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Top 10 walks of 2023 with the highest total elevation gains

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Here are my top 10 walks of 2023 with the highest total elevation gains

Myself at Dent railway station

  1. Day 3 : Dales Way : Kettlewell to Oughtershaw, then Gayle, Hawes – 483 metres
  2. Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley – 459 metres
  3. Day 4 : Dales Way : Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat – 386 metres
  4. Day 6 : Dales Way : Sedbergh to Patton Bridge – 375 metres
  5. Day 7 : Dales Way : Patton Bridge to Bowness on Windermere – 366 metres
  6. Day 7 : Leicestershire Round : Hallaton to Glooston Circular – 325 metres
  7. Day 1 : Market Harborough Round : Hallaton, Tugby, Rolleston and Goadby Circular – 311 metres
  8. Day 5 : Leicestershire Round : Launde Abbey, Belton in Rutland, Loddington, Launde Big Wood Circular – 283 metres
  9. Tilton-on-the-Hill, Cold Newton, Billesdon and Skeffington Circular – 266 metres
  10. Day 4 : Leicestershire Round : Owston to Launde Abbey Circular – 263 metres

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Just 0.76 miles left to do, of #walk1000miles!!!

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I’ve only got 0.76 miles left to do, of #walk1000miles!!! So here is a list of 15 longest walks of 2023 so far…

Dales Way, tick!

  1. Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley – 17.73 miles
  2. Day 3 : Dales Way : Kettlewell to Oughtershaw, then Gayle, Hawes – 16.69 miles
  3. Day 2 : ECP : Berwick upon Tweed to Lindisfarne Inn, West Mains – 15.56 miles
  4. Day 7 : Leicestershire Round : Hallaton to Glooston Circular – 13.31 miles
  5. Day 7 : Dales Way : Patton Bridge to Bowness on Windermere – 13.31 miles
  6. Day 1 : Dales Way : Ilkley to Burnsall – 13.17 miles
  7. Day 4 : Dales Way : Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat – 12.43 miles
  8. Day 6 : Dales Way : Sedbergh to Patton Bridge – 12.20 miles
  9. Day 1 : ECP : Marshal Meadows to Scottish Border and Berwick upon Tweed inc Halidon Hill Circular – 11.89 miles
  10. Day 5 : Dales Way : Lea Yeat to Sedbergh – 10.51 miles
  11. Day 2 : Dales Way : Burnsall to Kettlewell – 10.49 miles
  12. Day 1 : Market Harborough Round : Hallaton, Tugby, Rolleston and Goadby Circular – 10.48 miles
  13. Day 10 : Leicestershire Round : Foxton to Saddington then Mowsley Circular – 10.18 miles
  14. Day 11 : Leicestershire Round : Saddington to Bruntingthorpe then Arnesby Circular – 9.81 miles
  15. Grantham Canal, Coe Farm and Barrowby Circular – 9.54 miles

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Longest walks of 2023 so far…

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Here are my 10 longest walks of 2023 so far! It’s amazing to think that every one of them is over 10 miles! Plus of couse, Bugsy has come along on each and every one of them!

Dales Way, tick!

  1. Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley – 03/04/2023 – 17.74 miles
  2. Day 3 : Dales Way : Kettlewell to Oughtershaw, then Gayle, Hawes – 19/04/2023 – 16.70 miles
  3. Day 2 : ECP : Berwick upon Tweed to Lindisfarne Inn, West Mains – 03/03/2023 – 15.56 miles
  4. Day 7 : Leicestershire Round : Hallaton to Glooston Circular – 20/02/2023 – 13.31 miles
  5. Day 7 : Dales Way : Patton Bridge to Bowness on Windermere – 23/04/2023 – 13.31 miles
  6. Day 1 : Dales Way : Ilkley to Burnsall – 17/04/2023 – 13.17 miles
  7. Day 4 : Dales Way : Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat – 20/04/2023 – 12.43 miles
  8. Day 6 : Dales Way : Sedbergh to Patton Bridge – 22/04/2023 – 12.20 miles
  9. Day 1 : ECP : Marshal Meadows to Scottish Border and Berwick upon Tweed inc Halidon Hill Circular – 02/02/2023 – 11.89 miles
  10. Day 5 : Dales Way : Lea Yeat to Sedbergh – 21/04/2023 – 10.51 miles

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April 2023 most popular photos

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Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website during April 2023.

