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An account of the trail in
northern England, starting in St. Bees on the Irish Sea and ending
in Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea.
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Day
Seven - 12 miles, 1900 feet ascent
Kirkby Stephen to Keld
If you're
lucky as I was to do it in dry weather, the long moor walk
after Nine Standards is just a matter of watching where you put
your feet. Sure, you'll go into the muck up to your ankles. But,
if it's raining or misty, this section can be a trial.
The morning walk out of Kirkby Stephen
is a gradual climb that becomes steep on the approach to the
nine large cairns that give Nine Standards its name. This is
the divide point where rivers flow east to the North Sea and
west to the Irish Sea.
After the high moor, the walk along
Whitsun Dale through Ravenseat is pleasant enough. The path descends
to the River Swale, crosses Park Bridge and follows a road for
the short distance into Keld, the halfway point of the Coast
to Coast Path.
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