Following a slow day walking with a hangover, I had some distance to make up to reach the hostel I had booked in Hathersage.
Friday 2nd September 2016
Started walking at 7:30am. Stopped in Holme for coffee and classic Friday morning love songs in pub! After Dunford Bridge, easier paths – Trans Pennine Trail [a flat cycle route], then Mickledon Edge [a gradual climb also suitable for cycles]. Kept up a good pace. Then long walk by reservoirs, past Banford to Hathersage hostel.
I really enjoyed the scenery and architecture in the Upper Derwent Valley.
Showered, dinner, made a friend in hostel kitchen. Bed.
I was really exhausted! Typically when spending an evening in a hostel I might relax for a while in the lounge with a pint, but after such a long day I was ready to collapse as soon as I had eaten! My dorm bed ended up being a tiny room to myself, so I slept well.
Spending: £20
Distance: 31.6 miles [view on map]
This was the longest distance covered on any day of my entire journey. It was also the first time I can be sure to have covered a marathon (26.2 miles) whilst walking. There were many times I walked about 25 miles in a day, but usually no more, or if I did a little more, I had not recorded my route.
Whow that is a lot of kilometres.
Pity they didn’t have the bike sign on the way to Chester.