Pennine Way Part 2 Alston to Horton-in-Ribblesdale - A Photographers View

 

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Alston to Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Part 2 June 2025

This blog post continues my trek with good friend Al from Gloucester. We are walking the Pennine Way north to south so Part 1 was 89 miles in 6 days from Kirk Yetholm to Alston, see previous post. This post covers the 97 miles 7 day section from Alston to Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

Travel Day + Garrigill to Alston 4.5 miles 2h 10m

Jan drove us up from Home to Horton-in-Ribblesdale where we had arranged to meet good friend Al to resume the Pennine Way. He had parked his car in the Holme Farm campsite car park and booked it in for 7 days so that he could collect it after we return to Horton. 

At 12.15pm Jan was driving the 3 of us to Garrigill so that we could walk the short section to Alston where we finished last year. We had planned to do this at the end of last year's trip and taxi back to Alston but Al had painful blisters on his feet so we moved it to the start of this trip.

It was just a couple of hours drive from Horton so at 2.30pm Al and I were walking from Garrigill via the alternative route because the bridge over the river was still closed about halfway to Alston. After 4.5 miles we arrived in the car park of our hotel, the Alston House, at 4.40pm. It's actually about a 1.8 hour easy walk from Garrigill to Alston House but we ambled along and Al chatted to a couple that we met about beekeeping, once he get's started on this it's difficult to drag him away!

It was a bit early to stop so we continued to the Turks Head pub for a pint or two of Theakstons Bitter in the town square which was another 10 minutes.

2.30pm Garrigill junction for Cross Fell, our starting point

2.52pm Garrigill Waterfalls

Alternative Route sign from Garrigill to Alston avoiding the closed Dryburn Bridge

4.26pm Tree carving on the outskirts of Alston

4.40pm Alston House Hotel from the car park opposite

Day 7 Garrigill to Dufton 15.7 miles 6h 40m

Weather: sunny with blue sky as we started but it quickly clouded over and became cooler. Early afternoon the clouds came down on the tops but by this stage we were already beyond Cross Fell. It was brighter at the end of the day as we walked down Knock Fell out of the clouds and into Dufton.

After a good cooked breakfast at the hotel Jan drove us back to Garrigill and at 9.35am we were on our way up Cross Fell en route to Dufton on a tarmac road which led to a good wide track over the moors towards Cross Fell.

9.35am Garrigill starting point

In just under an hour we started seeing several Golden Plovers close to the track with shooting butts and small reservoirs close by.

10.26am small reservoir beside track looking back towards Garrigill

10.28am Al on the track with Cross Fell in the background. Unfortunately, the track doesn't blend in to the surroundings

10.44am Golden Plover beside the moors track

The good track continued all the way to Greg's Hut which was 6 miles and 2h 25m from our start in Garrigill. This is a mountain bothy with a communal area and a separate room with a good sized sleeping platform. We stopped here for a 15 minute snack break.

11.48am View to Gregs Hut on right and Cross Fell on left

12pm Greg's Hut

12pm Al outside Greg's Hut

12.03pm Al having lunch in communal area of Greg's Hut

12.05pm Greg's Hut sleeping platform

At 12.15pm we left the hut and just headed straight up towards the summit plateau as the obvious track was taking us a longer way round. It was just rough grass and heather, a bit lumpy in places, but not too steep - pretty straightforward. 

12.18pm Leaving Greg's Hut

12.21pm Sign outside Greg's Hut

12.37pm The slope that we hiked up to Cross Fell summit

12.47pm Approaching Cross Fell summit plateau

The summit of Cross Fell was reached at 12.55pm, only the second time I’ve been here. There’s a huge wind shelter and a trig point a short distance further on. It was dull and breezy but clear so we did have a few views, unlike the last time I did the Pennine Way in 1974.

12.53pm Cross Fell Summit Windbreak and trig point

12.54pm Cross Fell Summit Windbreak

12.55pm Cross Fell Summit Trig Point

From Cross Fell, the highest point on the entire Pennine Way, we headed along the good path down and then up to Little Dun Fell. The clouds were closing in now so views were disappearing on high ground ahead but we had views from the dips in the ridge. Cross Fell behind us still looked clear. By the time we reached Great Dun Fell at 1.40pm the clouds were right down and visibility was very limited so we followed the GPS. The radar station, with domes and masts, on Great Dun Fell looked quite menacing in the mist!

