Your first decision is a key one. Not which path to take, but which pebble to pick. After all, you’re going to have to carry it 192 miles across England from coast to coast, so you want it to be perfect. And not too heavy.
Anyone familiar with Alfred Wainwright’s epic walking route spanning the north of England from the Cumbrian coast to the North Sea will recognize this tradition. If you’re not familiar with the it’s the quintessential English hill walking and long-distance trail experience. The great fell walker and guidebook writer plotted the route in 1973 and almost fifty years on it has a worldwide reputation among walkers, eclipsing all other long-distance routes
