Ramblers Worldwide Holidays new 'Load Off Your Back' programme - which offers a range of exciting self-guided and flexible walking tours for independent travellers around Britain and Ireland - is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Alfred Wainwright's iconic 'Coast to Coast Walk' from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire.

This 200 mile walk provides the opportunity to tackle the whole route in five sections of 6, 7, 14, 15 and 17 walking days covering 8-21 miles a day.  One can walk from inn to inn staying at B&B's, guest houses and small hotels en route with a comprehensive written guide including maps and local knowledge. Baggage being transported leaving one to carry only what one needs each day. 

Option 1 - 6 days walking from St Bees to Kirkby Stephen via Ennerdale Bridge; Borrowdale; Grasmere; Patterdale and Shap. 

Option 2 - 7 days walking from Kirkby Stephen to Robin Hood's Bay via Keld; Reeth; Richmond; Ingleby Cross; Clay Bank and Glaisdale / Grosmont.

Option 3 - 14 days walking 'Wainwright's Way' from St Bees to Robin Hood 's Bay via Ennerdale Bridge; Borrowdale; Grasmere; Patterdale; Shap; Kirkby Stephen; Keld; Reeth; Richmond; Ingleby Cross; Clay Bank Top; Blakey Ridge and Glaisdale / Grosmont.

Option 4 - 15 days walking from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay via Ennerdale Bridge; Borrowdale; Grasmere; Patterdale; Bampton; Orton; Kirkby Stephen; Keld; Reeth; Richmond; Danby Wiske; Ingleby Cross; Blakey Ridge and Gaisdale.

Option 5 - 17 days walking from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay as option 4 to Ingleby Cross then Clay Bank Top; Blakey Ridge; Glaisdale and High Hawsker.

Prices from £459 per person includes guide book, maps, half-board accommodation and baggage transfer during the walk.

http://www.coasttocoastpath.co.uk/coast-to-coast-path-walks/

www.ramblersholidays.co.uk

01707 33 11 33

• Award-winning Ramblers Worldwide Holidays have been  established since 1946 and are the experts in guided walking adventures.

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• The company now operates to over 140 destinations in 60 countries.
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays offer a range of graded walks from leisurely to challenging.
• Alongside its traditional guided walking proposition, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays provide independent UK walking adventures via its Load Off Your Back programme www.loadoffyourback.co.uk
• The operator contributes monies to the Ramblers  Holidays Charitable Trust which supports environmental projects both hereand abroad
• Their portfolio also includes specialist holidays linked to walking such as, cooking, cruising, birdwatching, rail journeys, photography, singing and flora.
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays provide a fully protected service as members of ABTA, AITO & The CAA.
• Ramblers Worldwide Holidays has launched The Walking Partnership -an initiative which champions walking at the 'grass roots' level by providing funding and support to walking groups and clubs throughout the UK  http://www.thewalkingpartnership.org.uk

For further information please contact grahamross1@btconnect.com 01255 670661