The Cumbria Way got tough - Part 2 Backpacking 80 miles
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- It's June and myself and @AndrewBeavers are backpacking 80 miles along the Cumbria Way in the Lake District. Our plan is to complete the trip in 5 days, hiking and camping along the way, so all of our gear will have to fit in our backpacks. Part 2 of this series covers days 3 & 4 from Langdale to Caldbeck. The weather and scenery were beautiful, making for an amazing adventure.
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Watching you and Andy daily nice videos interesting information thanks from new subscribers watch you and Andy videos might take up camping soon xx
what? another kind geordie? twice in a row i had to hitch hike in glencoe, and twice geordie people (sunderland i know i know, i just forget) picked me up, willing to take me a hundred miles.....
From the lows of you nearly packing up, you're back producing your best content for a long time. Long may it continue.
I'm glad you talked about using campsites along the trail over wild camps. It's definitely the better choice and most sensible. It also helps others realise its not all about finding the best spot for the night as your experience is far better along the route taken then relaxing and refreshing 😊
This series is by far the best you've done, superb views fantastic content great stuff fella 👍👍
I really appreciate Paul putting his camera down, walking away from it, turning around and picking it back up so MANY times to get these cool shots! :)
I've got sore feet and aching limbs from just watching you. Well done. That's a heck of a walk.
Lol i know what you mean, i'm still itching
The nesting bird shot was awesome!
Great skills Paul, that's some distance with big bags + filming. Doesn't matter how many day hikes, long distance hikes will always find your weak point.
Great to see the Calbeck campsite. It was a field when I stayed and you payed at the house.
Hi Paul, would be great to see a video with a breakdown of what gear you took, what worked well and what you might do differently next time. Class series so far mate.
Black Moss Pot! Awesome memories of swimming there while Youth Hostelling with a Northumberland school in the late 70's, of course, we didn't have the luxury of wet suits! But what a welcome sight it was after a day on the hills!
Paul, this is one of your most enjoyable films to watch. Has given the urge to have a crack at the Cumbrian Way
absolutely love these videos Paul - better than netflix! keep up the good work and the graft it takes to make these vids! Cheers again
I really enjoy watching your videos and have watched some of them many times. However not gonna lie I feel that theses ones are definitely some of your best work. Keep it up.
Another absolute cracker! My only concern is how the hell do you better this series? Greetings from NZ.
What beautiful scenery, Over here in NZ, the general rule of thumb is that we rest 10 minuets in every hour, but this will depend on the weather, number in the party and of course the fitness level. Nothing like a good slog up hill on a hot day, clears the cobwebs. ATB Cheers from the mountains of NZ 😀😀
Gret videos Paul! Really appreciate the effort of filming all along to show this beautiful views.
Just an advice from a professional point of view (I'm a nutritionist): Be careful with high fat and cholesterol foods especially when doing high intensity exercise like backpacking, it leads to inflammation and it's the last thing you want on a trip like this where the inflammation is already high from the exercise. I hope you don't take it bad, I just want to see your videos for very long time :) Cheers!
one of my favourite part of the Lakes -Langdale is sooooooooooo beautiful! Last time on Stake Pass was in pouring rain, descending from the back of Rossett Pike! Also done it (ascending) on a snowy Christmas day. Lovely to see the whole hike....
35 km!? oh my... that's no joke, you're in good shape!
I love that you're a Sunderland fan!
It's absolutely beautiful Paul. The views and vistas. So green and lush. It's like a painting.
Fabulous stuff Paul, vet well done 👌🏻👍👊
Elterwater and the Langdales are my favorite in the Lake District.
Thank you for doing this video Paul. You inspired me to do The Cumbria Way - the weather wasnt as nice unfortunately, but I absolutely loved every second of it either way. Straight after doing the Cumbria Way, I organised to do The Cotswolds Way, which is coming up in October, and then I've got time off work to do Lands End to John O'Groats next year. Its all spiraled from doing Cumbria Way, and if it wasnt for watching this video, I probably wouldn't have got the ideas to do the next things. Thank you so much again, and looking forward to your next trips
My emotions are being a bit up and down so when I say these shots are beautiful is like saying I wanna experience this. Thank you for inspiration.
