Question.
what is 102 miles long,
and has a height gain of 3005 meters ?
Answer.
the Dales Way,
when walked from East to West
my "Dales Way" route
October 1998
Start |
|
Finish |
|
Camp
at |
Height |
Running |
Distance |
Running |
Location |
Time |
Location |
Time |
|
Gain |
Total |
For
Day |
Total |
| Day One |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leeds
(Marsden Monument) |
8.33 |
Ilkley |
18.33 |
side
of river
(just west |
645 |
645 |
19 |
19 |
Ilkley |
20.40 |
Addingham |
21.15 |
of
Addingham bypass) |
20 |
665 |
and
1.5 |
20.5 |
| Day Two |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addingham |
10.15 |
Bolton Abbey |
12.12 |
campsite
(by river) |
|
|
|
|
Bolton Abbey |
13.00 |
Appletreewick |
|
west
of Appletreewick) |
245 |
910 |
10.5 |
31 |
| Day Three |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Appletreewick |
8.55 |
Grassington |
10.15 |
bunkhouse |
|
|
|
|
Grassington |
11.45 |
Kettlewell |
14.30 |
at
Grange farm |
|
|
|
|
Kettlewell |
14.55 |
Hubberholme |
17.00 |
(just
before Hubberholme) |
375 |
1285 |
15.7 |
46.7 |
| Day Four |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grange
Farm |
8.52 |
Cam
Houses |
12.25 |
wild
camp |
|
|
|
|
Cam
Houses |
12.50 |
Gearstones |
14.30 |
at
Dent Head viaduct |
|
|
|
|
Gearstones
(B6255 Road) |
14.40 |
Dent
Head (viaduct |
16.50 |
|
620 |
1905 |
14.5 |
61.2 |
| Day Five |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dent
Head |
8.40 |
Dent |
11.35 |
caravan
park (just west of |
|
|
|
|
Dent |
12.50 |
Brigflatts |
17.25 |
Brigflatts
- closed for winter) |
250 |
2155 |
13.2 |
74.4 |
| Day Six |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brigflatts |
9.15 |
Cross
M6 motorway |
12.50 |
farm
(on outskirts of |
|
|
|
|
M6
motorway |
12.55 |
Burnside |
16.50 |
Burnside) |
430 |
2585 |
16 |
90.4 |
| Day Seven |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Burnside |
8.50 |
Marker
Outside Bowness |
12.30 |
walk
complete |
410 |
2995 |
9.4 |
99.8 |
Marker
Stone |
12.40 |
Bowness
(Lake Shore) |
13.00 |
|
10 |
3005 |
and
1.4 |
101.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Note *
Distances include detours into Ilkley,Dent, & Burnside (approximately 2 Miles) |
|
|
average |
429 |
average |
14.45 |
|
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