1.07pm Cross Fell summit view southwest

1.13pm Little Dun Fell

1.25pm Looking back to Cross Fell from Little Dun Fell

1.28pm Great Dun Fell from Little Dun Fell

1.32pm Great Dun Fell

1.43pm Great Dun Fell radar station in clouds

I also carried maps and a compass but we never needed them for navigation, just for identifying the bigger views beyond the small screen of the GPS.

Next, at 2.24pm, came Knock Old Man cairn and then it was down and out of the clouds to a substantial footbridge over Swindale Beck at 3.10pm.

2.24pm Knock Old Man cairn on Green Fell

2.28pm Pennine Way marker post near Knock Old Man cairn

2.35pm dropping down out of the clouds with cotton grass in the foreground

3.10pm Al on the footbridge over Swindale Beck below Knock Fell

From here the good tracks continued through fields between shapely looking low hills to reach the day's end at the Stag Inn in the centre of Dufton at 4.15pm.

3.15pm Knock Pike near Dufton

3.41pm Dufton Pike on left and Al on track to Dufton

3.54pm Footpath into Dufton

Jan was at the Stag Inn in the car to meet us and we all went in the pub for a drink.

4.15pm Dufton Green outside Stag Inn

4.15pm Dufton Stag Inn

It was quite busy with the end of the Sunday lunch crowd still there. We found somewhere to sit and I had 2 pints of Jolly Colliers Stout from the Jolly Boys Brewery. It was jolly tasty and went down very well after a jolly long first day!

Jan then drove us back to the Alston House Hotel for our last night there.

Day 8 Dufton to Langdon Beck 13.5 miles 6h 15m

Weather: It was a nice sunny day but very windy as we went higher with gusts of around 40mph on my wind speed meter.

After a good breakfast in the Alston House Hotel Jan drove Al and I round to Dufton and started walking at 10.15am along the road and then good tracks up the hillside. Jan drove home from here.

10.15am Stag Inn start in the sunshine

10.48am Track leading to High Cup Nick

11am View back to Dufton from track

11.24am Approaching High Cup rim

At 11.45am we had the first good views towards High Cup Nick from the rim.

11.47am View to High Cup Nick

From here it took us about 30 minutes to reach the Nick, which is the very best viewpoint. It was a clear day so we had a spectacular view along the length of the narrow valley from our lunch break right in the middle of the Nick. I took quite a few photos so have a look at these to see what I mean. Unfortunately, I wasn’t carrying my medium format film camera with me or I would have some spectacular black and white landscapes.

12.17pm View from High Cup Nick

12.17pm View from High Cup Nick from our lunch spot

12.17pm View from High Cup Nick

After about 15 minutes we headed off across High Cup Plain reaching the bridge over Maize Beck at 1.20pm. This was quickly followed by a sign telling us it was a military firing range on our right-hand side.

12.42pm High Cup Plain view ahead

1.12pm Bridge over Maize Beck

The lenticular clouds were spectacular for quite a while as we walked over the moors here (often a sign of bad weather to come).

1.27pm Clouds starting to build as we walked over Rasp Hill

1.39pm Lenticular Clouds over Dufton Fell

We were soon on the track to Blake Dale Farm, through the farmyard and out to the bridge below Cow Green Reservoir dam at 2.40pm.

2.07pm Al on the track to Birkdale

2.21pm Firing Range warning flag at Birkdale Farm

2.38pm View southeast to River Tees after Cauldron Snout

2.40pm Cow Green Reservoir Dam from bridge

2.40pm Nature Reserve sign at the bridge

The next bit was dreadful, there was no path so we had to clamber down steep slopes covered in thick high heather and steep rocky sections. The thunderous water of Cauldron Snout was on our right the whole time, a very impressive sight, especially from the bottom.

2.46pm Top of Cauldron Snout

2.46pm View down Cauldron Snout

2.57pm Bottom of Cauldron Snout, the most spectacular bit for photos

From here there’s a track over jumbled rocks alongside the River Tees.

3.07pm River Tees near Cauldron Snout

3.10pm Path beside River Tees, view ahead

3.10pm Path beside River Tees, view back in Cauldron Snout direction

3.29pm River Tees view ahead

We reached Widdybank Farm at 3.50pm where we left the route and followed the farm track to the road as we were heading for the Langdon Beck Hotel for the night, which we reached at 4.30pm, a very friendly welcoming place with several real ales on hand pumps.

