.m. Anyway, absent friends. That's the one. Wow. Oh, that's good. Bert knows his I don't know what the rooms are like. Don't know what the food's like. The vibe is good. Anywhere with that many kits, is good. Staying here cuz it's heatwave, isn't it? It's a heat wave. So, safety. I'll go and get in shade and um just have a look at the map. to make a plan. But if this cuts, this just cuts to like my dinner tonight in here or my room or map time or something. Cool. There we are. See that kid there? That kid Is this guy beautiful stuff? It's massive. Look at this pool table. I'll be taking out a few at locals cuz that's one of my one of my secret things is pool darts. Dice cos >> right day three up a wonderful breakfast and we're off. The wind beneath my wings. Lovely walking here. I just I kept I did a few walkbacks cuz I just couldn't believe how quaint it was. The birds singing, the weather was lovely. Um the heat of the sun hadn't properly kicked in. Absolutely wonderful behavior [snorts] through West Bolton and to Bolton. To Castle Bolton, the wonderful Castle Bolton. We come up and we're going up over the tops now. Lovely walking this. It was just a fivemile stretch over the tops. It was very decent under foot. So, this bit just flew by. A lot of grass shooting along here as well. So, we join up with the road here. It's a very quiet road. No cars went past me. And down we go over the cattle grid into Grinton. There's a pub there you could stop at. Don't know how good it is, but there is an air house there. And then you've got Wreath here. There's a few different hikes that come through here. And you've got the option of a few different pubs and shops. I gave that a swerve. And off we go on the Centurion. I love this bit. This bit was wonderful. Just following this river, very hot I was. And uh then just finding this bit of a swim here was it was heavenly. It was it was got to be top three swims of my life, I think, was unbelievable. And uh along we go past this farm. Now, you could go across here and follow this path on this side. It looked quite nice. and maybe more access to the river on this side. But this is the side I stuck to and it was very nice indeed. Over the river inter lengthway a house there that was closed and then we hit the road and up we go to this a house. What a haven. And there is where I got my head down for night three. It's half 8 and we're off the start of day three. That's it for pubs and accommodation. We're wild camping for the rest of it now because the temperatures have dropped a little bit and there's a few clouds in the sky. We leave this road. Caution mine shafts. Try not to get lost, which has been a worry. I've just been sat this morning looking at my map linking all these little trails together which are sometimes on the map but then in reality they're not there as I found out on day two. Was it day two? On day two. How many days am I in here? One, two. This is day four. Is it one, two, three? Yeah, day four. Oh, mate. Well, I said day three. Welcome to day four. So, we're going over tops [snorts] and looking at the map, it's like just a collection of different styles of track that have linked together. And obviously with it not being a recognized route, there's no definitive path with signposts and stuff. Not yet. Anyway, I'm hoping we can get this one recognized. I think the Yorkshire Dales would benefit from it and I think people would enjoy it cuz so far it's been excellent. Yesterday was stunning. Such a lovely hike. But I'm mining out the kinks, aren't I? If there I could end up down a mine shaft here. We don't know. I've downloaded the OS map onto my watch as well. If I do a a wrong turn, it'll beep at me. Hey, Hazy, you're going the wrong way. You've already been to the ale house today. All right, watch. Watch this. Some sort of furnaces. Maybe they look like they were maybe furnaces. And this is maybe a little mine mine area. Could be wrong. Probably am wrong. Okay, this thing cordoned off. I'm guessing this is one of our mines. You don't want to be standing in there. There's no defined path. Have I maybe gone wrong? I mean, it says it with an arrow pointing this way. Unless I've maybe gone wrong way back there. We're back on track. What's this? That goes down quite deep. That's a mine shaft. Give that a wide birth. There are parts of this hike that are like so remote. Some of the most remote places in England, I reckon. But I'm just following these stakes with the blue tops on them. They seem to be sending me in the right direction so far. They also seem to have disappeared. I'll tell you, mate, you won't want to be up here when weather turns. What says ye? How deep is it? Is it a mine shaft? Am I going to How deep is it? Minecraft. Whoa. I'm scared of it. I think I got my head down and I marched along [music] this wonderful ridge, Gary Goodidge. And this ridge was popularized in the [music] late 2000s by a celebrity, a Nepo baby called Brooklyn [music] Beck. There's a lovely red tractor there. I should have stopped and shown you that cuz it was mint. Uh Brooklyn [snorts] Beckham used to walk this with his [music] dad, David, back in the day. And uh it's now called Anyway, by that's the Tan Hill Inn. It's the highest pub in the British Isles. It looks open and we need to support local boozers, don't we? Because for some reason they're on the decline. I think the culture's changed. Or is it because this government's just rinsed us so much that we ain't even got any money or time to go to the pub? Is it a thing of the past where people would do a hard day's work and then go to the pub, four or five pints, back home, bit of tea, bed, repeat? Is that gone now? Because people are just slaves now, aren't we? We're just pushed so hard for so little. And is it the end of the day you're knackered? And do you really want to be doing four or five pints a night and then feeling like the next day? Is it that has the culture changed? The young people aren't going, are they? Apparently, the