08/05/2026
Day one on the Coast to Coast! Although we're not genuine Coast to Coasters as we'll need to walk it over quite a few months, not having the time or the money to do it all in one go âšī¸
Starting out at beautiful St Bees, we found the coastal path - also part of the King Charles III Coast walk - closed, due to erosion. No mention of this anywhere on the Internet, and the C2C has only just opened as a national trail! So we had to follow a low level detour instead of taking in the high coastal views, and we probably did closer to 10 miles rather than the expected 14.
But anyway. It was amazing! We loved it! Walking to a point instead of turning round and going back, or doing a circular route, really added to the experience. We met other walkers, 3 other groups at one point as we all tried to make sense of the maps when the signs had disappeared.
We were really sad at the end that we weren't stopping over and carrying on the next day. Got in Car 2, drove back to St Bees to pick up Car 1, and then home to study the map and plan for the next one đ
