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The Pennine Way National Trail is a 412km (267 mile) walk from Kirk Yetholm in Scotland, to Edale in Derbyshire, with a terrain of moorlands and steep sided dales. It is generally regarded as the toughest, most demanding, and most challenging long-distance walk in Britain.

A small part of the walk is through East Cumbria, from Alston, Garrigill, over Cross Fell (which at 2930 feet is the highest point on the Pennine Way), Great Dun Fell, towards Dufton, then on to High Cup Nick and Cow Green Reservoir, on the border between Cumbria and County Durham.

For more information, descriptions and pictures of the route - see the links below.

Related Links :

• The Pennine Way Site - detailed and well illustrated description of the walk by David Gibbins.
• End to End - The Pennine Way is a detailed record, with hundreds of photos, of the trail - part of John Butler's 15 year walk of 1388 miles between Land's End and John O' Groats.
• The Pennine Way - Harold N. Ward
• Official Pennine Way National Trail site
• Pennine Way National Trail - Ramblers Association guide
• Wikipedia - The Pennine Way
• Open Directory - Pennine Way
• Great Dun Fell measurement platform and Radar Station
• Weather forecast from Great Dun Fell

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