Julie and I will be hiking from John O’Groats to Land’s End in the UK during the northern summer of 2022. The journey of nearly 2,000 kilometres will take about two and a half months, a week or two longer than when I hiked the other direction in 2010. We will stay in B&B’s, hostels and pubs, so will not be carrying camping gear, though we will each have an emergency bivvy sack just in case we can’t find somewhere to stay.

John O'Groats to Land's End - Day 039 - Bakewell

Day: 039

Date: Saturday, 09 July 2022

Start:  Bakewell

Finish:  Bakewell

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her afternoon walk.

Total Kilometres:  1122

Weather:  Warm, breezy and sunny.

Accommodation:  AirBnB

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Quiches

  Lunch:  Ham, cheese & salad roll/Turkey & coleslaw roll

  Dinner:  Hamburger & chips, Bakewell Tart

Aches:  Nothing to report

Highlight:  None really.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

One of the reasons we chose to have a day off in Bakewell was so that Julie could run the Monsal Trail parkrun, which was on at 9:00am this morning.  Our AirBnB is very close to the trail itself, which is along the route of a disused rail line, though about 1.5km from where the parkrun started, so we left about 8:15am and walked there on a breezy, sunny and mild morning.


Our lack of running training showed, and neither of us ran very fast, though Julie’s time was OK (25+ minutes) and Dave didn’t tear or break anything and wasn’t last in the field of 180, most of whom were apparently visitors to the area.


Post-run, we walked back to our accommodation, where the host had offered to do a load of washing for us, and while that happened we wandered into the very busy, touristy and attractive town of Bakewell.  We bought some late breakfast, Dave bought some more wool hiking socks, and we purchased some rolls for lunch and an actual Bakewell Tart for dessert tonight.


Back at our accommodation, Dave spent the afternoon booking accommodation and doing running club admin with Wimbledon on the TV in the background, while Julie went for a 5km walk in the sunshine.  Later she went back into town and bought takeaway for dinner.


It has been a nice and relaxed day off.
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