young people aren't going to the A house as much. Do we still need the British pub? I think yes. Cuz when I look at that, I see just a beacon of hope. And the pubs that I've stopped in along the way, happy to support them. Beacons of hope. Loneliness can is a killer. And in that first boozer, the wheat chief that I was stayed in on the morning, there was a two tables set for one. There was one for me and there was another one there and it had a paper set up on it and already had some cornflakes set out. And they were like, "Oh, no, that's like Ron or whatever." And then this old boy must have been in his 90s came down. He started reading paper and all the ladies were just fussing over him. And I just thought, you know what, he that he's probably widowed and he just gets that lovely warm people looking after him, a bit of a refuge. You don't need to get pissed here. You can go to a pub and just just have some snacks and a soft drink like I'm going to now chat to a few locals. I think they're important and I think they're a part of our culture and I think we should support the boozers as best we can. I think our drinking culture is a bit skew with like going out on a Saturday night and just getting absolutely on it and making city centers a no-go area. That's something else. But your local boozers, they do need support cuz they're uh they're going under rapidly. And I don't know why. I guess it's all the things that I've just mentioned in it. But if you know any other reasons, let me know. highest a house in the British Isles. Uh 1,700 ft. It's got huge generators generating all its own electricity. Big snowmobiles cuz I bet it gets proper remote and snowed in. And it is the roughly the halfway point on the Penine Way as well. So that's a nice little stop off. I had a pint of Diet Pepsi with ice, no food, bounced. Got to keep my wits about me because there is a turnoff. And now this is the bit where I was scratching my head because it's defined on the OS map. The defining line is just the national park. It's the defining line for all national parks. And I think I've plotted to walk. I think I've seen it as a route when really it's just the edge of the national park. Someone's ripped it off so that it just says, "Well, we come to come." L, how dare you? What we got? As I feared, I have used the border between Cumbria H and the national park as a hiking path when it's not. So, it's going to have to be a map time from here, I'm afraid. We'll see what my options are. Got a bit of a mare there. I can't risk just heading off across the motor, can I? Can I? No, I can't, mate. No. Oh, I've got all the way back. This is Oh, stay positive. Come on. We're all right. Right back. Back here. And it's this one. Heartbreaking behavior. [snorts] Map time's just going to be It's going to be triggering, isn't it? It's going to be embarrassing. Raven Sea, three mile. Beautiful thing. It's be rotten. Thanks for your service. We'll go down to this bridge that's taken his place. And look at this signpost, mate. Nalled. Look at the size of these unitets. You get one of walking over you nets. Uh I only wear cashmere from M&S, mate. Now I'll do a normal one in case that was a little bit too fruity. Might have been a bit too fruity for bushcraft dads. Bit too fruity for bushcraft ads, would it? No, everything happens for a reason. And this way, this new way is lovely. Very pleased with it. And you have to be. What am I going to do? Just beat myself up if I got it wrong way. No, you just play the cards you dealt. And this is a good hand. A pleasure to be joining the coast to coast path. This has worked out brilliantly. Lovely [snorts] little detour. And now we're joining the coast to coast path up to uh nine standards which has all been from what I gather redone cuz when I was coming through there many moons ago it was very boggy. And now I think they've just they've paved everything. They put them big um York stone slabs down, new signposts everywhere. So, it should be quite a nice little bit this. I remember coming through here as well. Just as I came down that hill, I looked down. I was like, I remember that bit of road. There was a chicken on it and I kept thinking, ah, I could do a joke here about there being a chicken on the road or crossing the road or something. No, I don't think I did it, but something to do with a chicken. And here's the chickens. Funny stuff. Look at them. They're roof tiles with little holes in them. Got holes in them. York stone roof tiles. Here's me chickens. Medic. You remember me from coast to coast. I was going the You probably won't recognize me cuz I'm going the wrong way. Right. These lads are just doing the coast to coast. >> What's your names? >> Jerry. >> Jack. >> Jerry and Jack boy band. >> It's Tom and Jerry. >> It's Tom and Jerry. And I'm just going to give you a knuckles on vid if that's all right. >> Yeah, mate. That was a weak one. Sorry, mate. >> Sorry, mate. >> Uh, and there you go. They're doing it. And have you is it cuz it's been redone and it >> not? Yeah, they got a lot of new stuff. >> On the way up to the nine standards, have they sorted that boggy bit out? Is it >> have they hid it's quite easy to get to now? >> There you go. Top tips from the boys. >> So I've been like just on me to on me in me own thoughts doing this Centurion which is no longer the Centurion cuz the map ain't right. So this is somewhere else now. Is it the Haze 100? Yeah. Within minutes of joining the coast to coast [snorts] I bump into a couple of lads. had a nice little chat. And it is nice that to have people on the trail who you can chat to and [snorts] you're like, "Oh, where you planning to get to today and where have you come from?" It's a nice little thing. I hope that people bump into each other in years to come and have a chat like that like where have you come from, how far have you got to go, are you doing the centurion? Yeah. It fills my heart with joy. Since it became a national trail, they've added all these