That's a lot of miles, Paul, the bet your feet felt like a meat tenderiser had been taken to them. Those little comped sticks are good. Used them myself a few times. Lovely views of the Lakes, beautiful walking countryside.
We were on our last legs that day, it was the only place we didn't have a plan for camping, we called in at the Keswick Camping and Caravan club site and must have looked desperate.... camp spot they gave us was amazing. They take day hikers, a spot next to the lake on crown green truf! wash/shower/ dry facilities were best I've seen at a site. Will definitely use again, especially as it was pretty much on route.
Great video, I know that route very well, I often walk from Carlisle, where I live, to Keswick and beyond, there are some beautiful sights along the Cumbria way.
Good effort Paul! Head down …arse up!! 😂
You’re right … body glide is awesome … I’ve been a big fan of it for years .. chafing is just awful and can just ruin a trip ….great views thanks for taking us along 👍👍
Stake pass was the hardest part of the entire route for me. I took it on towards the end of day 2, stopping at Stonethwaite farm for the night. Was absolutely knackered climbing out of Langdale with camping gear on my back after walking all the way from Coniston to get there
I’m glad we did it early when it was cooler at the start of the day.
@@PaulMessner yeah totally, I'm mostly just glad I did it in my 30s hahahw
Langdale - lovely camp site and nearby pub!! Good walking, chaps
Thanks mate. Lovely area. Will definitely be back.
@@PaulMessner My mates and I refer to the bar in the old dungeon ghyll as 'the alter'... you will return. ATB
Great looking Hike got there cheers from NZ
Love how the longer the walk,the more the Beaverman looked like day 1, all sorted and tidy and packed, and Messy looked more like a tramp every day 😂😂😂😂😂😂😜. Joking aside, great trip, lovely scenery, that's now on the bucket list. Good to see you like your old self again Mr M. 👌👌👌👌👌
Love it 👍❤
Re my previous post about illness re heart issues, I'm attending rehab sessions right now, and we are encouraged to set some personal goals re lifestyle. I'm setting myself a target to complete this walk across the Lakes next spring. Thanks for the inspiration. Need to get fit first😅. Ps. This route looks amazing
Great trip Paul. At timestamp 6:05, the fortuitous "chunky dunky" in the Black Moss Pot really made my day! 😂😁
Just finished the Cumbria way yesterday and i stayed in Keswick caravan and camping club by booths ,its right on the end of Derwent water and they take non members.the view was amazing. Great effort mate its not easy trail especially in the heat as i found out.
Great video, Paul. Way to stick with it and come back with footage of this beautiful scenery. Thank you.
Wow! 😲 Yet another awesome video Paul, really showcasing the beauty of the Lake District and all it has to offer. It really is one of my favourite places in the UK.
Loving this series style, hope you have more planned adventures like this in the future, coast to coast anyone? 😁👍
So glad you didn't give up TH-cam when your content is so good. Keep up the great work 👍
By far the best series you’ve done yet. Love it.
Well done Paul great couple of videos . Really enjoyed them , I walk but not those distances but I did a local charity walk from Castleton to Chapeltown, 23 mles in about 7.5 hours and even after putting a few miles in the weeks before my legs and calfs were paining from saturday when I did it till the following wednesday... know how you were feeling ... well done again ...
Great series!
Second installment is as good as the first. You both did well, different experience getting up day after day and hitting the trail compared to 1 night "wild camping"
TFS cheers Alistair 👍
Totally, I've done Anglesey twice, 125 miles in 7 days, I was exhausted by the end, I needed another holiday to get over it!
parachute is not exactly flying, it's FALLING!😢
Mike.
Thoroughly enjoying this, thank you so much for sharing it with us. Feeling for you as you still have another day to go and you’ve obviously taken a bit of a battering on those ankle breaker trails. What will happen on the final day - looking forward to the next reel! 👍🏻🙂
its great being older lol but we do have our good days, just did black combe 600mtrs the hard path up and down in 4 and a half hours inc half hour at the top, not to bad for a unfit 63 yr old lol, great vids loved the chunky chubbies remark
I really enjoy this series. And the fact you allow yourself a pint along the way. Cheers!
So envious of you brits having something as stunning as Lake District.
loving the videos keep it up!
