What is the furthest you have ever walked

sadgit said:
Not sure yet. Tempted to take a tent and see if you can camp along the way.
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The main route (the Frances) is always busy, the problem with camping is a lot of people want to do it and the locals over the last 30 years have come to hate wild camping and there isn't many campsites. Other quieter routes into Santiago you can do it on, the Norte, the Primitivo, the Geira.
I'm in Cuenca tonight a little Spanish town on the middle to Eastern of Spain wishing my knees were up to it, At least it's given me a goal to lose enough weight that I can cope with 20-30 km days again.
Buen Camino
 
exeterboro said:
The main route (the Frances) is always busy, the problem with camping is a lot of people want to do it and the locals over the last 30 years have come to hate wild camping and there isn't many campsites. Other quieter routes into Santiago you can do it on, the Norte, the Primitivo, the Geira.
I'm in Cuenca tonight a little Spanish town on the middle to Eastern of Spain wishing my knees were up to it, At least it's given me a goal to lose enough weight that I can cope with 20-30 km days again.
Buen Camino
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Thanks for this .
 
Did the Lyke Wake Walk several times when younger. Couldn't manage it now, though.

According to the official Lyke Wake Walk website, it's 42 miles but I see that Wikipedia lists it as 40. Not sure why there's a discrepancy.
 
Up to around 25 to 30 miles a day on busier jobs, but doing that distance repeatedly on consecutive days. Whilst carrying 50kg floors, 80kg legs etc. And in the words of Brad Pitt from Snatch "Yer stay till the job's done."

Probably the most exerting job I've done and didn't start doing it until I was 38, but have continued doing it up until now? That being said, post-Covid a lot of lads have left the industry and a lot of fannies replaced them who are rubbish at it in comparison.
 
I'd say when I was in the military on some ridiculous command course walking in the Welsh mountains. I had blisters on blisters😂. I pretty much walked for 36 hours with no sleep. I was ruined. Although pre mobile. So no idea of distance.

I now work for a company that refits big stores. I worked in a massive B&Q before Xmas for 6 weeks. I averaged between 10-15 miles a day. That's just walking around and dragging pallets etc. I lost a stone. Just shows how much walking can get you fit.
 
In one day - Lyke Wake Walk (a few times), The Shepherd’s Round (devised as an alternative to the LWW when it became too popular (hah!!) - very tough, starting and ending in Osmotherley), both approx 40 miles. The Hambleton Hobble, same principle as above, but shorter - approx 30+ miles. Byrness to Kirk Yetholm - the last section of the Pennine Way - 25 very tough miles. Yorkshire 3 peaks, ditto.

I used to lead a walking group in the area every match weekend - usually, Sundays, obviously - I devised loads of different routes and we averaged about 15-18 miles each time, but a couple in the 25 mile range.

In one ‘go’ - Pennine Way 268 miles, Coast to Coast (lots of times) 193 miles, West Highland Way 96 miles, Cleveland Way 109 miles, Wainwright Whitsun Walk 107 miles and 40,597 feet of climbing - far and away the hardest!!!

I also climbed all 214 of the Wainwrights in one year about 12 years ago.

I do much less now, having got that lot out of my system, and haven’t walked more than about 15 miles in the last 10 years. As I'm 66 now, that doesn't seem unreasonable!
 
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Liamo said:
Did the Lyke Wake Walk several times when younger. Couldn't manage it now, though.

According to the official Lyke Wake Walk website, it's 42 miles but I see that Wikipedia lists it as 40. Not sure why there's a discrepancy.
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it now starts/finishes at sheepwash car parks instead of Osmotherley, there’s a big concrete pillar just opposite the smaller car park with Lyke Wake Walk on it, probably because of the lack of parking in Osmotherley 👍🏃‍♂️🚶‍♂️🏃‍♀️🚶‍♀️
 
I did the three peaks of Wales challenge once (ran parts of it) that's 17 miles. And half of it is up mountains. My legs were dead for days
 
SmallTown said:
I did the three peaks of Wales challenge once (ran parts of it) that's 17 miles. And half of it is up mountains. My legs were dead for days
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My lad and his partner have just done 3020 kms from the top of NZ to the bottom.

I’ve done the Lyke Wake Walk, the 3 peaks a 100m of the Penine way but haven’t got a final total yet - still walking.
 
Anyone who has walked from the Top Deck Redcar to Normanby at 2.30 am in the morning will agree that it is the longest walk in the world. :whistle:

To make it longer, you can do with a smart @rse bobby picking you up and dropping you back near Redcar fire station when you had reached the Dormanstown roundabout on the Trunk Road. :oops:

As my father would say, character building. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
 
In one stint the Lyke Wake walk a couple of years ago, OS maps app logged it at 43 miles, but I guess it’s dependent on how you meander along the route and detour to meet up with any food stops.

I try to log an absolute minimum of 100 miles a month of logged walks.
 
Smellyhelly said:
If anyone is looking for a 22 Mile walk, Cleveland mountain rescue organise The Whalebones walk on Sunday April 30th, coach from Marske to Whitby, then walk or run back along the Cleveland way back to Marske 👍🏃‍♂️🚶
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Does it still finish in the Frigate?
 
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