The Dales (Cursed) Way in Photographs, First Day

The Dales Way, May 2021, First Day.

Roll 01, exposures 15-36/36

Ilford Delta 3200, Konica Hexar AF

Developed and Scanned by Analogue Films

 

The Dales (Cursed) Way - in Photographs, Second Day

The Dales Way, May 2021, Second Day.

Roll 02, exposures 1-14/14

Ilford Delta 3200, Konica Hexar AF

Developed by Chan and scanned by Labyrinth

The Dales (Cursed) Way - Trip Report

Jake, the author and Pietro at the start of the trail.

The Dales Way is a National trail in Yorkshire in England, spanning eighty miles (or around one-hundred and twenty-eight kilometres) of an area referred to as the Dales. It is essentially a large area of river-valleys and hills, made up of agricultural land and national parklands, with many dissecting trails. The Dales Way is a trail that winds it's way westward from North Yorkshire, throughout these river valleys and hills, leading out of Yorkshire and into the Lake District to finish at the shores of Lake Windermere. 

For Jake and Pietro it was there second attempt at the trail, with me tagging along for my first... It is with a minor element of shame that I write the word 'attempt' in the same sentence as 'The Dales Way', but there is shamefully no other word to describe the process of trying-and-failing.

Current Goals - 23 / 03 / 21

 23/03/21

• Run a marathon
• Hike from Paris to London
• Hike from England to Denmark, via Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
• Hike NOBO across Sicily, over Mount Etna
• Speed-hike from London to Brighton with Jake
• Complete an ultralight cooking system with Jake
• Complete an ultralight single-shoulder sling bag with Jake
• Run a multi-day hiking trail
• Run the GR20 in Corsica
• Run SOBO down the West Coast of Denmark to Germany
• Learn to sew on a machine
• Visit Greenland, Iceland, Svelbard, Norway, Finland, Moldova, Antarctica, Revisit Japan
• Travel around Australia - see the Kimberley in the west, Tasmania, the GDR, the GBR, the Daintree and more. Hike a few trails in Aus - Maybe a Tasmanian Traverse thru hike with Tim
• Hike with Tom in Europe
• Start a family with Julie
• Continue to learn about our collective efforts to preserve our wonderful planet, our species and life as it is in general (won't be able to cross this off, but seeing it again will serve as a good reminder)