Gunnerside 10 Mile Circular Walk (with pubs)

This walk was supposed to be done from Gunnerside, to Reeth taking in the lower path that we decided not to take on our Coast to Coast walk, however we decided we didn’t want to wait for the bus to from Reeth to Gunnerside so drove straight to Gunnerside and thought we would do a circular walk. We nipped into the Kings Head for a pint (the delicious Askrigg Ale) and what turned out to be the biggest sarnie (swaledale cheese and chutney) and most tasty chips we’ve had in a long time…all for a fiver too. The walk starts directly opposite the pub, by taking the public footpath on the right hand side of the bridge, follow the stream keeping it on your left hand side, The path winds it’s way easily up Gunnerside Gill, passing lots of lovely...

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Coast To Coast Photos

I’ve finally got round to uploading the photos from our coast to coast walk, there are a couple of days where we didn’t take many (or any) photos as it was a tad wet and windy. you can see the ones taken on my camera by clicking here to visit my flickr page You can also view the live and uncut photos that I uploaded from my mobile during the walk by clicking here Finally you can view all my posts during the walk by clicking here, I’ve got one final post almost ready to go with a few tips and a few things we found out during the walk. Wikio Wikio ...

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Holiday to Parga – The beaches

Parga has a great mixture of beaches, some sand, some shingle, some quiet and others more lively. We decided to try as many as possible so here is what we thought. Parga Town beach/Krioneri - This was the beach that was right at the end of our balcony, this meant it got rather busy as it was the closest beach to the town It was predominately fine shingle with a little bit of sand. The water was clear and warm, there was a little bit of seaweed once you got a bit further out but this seemed to attract some rather large fish so it was good for snorkeling. The beach was very clean as the sunbed owners used to clean it every morning, this was probably reflected in the price for 2 beds and a brolly being 8 Euros per day which is the most expensive we came across. Piso...

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