Spine Challenger - North Road Book POI
My own personal, unofficial course notes. Double check they are accurate before you use them.
Stage 1: Start Hawes to Middleton in Teesdale 53.5km ↑1476 ↓1494m
Segment 1a: Start to Thwaite 15.5km ↑514↓484m
- 10km Great Shunner Fell Trig
- 15km Thwaite (cafe)
Segment 1b: Thwaite to Tan Hill Inn Distance 10.9km ↑480↓241m
Cafe just off route in Keld
- 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, cafe and pub in Middleton
Stage 2: Middleton in Teesdale to Alston 63.5km ↑1664↓1623m
Segment 2a: Middleton to Cauldrons Snout 18.2km ↑359↓145m
- 6km Low Force Waterfall
- 15km possible bivvy spot sheepfold?
- 18km Cauldrons Snout
Segment 2b: Cauldrons Snout to Dufton 14.0km ↑552↓274m
No Tracker coverage in this section, DO NOT BIVVY
- 20km cross Grain Beck
- 26km High Cup Nick
- 32km Dufton
Post Box pantry in Dufton usually stays open for Spine Racers
Segment 2c: Dufton to Gregs Hut 14.7km ↑899↓393m
- 36km join the Fell
- 42km Great Dun Fell
- 45km Crossfell Summit
- 47km Gregs Hut highest Noodle bar in the UK
Segment 2d: Gregs Hut to Alston 16.3km ↑108↓525m
- 55km Drop off the Moor
- 58km Garigill (toilet in town)
- 64km Alston CP (cut off 50hrs - 10AM Tuesday)
Stage 3: Alston to Bellingham 65.9km ↑1371↓1524m
Segment 3a: Alston to Lambly A689 16.2km ↑358↓434m
- Shop in Alston after CP
- 5km Castle Nook
- 9km Slaggyford tap on the wall and mythical trail angel
- 16km Lambly A689
Segment 3b: Lambly A689 to King Arthurs Well 16.2km ↑358↓434m
- 19km Greenriggs road crossing
- 26km Greenhead cross railway
- Greenhead, tea room and toilets if you go off route into town
Segment 3c: King Arthurs Well to Detour 11.1km ↑284↓238m
- 30km King Arthurs Well Half way!
- 33km Parking lot with toilets
- 37km Winshield Crags trig
Segment 3d: Detour to Bellingham 26.2km↑407↓572m
- 41km Detour
- 50km Leave Hadrians Wall
- 54km Road section
- 58km 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.
- 66km Bellingham CP (cut-off 76hrs Wednesday 12:00pm noon)
Stage 4: Bellingham to Finish Kirk Yetholm 41.4km ↑1405↓1294m 41.3km
- Shop in Bellingham
Arwen Diversion 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
- 2.4km Hook a left up
- 10km Roman Camps
Segment 4b: Roman Camps to Windy Gyle 12.3km ↑421↓217m
- 12km leave the roman Road
- 15km Hut 1 (Spine Safety Team and shelter)
- 18km Beefstand Hill
- 22km Windy Gyle
Segment 4c: Windy Gyle to Hut 2 8.47km ↑267↓392m
- 28km fork for Cheviot Summit
- 30km hut 2 (Spine Safety Team and shelter)
Segment 4d: Hut 2 to Finish Kirk Yetholm 11.0km ↑238↓605m
- 34km cross the border into Scotlans
- 38km path turns into road
- 42km Kirk Yetholm (cut-off 107hrs Thursday 8pm)