3.51pm Widdy Bank Farm info

It was a tiring day with 3264 feet of ascent and 13.5 miles. Fortunately, the Hazelnut Latte Stout soon revived me!

Langdon Beck Hotel, our room

Day 9 Langdon Beck to Middleton-in-Teesdale 9.2 miles 4h 55m

Weather: It was a cool wet day so we had full waterproofs on all day.

We left the hotel just after 9.15am and headed along a road back the way we came in yesterday until a farm track to Intake Farm, on the edge of the village, took us over Harwood Beck. Then we immediately joined a path along the river to Sayer Hill Farm where we rejoined the Pennine Way after our brief excursion to Langdon Beck.

9.17am Langdon Beck Hotel, raining

10.09am Sayer Hill Farm

After crossing over Saur Hill Bridge we continued following the Beck to the River Tees. We stopped to watch the Common Sandpipers for a few minutes before reaching the river. 

We crossed the river again by another bridge and followed the route up the hill behind Cronkley Farm and down Bracken Rigg to a riverside path. Soon after this was a large quarry on the opposite bank, a little incongruous in such beautiful surroundings.

10.56am River Tees Quarry

The river started to make a lot more noise telling us we were nearing High Force. It was just here that we started seeing the first runners doing the Montane Spine Race along the whole length of the Pennine Way. Apparently some of the runners continued racing through the night so they were already heading down into Dufton and beyond, these runners that we passed were the chasing pack. In total we only saw 10 runners today even though many more started in Edale 2 or 3 days ago.

We reached the top of High Force at 11.20am, it was in full flow as you can see from the full frontal photo. I think it makes a better shot from this side of the river and it’s a free viewpoint whereas from the hotel side they charge a fee to see it.

11.21am River Tees just above High Force

11.21am High Force view down falls

11.25am High Force

The path just follows the river, past some smaller falls called Low Force and the Wynch Bridge (a suspension foot bridge giving access from the Bowlees car park), all the way to Middleton-in-Teesdale.

11.49am River Tees

12.13pm Low Force

12.14pm Sheep sculpture on path

12.17pm Low Force near suspension bridge

12.18pm Wynch Suspension Bridge over River Tees

We had a short lunch break sitting on one of the stone stiles in the rain at 12.20pm, just after Wynch Bridge. We also chatted to one of the Spine Race marshalls for several minutes just on the edge of Middleton.

12.37pm Al crossing stile beside entrance to Montane Pennine Way Spine Fell Race campsite

12.37pm Montane Pennine Way Spine Fell Race campsite

2.07pm B6277 bridge into Middleton-in-Teesdale

2.10pm Middleton-in-Teesdale

Finally, we arrived at the Teesdale Hotel at 2.10pm and were staying in single rooms for a quieter night for both of us! First though we quenched our thirst with a pint or two of Black Sheep Bitter. We ate in the hotel in the evening too and everything was excellent. This was probably the best hotel on this leg with the Langdon Beck and Keld Lodge a close joint second.

2.23pm Teesdale Hotel bar, Middleton-in-Teesdale

Teesdale Hotel single room, Middleton-in-Teesdale, small but perfectly formed

Overall, it was a short day, or half-day to be correct, of just 9.2 miles with only 456 feet of ascent. There was lots to see along the river so we enjoyed ambling along rather than, on longer days, picking up the pace because we have many miles to cover.

Day 10 Middleton-in-Teesdale to Bowes 13.1 miles 6h 27m

Weather: It was dry but dull to start with and a bit cool so I had 3 layers on, then we had blue sky from a bit after 10am. 

After a full cooked breakfast at 8am we started walking at 9.38am and retraced our route back over the bridge but continued straight up the road ahead to a T-junction. Here we followed a footpath straight up the hill ahead. As we climbed higher the view back to Middleton was getting better as you could see more of the buildings. It was dull but the clouds were thinning quickly.

9.38am Teesdale Hotel, Middleton-in-Teesdale

10.06am Middleton-in-Teesdale from the south

The route crossed several green fields on a good track leading to Wythes Hill Farm at 11am. There was a family of 3 partridges on and beside the track as we walked down to the road.

10.12am The route ahead, now with blue sky as the clouds break up

10.12am Kirkcarrion Hill near the path

10.50am Collin Hill View

11am Wythes Hill Farm Partridge

11.07am Wythes Hill Farm

On crossing the road we were soon at Grassholme Reservoir where there were lots of people waist deep in the water fly fishing.

