Very impressive, Carolyn!
Haha - thanks! I'm still having trouble believing that I'm actually going to do this thing, so we'll see what transpires. Fortunately, it's not camping because you stay in B&Bs along the way, and there is a luggage transfer service that will take your bags from one stop to the next along the way - so we won't have to carry anything on the walk other than daypacks with maps, water & lunch, etc. And we won't have to deal with any major elevation climbs, as it crosses the Pennines at what I recall as being a rather modest elevation of approximately 500 meters.
Yes, MrsPink, on that Wainwright guy - his books are apparently much cherished by many folks & compared to other older travel/walk guides, there are people who still use his guides today. The books are said to have a magical quality in that they were handwritten - with part trail finding, part drawings, part diary-commentary, etc. He always insisted on walking alone, hated large organised groups of schoolchildren or ramblers, etc. He only went to London I think they said once ever in his lifetime, and hated it - preferring to stick to Lakeland & thereabouts.
