Coast to Coast Prep

July 3, 2016 By Liz

Packing

Packing underway! Clothes first…. 2 Convertible Pants, Fleece, Sun hat, Gloves, Neck gaiter, Hiking Boots, Trail Runners, Sandals, Knee brace, 3 pairs thick socks, 4 pairs thin socks, Swimwear, Underwear, Rain hat, Rain jacket, Rain pants, Gaiters, 2 Shirts, 3 Wool shirts (long sleeve), 2 Wool shirts (short sleeve) And then all the other stuff… Poles, Paper tape, Knee brace, Kinesio Tape, First aid kit, Ziploc bags, Tyvek, Silver blanket, Handwarmers, Walking Book, Maps (OS+strip), Packhorse documents, protein bars USB cable (C &…

June 26, 2016June 26, 2016 By Liz

One week to go

Training is going OK. The header image on this post is from about a month ago, when I went on a 10 mile loop via my happy place and the pub (really, those are two different locations!) Haven’t done many hikes that long since then, because my knee is bothering me. Given that it’s several…

June 1, 2016June 26, 2016 By Liz

The itinerary!

Well that’s my productivity gone for the week! Eager to look up every place and add it to the GPS track. Here’s the list of Bed and Breakfasts/Pubs/Hotels: Stonehouse Farm, St Bees Ennerdale Country House, Cleator The Shepherds Arms, Ennerdale The Langstrath, Stonethwaite Dale Lodge Hotel, Grasmere (2 nights) Crookabeck Farm, Patterdale Crown and Mitre,…

May 27, 2016June 1, 2016 By Liz

Just under six weeks to go

Six weeks from yesterday, we’ll have set out from St Bees. Six weeks from today is a super short 5.5 mile walk from Cleator to Ennerdale. I’m obsessively checking email/mail for the promised packet from Packhorse containing exact lodgings for each night. Can’t wait to set up the exact route and import it into Outdoor…

April 4, 2016February 2, 2021 By Liz

Training hike and more GoPro

Last week was record-breaking for mileage–51 miles. Sobering, though, to think that’s still 25 miles short of a typical week of our (slow) C2C, and half of what most people do. Still, I’m confident I’m heading into this with ample preparation. On Saturday, D & I tackled the Oyster Dome just south of Bellingham. It…

March 28, 2016February 2, 2021 By Liz

Testing wet weather gear and the GoPro

What a notable post this is–a whole boatload of testing! Wet weather gear GoPro on a hike GoPro Studio edit…first attempt Embedding video Using a MapMyWalk .kml file to populate the header map Lots of things I know need improvement…but overall, not bad for a first attempt!

March 9, 2016June 18, 2016 By Liz

The origin

(This is a re-post from June 20th 2015. ) A brief but freaky encounter with mortality raised the question “What would the regret be?” Sure, it could be “I should have spent more time with the kids” (but I think I did OK there?) or “I should have spent less time at the office” (what…