This is marked as a nature reserve and we watched several Grey Lag Geese for a few minutes. Shortly after this I met one of the Spine race runners. He was from Sheffield, so not that far from where I live. He was near the back of the field but determined to finish even if he missed the timed cut-off for the next checkpoint. I hope he made it!

11.32am Grassholme Reservoir with fishermen in the water

11.36am Grassholme Reservoir Grey Lag Geese family

11.48am Grassholme Reservoir Meadow

12.02pm Above Greenhead Reservoir

Within another hour we were at Blackton Reservoir and the home of Hannah Hauxwell. She became a bit of a TV celebrity for the basic farming life she had led for many years in her cottage without any modern facilities. I photographed the information board which describes her life and photographed her main meadow which was a mass of wild flowers as she didn't use any modern fertilisers or chemicals on the land.

12.25pm Near Balderhead Reservoir

12.25pm Balderhead Reservoir

12.31pm Baldersale info board

12.39pm View north from Hannah's Meadow (see info board below for explanation)

12.41pm Hannah's Meadow info board

12.42pm Baldersdale Hannah's house

12.43pm Blackton Reservoir info board

12.49pm Blackton Reservoir

12.55pm Blackton Reservoir signpost above our lunch stop

1.07pm Our lunch stile, it was nice to sit down!

1.12pm Blackton Reservoir and Hannah's House

1.22pmView back to Blackton Reservoir

1.40pm Blackton Reservoir dam

More moorland and minor roads took us past an old military area with several warning signs about unexploded munitions and dangerous chemical waste. Not what you expect on wild moorland.

1.43pm Robin Hoods Hole, nice clouds

2.02pm Goldsborough view

2.11pm How Beck Head military warning sign

2.54pm Levy Pool footbridge over Deepdale Beck

2.57pm Levy Pool cottages

3.28pm Stony Keld military warning sign

3.40pm Bowes village and Bowes Castle

After this we were soon in Bowes and at 3.50pm we were looking around and photographing the castle ruins.

3.53pm Bowes Castle ruins

3.58pm Bowes Castle ruins

Our hostelry for the night was the Ancient Unicorn which was just a few minutes from the castle. Our room was in the old stable block in the courtyard. It didn't feel very welcoming and we weren't impressed with the food or beer so it's not one that we will be revisiting.

4.05pm Bowes Ancient Unicorn - our hotel for the night

4.05pm Bowes Ancient Unicorn

Day 11 Bowes to Keld 13.6 miles 6h 47m

Weather: sunny and dry all day.

We left the Ancient Unicorn at 9.20am, revisited the castle as the path goes right by it and pressed on across the moors to the south.

9.20am Leaving our room in the annex at Bowes Ancient Unicorn

9.26am Bowes Castle

9.43am Swinholme footbridge

9.48am Lady Myres Farm

At 10.37am we came to a Pennine Way fingerpost where the Bowes diversion rejoins the main Pennine Way route. By 11am we reached Sleightholme Farm and a barrier across the road to stop vehicles going any further. Just beyond this was an old triangle warning road sign so this was a public road to Tan Hill Inn in the past. We opted to stay on the old road and avoid the moorland path over peat bog as it would be easier on my bad back and Al’s feet.

10.37am Trough Head Bowes diversion and main Pennine Way junction

10.47am Wytham Moor view south

10.53am Bog Scar footbridge

10.57am Sleightholme Farm sign to Tan Hill Inn

10.58am Sleightholm Farm

11.06am Sleightholme Farm old road sign on old moors road to Tan Hill Inn

12.36pm Approaching Tan Hill Inn

12.36pm Looking back across the moors northwards

We arrived at the Tan Hill Inn at 12.45pm and it was surprisingly busy outside for mid-week in June. Fortunately, that meant there was plenty of room for us indoors and we chose a table near the bar. We had a bite to eat and a couple of excellent pints of Theakstons Old Peculier.

We left the pub at about 2pm and headed south over the high moors towards Keld which we reached at about 4pm. It was then just a short walk uphill to the top road and Keld Lodge Hotel, our hostelry for the night. 

