Revision as of 11:01, 6 January 2022

My own personal, unofficial course notes. Double check they are accurate before you use them.

Honeystead Farm, shop in Bellingham.

Stage 1: Start Hawes to CP1 Middleton in Teesdale 53.5km ↑1476 ↓1494m

Segment 1a: Start to Thwaite 15.5km ↑514↓484m

10km Great Shunner Fell Trig
15km Thwaite

Segment 1b: Thwaite to Tan Hill Inn Distance 10.9km ↑480↓241m

20km Footbridge by Keld
26km Tan Hill Inn, pub food and Safety Team

Segment 1c: Tan Hill Inn to A66 Distance 10.2km ↑73↓238m

3km of boggyness until you hit tracks
34km Sleightholme Farm
37km Subway under A66

Segment 1d: A66 to Middleton Distance 16.6km ↑535↓413m

39km Cross Footbridge and dirt road
43km Blackton Reservoir
49km B6276 Road Crossing
54km Middleton Checkpoint (cut-off 24hrs - 8AM Monday)
Shop in Middleton

Stage 2: Middleton in Teesdale to CP2 Alston

Distance: 63.5km ↑1664↓1623m

Segment 2a: Middleton to Cauldrons Snout

Distance 18.2km ↑359↓145m

Segment 2b: Cauldrons Snout to Dufton

Distance 14.0km ↑552↓274m No Tracker coverage in this section, DO NOT BIVVY

Post Box pantry in Dufton usually stays open for Spine Racers Dufton Monitoring station

Segment 2c: Dufton to Gregs Hut

Segment 2d: Gregs Hut to Alston

Shop in Alston
Alston CP (cut off 50hrs - 10AM Tuesday)

Stage 3: Alston to Bellingham CP3

Distance: 59.8km ↑1294↓1450m

Segment 3a: Alston to Lambly A689

16.2km ↑348↓431m

Segment 3b: Lambly A689 to King Arthurs Well

13.4km ↑317↓289m

16km Lambly A689
19km Greenriggs road crossing
26km Greenhead cross railway

Segment 3c: King Arthurs Well to Houghtongreen

14.4km ↑326↓364m

30km King Arthurs Well Half way!
33km Parking lot with toilets
41km Cuddys Crag leave Hadrians Wall

Segment 3d: Houghtongreen to Bellingham

15.8km ↑409↓266m

44km Houghtongreen Woods/Crag
52km Horneystead Farm Bellingham (room in an outhouse open 24/7 for Pennine Way walkers running water, coffee, snacks. The tap water has bits in it but there’s a kettle to boil it.
60km Bellingham CP (cut-off 76hrs Wednesday 12:00pm noon)

Stage 4: Bellingham to Finish Kirk Yetholm

Shop in Bellingham

Distance: Arwen Diversion 41.4km ↑1405↓1294m Bus from Bellingham CP to Cottonsburnhopefoot make your way north along Cottonshope Rd turning off grid NT783 038 to rejoin the Pennine Way at NT773 041

Segment 4a: Cottonsburnhopefoot to Roman Camps

10.7km ↑376↓190m

Segment 4b: Roman Camps to Windy Gyle

12.3km ↑421↓217m

Segment 4c: Windy Gyle to Hut 2

8.47km ↑267↓392m

Segment 4d: Hut 2 to Finish Kirk Yetholm

11.0km ↑238↓605m

Kirk Yetholm (cut-off 107hrs Thursday 8pm)

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 * 43km Blackton Reservoir
 * 49km B6276 Road Crossing
-* 54km Middleton Checkpoint
+* 54km Middleton Checkpoint (cut-off 24hrs - 8AM Monday)
 * Shop in Middleton
@@ Line 34: / Line 34: @@
 Post Box pantry in Dufton usually stays open for Spine Racers
+Dufton Monitoring station
 == Segment 2c: Dufton to Gregs Hut ==
@@ Line 39: / Line 40: @@
 * Shop in Alston
+* Alston CP (cut off 50hrs - 10AM Tuesday)
 = Stage 3: Alston to Bellingham CP3 =
 Distance: 59.8km ↑1294↓1450m
@@ Line 60: / Line 61: @@
 * 44km Houghtongreen Woods/Crag
 * 52km Horneystead Farm   Bellingham (room in an outhouse open 24/7 for Pennine Way walkers running water, coffee, snacks. The tap water has bits in it but there’s a kettle to boil it.
-* 60km Bellingham CP
+* 60km Bellingham CP (cut-off 76hrs  Wednesday 12:00pm noon)
 = Stage 4: Bellingham to Finish Kirk Yetholm =
 * Shop in Bellingham
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 == Segment 4d: Hut 2 to Finish Kirk Yetholm ==
 .0km ↑238↓605m
+* Kirk Yetholm (cut-off 107hrs Thursday 8pm)