Great videos Paul! Thank you. Giggled at “I’m more Celine Dion!”
Shame the route doesn't go via Hesket Newmarket rather than Caldbeck (only a couple of miles away), the pub (Crown) is so much better with a brewery out the back, its possibly/probably the best pub in Cumbria - treat yourselves - you're worth it!
Good video Paul. I like the style that you use, chatty with a bit of humour and a touch of reality biting thrown in. Quite jealous, wish i was there with you! ( If you fancy doing it again give me a shout!😅😅
Fantastic video Paul. You are really taking us with you. Can't wait til part 3. I used to do a lot of hill walking in my 20s and 30s . Then not for the last twenty years. Now just turned 60 I want to do some more again. Your videos are really inspiring - as a normal bloke - doing some amazing walks and going to some stunning places. More of these please!! ( don't have to be 80 miles though....). I hope you were OK at the end. I once did a walk across wales in a night and a day non-stop and it took me about a week to recover!!!
A very well done on a tough section but I’ve got to say you are two jammy buggers with the weather.
Great stuff.
Well done mate. Wish I was doing it with you
That was great, Paul! I'm really enjoying this journey. Can't wait to see how you do in the last part! Fantastic views, but you've really put the hard work in to earn them, that's for sure!
Think that might be my favourite of your videos, lovely stuff, look forward to seeing the rest of the trip. Hope your aches & pains calm down a bit!
Just finished the cumbrian way yesterday, these videos are bringing it all back. The langdale to Keswick stretch nearly killed us, great achievement Paul. 👏👏👏
Another great instalment Paul. Definitely a route I’m going to do this summer. So many hidden gems. Love the little areas of forest etc. put some good mileage considering the weather too. Not easy hiking in the heat. Enjoyed that. Looking forward to part 3. Take it easy. Craig
This birds shot was amazing!
It's good to see you putting in the miles. Respect Celine 😅
Thanks so much for sharing, I can't wait to do this one!
Body glide is great. Use it for triathlon mainly to stop wetsuit rubbing round my neck but also use it in other areas to prevent any chafing!
Another brilliant Wednesday evening video.😊
What a beautiful route ,,,must be tough in parts, but it's nice to see your in good spirits enjoying the journey 😀.
What an epic adventure! Well done my friend! Really enjoying this one.
Brilliant video Paul glad to see you getting the miles in. And what a way to do it.
This is brilliant!! Looking forward to the next part.
Fantastic content as always. thanks Paul (and Andy)
Another great journey . Weather seems to be on your side. Looking forward to the next video.
Great video Paul, well done
I walked the Cumbria way about 10 years ago. The climb to high pike was undertaken in heavy rain and poor visibility with extreme wet conditions underfoot. I didn’t know about Lingy Hut until I nearly walked into the back of it. A very welcome shelter for an hour until the weather cleared.
Another superb video Paul, well done. Always enjoy your videos, makes me want to get out and do it..!!! A vid on your kit you used would be great??
Well done Paul that snake pass is a killer. Think you deserved that gammon afterwards 😊
Nice to see you have amazing views on stakes pass. We couldn’t see our hand in front of us & nearly died 😂 I’m doing this again in nice weather ! Amazing video mate, top effort! Hope to see a dance at the end 🕺
There was no energy for busting moves out mate 😂
@@PaulMessner 😂 it’s coming … 🕺
Brilliant stuff so far Paul.
It's definitely one I'm going to add to my list.
Looks like a beautiful hike some very long kms each day. Walking in that nice weather tho definitely helps lift the spirits. Great video and good on you for doing the hike 😊
Great views once again some of my favourite places in northern lakes & castle rigg been one of them keep pushing on Paul doing very well wot a great a achievement good luck for rest of your journey enjoy keep safe
I really like the National trust campsite at Great Langdale. Stunning views and great place to hear the owls at night. Looking forward to part 3, excellent effort!
This is a great series so far, can’t wait for the next episode
That last campsite at cauldbeck is a great little place, good showers and the pub grub is quite good too
Stayed their a few nights myself last year when on a motorbike tour
Hope the feet hold up and ya get a good nights rest 👍😎
You did well mate. Good work
Fantastic filming again, Paul. This one is more like Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins and Sam about to be chased by paragliding goblins at Black Moss Pot!