12.39pm Tan Hill Inn on a Thursday lunchtime in June

1.32pm Tan Hill Inn after the lunchtime rush had subsided

2.07pm Tan Hill Inn busier outside than in

2.12pm Tan Hill Inn from south

2.40pm Stonesdale Moor

3.16pm West Stonesdale from East Stonesdale

3.39pm Keld from Pry Hill

3.41pm track to Keld

3.48pm Keld East Gill Falls from the path to Keld

3.51pm Keld footbridge over River Swale

3.57pm Track to Keld village

3.58pm Keld village at bottom of the hill near river

4.07pm Keld Lodge Hotel at top of the hill

Keld Lodge Hotel - my en-suite single room

There were a couple of good real ales and the food was also very good. We had single rooms here which meant that we both had a good night's sleep.

Day 12 Keld to Hawes 13.2 miles 7h 18m

Weather: Another sunny day but with a cool breeze

The Keld Lodge was one of the best places that we stayed on the whole route, we enjoyed it here and there was good food and good real ales.

We were on our way before 9am, heading downhill back to the main Pennine Way route. This follows a good footpath high above the River Swale. There were good views across to Great Shunner Fell, our main peak of the day, before we descended to the small village of Thwaite.

8.49am Leaving Keld Lodge Hotel

8.52am Keld View East shortly after leaving the hotel

8.59am Track from Keld to southeast

9.37am River Swale from Kisdon Side

9.51am Swaledale and Muker

10am Track to Thwaite

10.08am View down to Usha Gap Bridge

10.08am Buttertubs Road and Great Shunner Fell

10.18am Thwaite and Great Shunner Fell from near Kisdon

10.29am Thwaite village

10.30am Outside Thwaite cafe

10.33am Leaving Thwaite village

It took us about 2 hours to reach the top of Great Shunner Fell in sunshine after about 430m of gentle ascent on good paths. We stopped for a bite to eat at the top and chatted with 3 other people already there. They moved off before us.

The paths on the way down to Hardraw were in equally good condition and we reached Hardraw village in just under 2 hours from the top. We stopped at the Green Dragon pub for a couple of pints of Theakstons Old Peculier and a bit of a break.

11.07am Great Shunner Fell path

11.18am view back from Great Shunner Fell path

11.57am Great Shunner Fell path marker Cairn

12.12pm Great Shunner Fell and Cotton Grass

12.24pm Great Shunner Fell summit path

12.44pm Great Shunner Fell summit wind shelter

12.45pm Great Shunner Fell summit wind shelter and clouds

12.57pm Great Shunner Fell path down towards Hardraw

1.02pm Great Shunner Fell path slabs over boggy ground

1.02pm Great Shunner Fell Cotton Grass

1.17pm Great Shunner Fell path marker cairn

2.38pm Looking back up path from Great Shunner Fell in Hardraw village

2.38pm Hardraw main road

2.35pm Hardraw Green Dragon bar

2.36pm Al and pints of Theakstons Old Peculier in Hardraw Green Dragon bar

3.14pm Leaving Hardraw Green Dragon and heading to Hawes

From here it was just over a few fields to Hawes and the Board Inn where we were staying in a twin room. We ate at the Fountain Inn just a few doors down, it was buzzing as they had the rugby on the TV which Al was keen to watch. The food and beer were both good here.

4.32pm Our room in Hawes Board Inn

Day 13 Hawes to Horton-n-Ribblesdale 14.1 5h 45m

Weather: Sunny spells with a cool breeze on the tops with light rain showers from 12.30pm.

We left the hotel a bit after 9am and headed for the Pennine Way path beside the church. Unfortunately, it was closed so we went through the churchyard instead, which brought us onto the closed path just beyond the closure. From there a good footpath led us around the outskirts of Hawes and neighbouring Gayle to open country. Looking ahead to the dry stone walls it looked like they had been built by someone after a session in the pub! We’re used to seeing walls built in straight lines but these weaved left and right over the hillside ahead.

9.15am Hawes Church path diversion

9.19am Hawes footpath

9.20am Hawes footpath and horse

9.35am Gayle footpath view ahead

9.59am Hawes from the southwest

10.04am Gaudy Lane view southwest - interesting walls!

10.36am Ten End Peat Ground junction with track

We were quickly climbing up the hillside on good paths to join a cart track around 10.30am and on to Cam High Road an hour later. This is an old Roman road. A walker with a sun brolly went past us heading north, that’s something you don’t see every day in the Yorkshire Dales! It must have come in handy later when we had heavy rain.

Just after midday we stopped for a bite to eat just at the junction of Cam High Road with the track to Horton-in-Ribblesdale. We had views to Ingleborough and the Ribblehead viaduct. It was spitting with rain by the time we finished so we put on waterproofs for the next section.

