Welcome! This site is a hiking journal and resource guide — documenting my preparation and journey on the UK Coast to Coast, along with training hikes and gear notes along the way. Whether you’re researching and preparing for your own journey or just along for the adventure, I’m glad you’re here.
Where it all started
Well. It finally happened. After 25 years in aerospace and tech — 15 at Lockheed Martin and the last 10 at Apple — I took a few last photos under the rainbow at Apple Park, walked out the door, and into the California sunshine, finally, wonderfully untethered. At Apple, we have a saying for this moment… Read the full post →
Latest Posts
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UK C2C Day 10: Reeth to Richmond
Wow, I can’t believe I’m already 10 days into my 15-day walk! Besides the foot pain, I’m feeling great. Today I experimented with putting both pairs of insoles in my boots, to better protect against the rocky terrain and pavement (there’s more road walking today)… Read the full post →
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UK C2C Day 9: Keld to Reeth
Today’s route offers another high and low route option. The high route is a tour through the remnants of Northern England’s lead mining past, while the low route is a supposedly pretty stroll through Swaledale Valley. Unlike most other days, the official route is the high one… Read the full post →
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UK C2C Day 8: Kirkby Stephen to Keld
Today was a day of transition. I crossed the Pennines (the boggy “backbone of the British Isles”), the watershed (I’ll now be walking with the flow of rivers, toward the North Sea), and from the county of Cumbria into Yorkshire (the only two counties on this walk)… Read the full post →