Hi Paul. Loved this video. I’ve never seen such beautiful scenery before. It is stunning and I wish we lived nearer (Essex) and could enjoy it more. Take care and have fun regards Luke
Love this series Paul. Would you do this for any other walking trails in the uk and make it a series
Paul I always tell my hiking companions, “The finish line ain’t moving”. Looks like a great trip. 🤙
Great vids, very funny keep going mate 👍
Respect man, not sure I could do those miles now? so out of shape, the pints looked well deserved after a hard days hike! awesome!
okay so firstly hats off to you and andy for getting the job done so far and im so glad you never gave up youtube and stuck with it your content is quality paul ❤ but please help me out here as someone who is from the scottish highlands i grew up going grouse beeting in the moors for extra money as a kid walking miles a day through knee deep heather very close to the cairngorms and know being ex army ive never understood (trekking poles) i get that maybe 25/30% of the time your glad you have them but the rest of the time they seem like there just getting dragged along for the journey 🤷🏻♂️ its it some sort of ultralight fashion where you need to have a trekking pole tent to save some weight ? personally i would rather carry the extra weight on my back and have my hands free but when you factor in the awkward poles you have to drag along all day are you actually saving more than 300/400g i just don't understand the whole trekking pole thing for 80% of the terrain most hikers endure we used to carry 15k packs and cover all kinds of terrain without them now it seems like if you dont have them your not a real pack packer 🤷🏻♂️ i guess its just personal preference at the end of the day would love to hear your opinion after doing the cumbria way would you do it differently next time ? anyway love your content and commitment to to doing what you love take care all the best 👍🏻
Well done Paul! I've done it a couple of times, from North to South (I live near Ulverston). Stake Pass was awful (both times), although after being reminded of the scenery, part of me wants to try the S-N (the proper way). Looking forward to watching part 3.
defo earned that one, that meal looked proper noshy too
Nice vid Paul.
I recommend coconut oil as a cheap alternative for your feet and (ahem) crevices.
Just to say, really enjoying this little series ti appreciate the honesty . I’m with you, lunch at the pub and a campsite is well within the rules at our age 🤣🤣🤣. Good effort sir 💪💪
This is bringing back so many fond memories. Great vid so far Paul. Thanks. I walked it years ago and watching this is making me happy! Beer is good for you! Pineapple with your gammon though? Surely it must be egg? 😀
I find its the big milages that kill you. Keep it down to 10-15 miles a day and its much more pleasurable......and you get longer on trail to enjoy it more. An alround win 😁😁
Bloody awesome walking matey (A Hell of a lot of miles) Great / Beautiful views and some awesome close up footage like them bird's in that tree.
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I can remember a few years ago doing an ultramarathon, I was running with a bloke who had run marathons all over the world and had never not finished one, I’d never ran a marathon. We were coming in through the valley you dropped down into and started to notice the zig zag path ahead and then down Stake pass, there was a main feed station in the pub, we both got withdrawn from the race, missing the cut off by 8 mins, I was pleased the other bloke wasn’t and didn’t speak all the way back to Ambleside in the transport. It’s a tough climb and descent either way.
Loving your videos. I walk the national trails solo camp and also do Wainwrights. I've camped at Castlerigg Farm on many occasions. Feel for you with the blisters 😅
Nice one Paul
You doing amazing !!!
And an epic vid really enjoying it👏👏
Cheers Graham
Fair play for that distance. Even after the 1st part I’m thinking, my feet wouldn’t cope. Doesn’t take much to upset them.
I’m still trying to find the magic solution. Currently working on outer/inner heal blisters on longer walks. And balls of my feet hurt on anything 10-20miles. Maybe that’s normal.
Trying liner socks and rock tape with my Meindl Antelao comfort fit boots.
Comfiest boots I’ve ever worn, but still get issues!
I also have that Compede stick 👍🏼
Brilliant journey so far 👏🏼
Yes NT Langdale is an excellent campsite, yes I've also enjoyed their bacon sandwiches (and I saw you selected their beer fridge selection night before), the showers excellent and handy to have power in shower blocks. The amount of climb to get to Borrowdale isn't quite as bad as the Bowfell route.