Number 1 (77 views) : Synergy Navy Cycling Skinsuit
Synergy Navy Cycling Skinsuit

Number 2 (30 views) : First Class with LNER
First Class with LNER

Number 3 (29 views) : Synergy Navy Cycling Skinsuit
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Number 4 (26 views) : Dales Way, tick!
Dales Way, tick!

Number 5 (20 views) : RST Pro Series 1 Piece Leather Suit
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Overall 2023 has got off to a great start!

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Here are just some of the highlights from 2023 so far!

Staying at the Tan Hill Inn. Which is Britain’s highest public house at 1,732 feet (528m) above sea level.

Going my first holiday with Bugsy! Which included doing the first 3 days of the England Coast Path. Plus walking around coast of Holy Island.

Walking the of Dales Way Links, which took us 17.73 miles from Harrogate to Ilkley.

Using Dent railway station, Which is the highest operational main line station in England, at an altitude of 1,150 feet (350 metres).

Oh and of the biggest single best thing I’ve DONE in years! That was of course, walking the whole of the Dales Way from Ilkley in West Yorkshire to Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria.

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Check out the our Dales Way route, on Strava

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Please do check out the route we took while doing the Dales Way on Strava!

Our total distance over 7 days was 88.8 miles.

Dales Way : Day 7: Patton Bridge to Bowness on Windermere

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WOW! Bugsy, Mark G and myself have only gone and done it! We have walked all the way from Ilkley in West Yorkshire to Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria.

During the last 7 days of walking we have covered over 91 miles! Had great weather, like 99% of the time. Only rained for like maybe only 3 hours, during the whole week!

And well Bugsy… OMG! I just could not love him any more! He’s been totally amazing! Been great watching him learn so many new things!

Here are some photos from day 7, the last day of the Dales Way. Plus our route can be found at www.strava.com/activities/8944901997

Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/dales-way/

Dales Way : Day 5 : Lea Yeat to Sedbergh

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That’s Bugsy, Mark G and myself done day 5 of the Dales Way, which took us 10.15 miles from Dent railway station, then onto Lea Yeat where we ended the Dales Way yesterday, then along to today’s ending point at Sedbergh.

The highlights from day 5 were… Getting a train from Ribblehead railway station to Dent railway station, which is highest operational main line station in England at 350 metres above sea level. Then walking to the village of Dent it’s self, a walk of around 5 miles.

Here are some photos from day 5. Plus our route can be found at www.strava.com/activities/8931734584

Myself at Dent railway station

Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/dales-way/

Dales Way : Day 4 : Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat

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That’s Bugsy, Mark G and myself done day 4 of the Dales Way, which took us 12.40 miles from Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat.

Just a mini update… I will do a FULL update later today… Once we have done day 5…

Here are some photos from day 4. Plus our route can be found at www.strava.com/activities/8926428133

Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/dales-way/

Dales Way : Day 3 : Kettlewell to Oughtershaw

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That’s Bugsy, Mark G and myself done day 3 of the Dales Way, which took us 16.34 miles from Kettlewell to Oughtershaw then Gayle, Hawes.

For the third day in a row, the weather has been very good indeed! Did feel the wind even more today. Mainly due to fact we did climp to around 580 metres in hight.

So when we start day 4 of the Dales Way, tomorrow we will get a lift back to Oughtershaw. Since that’s where we left the footpath. We walked to Hawes, to get a left back to hotel with Mark’s Mum and Dad.

The highlights from today was, again the weather, the amazing views and finding a honesty box cafe at the Ruskin Hostel, selling drinks and snacks.

Here are some photos from day 3. Plus our route can be found at www.strava.com/activities/8920400436

Many more photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/dales-way/

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