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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