11.23am Kidhow Gate Roman Cam High Road and Al

11.23am Kidhow Gate Roman Cam High Road and sun brolly

11.45am Roman Cam High Road and Ingleborough

12.10pm Cam High Road, Ribblehead Viaduct and Whernside

12.10pm Cam End Ingleborough view from our lunch stop

The track passed several well known caving potholes such as Calf Holes and Sell Gill before heading down into the busy village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale. There were lots of walkers doing the 3 peaks challenge as you often see here now, not just in the summer.

12.40pm Ling Gill Bridge

1.04pm Calf Holes

1.30pm Long Mires track in the rain

2.10pm Sell Gill Beck

2.30pm Approach to Horton-in-Ribblesdale

We finished this leg of the Pennine Way at 3pm in the Golden Lion bar. We had been unable to book any accommodation in Horton so Al collected his car from the campsite car park, after checking in the office that there was nothing extra to pay as it was there for half a day extra to what he had booked. All was fine so Al drove us the few miles to the village of Clapham where we were staying in the New Inn.

3pm Horton-in-Ribblesdale Golden Lion bar

Our Clapham New Inn Hotel twin room

The New Inn looks like a traditional old village inn from outside but it was very modern and clean inside, including the bar, restaurant and rooms. Lots of people were sitting outside until an electrical storm rolled in and drove everyone except a dedicated smoker indoors. Staff had to go outside and drag the errant smoker inside as lightning was flashing every few seconds and he was standing under a garden umbrella beside a tree – not the best tactic to use!

Camera

I used a Panasonic TZ100 compact zoom and my Motorola Edge 20 mobile phone.

The Panasonic camera was used for most of the shots outdoors when it wasn't raining. In the rain I used my mobile phone in a waterproof case with a clear panel for the lens to shoot through. Indoors I used the phone camera.

I must admit I didn't like using the Panasonic as it didn't always do what I thought it should. It seemed to have a mind of its own, and the colours, especially greens, were rather more vibrant than I would have liked! So much so that, this trip was in June and in September I part-exchanged it for a decent digital camera that I could set up exactly as I wanted it - a Fuji X-E5 with a 22mm wide angle lens, not a zoom, and it's still small enough to go in my jacket pocket.

As far as editing the photos goes, I cropped most images to reduce unwanted sky and foreground and adjusted the brightness and contrast a small amount using the Curves function in Photoshop. Apart from that everything is exactly as I saw it.

Equipment

Satmap Active 20 GPS with the pre-programmed route that I created.

Outside 40 litre rucksack, made by POD of Sheffield in the 1990's so very well made and weighing just 1kg. It's very slim too with no side pockets to get caught on shrubs or stiles on narrow paths and compression straps to reduce the size further. I bought it to use for ski mountaineering where every gram saved is a huge bonus but it's great for treks too. On this trek I was carrying about 8kg including 2 litres of water each day.

Meindl Dovre Extreme GTX boots. I have a problem with Achilles Tendonitis with short boots but these are 10 inches high and don't aggravate my Achilles at all.

Mountain Equipment Gore Tex Alpine Gaiters on dry days - mainly to keep my trousers below the knee dry and mud-free as I don't have any spare walking trousers!

Rab Gore Tex jacket

Sprayway Gore Tex Paclite waterproof trousers

Rab Zawn Hoody thin thermal jacket - worn most days

Patagonia Nano Puff gilet - worn a lot as it's warm and windproof

Mountain Equipment Ibex trousers - my 'go to' walking trousers for all but winter and hot weather, which is most of the time in the UK!

Patagonia Micro Puff Hoody jacket as my emergency jacket, it's very warm but light. Mostly it stayed in the bottom of my rucksack

Odlo and Mountain Equipment T-shirts, Rab Pulse thin zip-polo's. I like to wear several thin layers of clothing rather than fewer very warm layers like fleece. I often wear thin long johns under my trousers on cooler dry days too.

Harveys Pennine Way waterproof map

OS maps in rucksack - not used but just in case we needed to divert off the Harveys strip map

Suunto compass, just in case everything electronic fails!

Leki Makalu carbon fibre trekking poles - essential because of my bad back

Baseball cap, warm hat

Windproof gloves and liner gloves

Buff thin neck warmer folded in two.

Platypus 2 litre water bottle and drinking pipe, plus High 5 Zero electrolyte tablets