new bits. Lovely stuff. Look at the glory. Wow. Wow. You've got to you've just got to you've got to respect it. The work. Come here. Yeah, it's it's just a single path, but these things weigh an absolute ton, mate. Went absolute ton and they're all butied up lovely. This is excellent. So, yeah, however long ago it was, 8 years, 9 years when I did the uh coast to coast, none of this was here. And uh I remember coming through this bit and it was just a bogggy mess and hard to to navigate because there was no path cuz everyone just sort of must have dispersed to uh best deal with the bog. Them two lads, the JJs we'll call them said that they stayed in Black Bull last night and the new ad stayed in the Black Bull when I did it. Um, so they've only come from K. Whoa. Kirk B Steven, what are you doing, lads? It's taking you a while. I love it. Look at that. It's curved round to meet up with stone. [panting and sighs] Be still my beating heart. Look at this. Straight from from stone. Boom. over at Boggy Bit back onto stone. Yesesh. And if you're watching this Jay and Jay, I hope you I hope you got to the end. Okay. And I hope you managed to chuck your stones in the North Sea and get yourself a pint of Wayne right in Robin's Bay. Magical stuff, lads. Magical stuff. Oh, this is interesting. Nine Standards rig. The Lake District is the Nine Standards rig. It's been lovely and windy. Sorry if you can't hear anything, but it's made it very cooling. Her foot's hurting a little bit where all me I've got no blister patches on, so I've just blisters have uh well, just all me blisters are hurting. That's all really, but trying not to focus on that. I stopped. I'm about a mile and a half out of Kirby Stevens. What's it called? Is it Kirby Stevens or Steven? It doesn't matter. I'm thinking of pitching here. I'll get a nice sunset and it means that I can go into Kirk Stevens tomorrow and the the shop will be open so I can get some blister patches. I've only had me breakfast today and it's now 25 6 and I don't want my hungry brain to be making decisions. So, I'm going to have this and then see where me head's at. Usual stuff. Toes [snorts] 500 titanium pot. That's all I need. I don't do any cooking really. I just boil water to put my camp meals in. What? I just boil water to put in my camp meals. Brain's gone to mush. Mush brain. Sto wind master pot stand makes a world of difference. I mean it skinted me staying in a house last night. I was only supposed to stay in once. Me spoon is just a wooden spoon. It was made for me by Joey D. Pastor Carbonara. Thanks. Got my sun on. You might be thinking, well, why didn't you put that on when it was the heat wave? Too hot. I don't know. That's the point, but I tried it out. It was just too hot. It was ridiculous cuz just having [snorts] some against me skin and me hood up was too much. Right, there it is. Not bad. Sunset from the Buddha. This tent is so loud. This is my sleep setup. I've got the flex tail wedge thing to know the uh Neoare XM three season quilt there. Lightened equipment. And uh and that's me. And uh Oh my god, you heard it. Honestly, it's like a crisp packet. Really loud. And then [screaming] look at that. Yes, Bonnie. This is the worst ever, mate. It's so so loud. It's just caving in, man. Oh my god. There we go. A wonderful stay in this pub. Can't recommend it enough if you do do this hike. Definitely drop in there for a gauge. On we go. A nice bit of road work to start the day along this quiet road just to get the legs working to here. And then we're off onto the mowers. Uh there was a few bits along here that I got a little bit lost. I had to double back on myself. But on we go over West Mo along Anna side edge. Lovely this lovely views. Stopped in there for a fizzy drink and then on we go. This is where I goofed. Let's get to the other map. I followed this road because I'd seen this which is the defining line for the national park and it had linked it I'd linked that on my OS map. If I zoom out, you can see it goes down here across the mower and over to nine standards rig where this is where I was going to be going anyway. Um, but if I pan out as well, you can see that this is the alternate route that I did around. So, it's probably put a little bit of extra time on, but it is a lovely um a lovely route. But once I got up here, I looked back and there was a path going off here. So, I mean, if you want to try it, you can. But from here, it didn't look there wasn't a path from here. So, whether you just keep going and the path materializes, I don't know. But I wasn't going to risk it because look at that. There's all sorts going on there and you just you're off at mower. There could be some beautiful stuff along here, but I wasn't about to risk it for a biscuit. So, I followed this little road and then we cut off here. over that wonderful bridge. Some lovely views and it is a lovely route to come this heading down and then we join on to the coast to coast. Got to around here we bumped into them lads and then we keep going. Now this you can see this path here is a that is one of them paths that is a nothing path really and that's how it used to be. It used to just be just make your way through this boggy area, but it's all been redone since the coast to coast became a national trail. It's all been flagged with them wonderful pavers and so it was quite easy walking up here and to the nine standards and the stones started to come down towards Kirk B. even and decided to call it here for night four. And that is where the weather turned on me. Thanks for joining me. If you haven't subscribed already, please consider subscribing. Hit the bell notification to be notified of the next upload and I'll see you soon. >> Hop on the front door. It's like midnight. Midnight midnight midnight. Don't lose [music] your grip cuz you might you might fall out again. I'll fight with Need for Speed. I'm not [music] I'm not switching the lane. Pick up the pace through like that. I'm back to the base. Yeah.