WALKING IN THE NORTH PENNINES
by Paddy Dillon
2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY
About the Author
Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer with over 70 guidebooks to his name, and contributions to 30 other titles. He has written extensively for many different outdoor publications and has appeared on radio and television.
Paddy uses a tablet computer to write his route descriptions while walking. His descriptions are therefore precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them.
Paddy is an indefatigable long-distance walker who has walked all of Britain’s national trails and several major European trails. He lives on the fringes of the English Lake District and has walked, and written about walking, in every county throughout the British Isles. He has led guided walking holidays and has walked throughout Europe, as well as in Nepal, Tibet, Korea, Africa and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
Irish Coastal Walks
The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way
The GR5 Trail
The GR20: Corsica
The Great Glen Way
The Irish Coast to Coast Walk
The Mountains of Ireland
The National Trails
The North York Moors
The Pennine Way
The Reivers Way
The Teasdale Way (Martin Collins; updated by Paddy Dillon)
The South West Coast Path
The Wales Coast Path
Trekking in Greenland
Trekking in the Alps (contributor)
Walking and Trekking in Iceland
Walking in County Durham
Walking in Madeira
Walking in Mallorca (June Parker; updated by Paddy Dillon)
Walking in Menorca
Walking in Sardinia
Walking in the Isles of Scilly
Walking on Arran
Walking on Gran Canaria
Walking on Guernsey
Walking on Jersey
Walking on La Gomera and El Hierro
Walking on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
Walking on La Palma
Walking on Malta
Walking on Tenerife
Walking the Galloway Hills
© Paddy Dillon 2016
Third edition 2016
ISBN 978 1 85284 905 4
Second edition 2009
First edition 1991
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs by the author unless otherwise stated.
Updates to this Guide
While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time.
We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.
Front cover: Stone crosses near Nag’s Head above Nenthead (Walk 50)
CONTENTS
Getting around the North Pennines
Tourist information and visitor centres
Walk 1 Brampton, Gelt and Talkin
Walk 2 Hallbankgate and Cold Fell
Walk 3 Castle Carrock and Geltsdale
Walk 4 Croglin, Newbiggin and Croglin Fell
Walk 5 Hartside, Black Fell and Renwick