Hi Jennifer, thanks for another wonderful instalment of your C2C journey, it looked like some great scenery, loved the little Grouse chicks, very comical 😂. Looking forward to what I presume will be the last leg😩. Hope you are keeping well, cheers Glyn.

Thank you for stopping and caring for all the wee animals on your journey. Heartwarming.

@Orenjen

2 ай бұрын

Oh absolutely I can’t go past without saying hi 😂 I’m an animal lover so seeing them when I’m out & about makes the hike more special ☺️

I had to shake my head when you said you preferred the woods. I live in the eastern US, where most of the walking is through woods. To get a view, you have to take a side trail to an overlook, and even there it can be hard to see over the treetops. I did the C2C last September. The day we did this stretch was gloriously clear. I didn’t even know there was a lower route - I’m so glad we did the higher one. Yes, the ups and downs were tough, but so rewarding. It ended up being my favorite day. I do realize how rare woods are for those of you in the UK, but the lack of woods is one of the (many!) reasons I absolutely love hiking in your country! Thanks for this chance to re-live my spectacular C2C walk! I’m really enjoying this series.

@Orenjen

3 ай бұрын

Haha fair enough! And not all the time, I do love a good high vantage point view of the hills of course. It's just that day was pretty hot, so I was grateful for the shade of the trees, as well as just being in love with forests & woodland in general 😁 So happy my videos are helping you re-live your hike & that you're enjoying watching them! Thank you 😊

Thank you Jennifer for another fantastic video the views looked wonderful.

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I live in the area and hike and run these trails a lot, always interesting to hear other people's views on the area! Whether people tackle the hills (the three sisters) after Lordstones or take the lower route they always love it. It's also unanimous that the section from Bloworth is a proper slog, even more fun when the weather turns 😂 Stayed at Blakey while doing the Lyke Wake Walk, great place and great staff!

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Haha yeah Bloworth is very desolate, but was lucky with the weather at least which I’m grateful for! That and the little ground nesting birds keeping me entertained 😁 Lion Inn/Blakey is great and you’re right the staff are wonderful!

Nice one, Jennifer. Another excellent vlog and decent weather. It definitely looks a walk i must try 👌

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, and you should, it’s proper long but such an experience!

We Brits sure do love the moan when the temperature gets above 70F/20C, but hey we do not often get this sort of constant Sun and Blue skies. PS You will LOVE the Rosebury Topping section fairly flat being an old Mine railway route. Lion Inn is well worth the over night stop. Sit back and let someone else do the cooking for one Night. Tony in Essex

@Orenjen

3 ай бұрын

Haha yeah we do, not used to it!😂 and yes the Lion Inn was great, camped there for £3 and had some amazing food! Brie and cranberries if I remember correctly

The main walk I do here in Toronto these days is an old railway line; lovely walk, tree-lined the entire way so it keeps the sun off (mostly), and you occasionally come across a raccoon or other animal. Right in the middle of Toronto itself too, but nice and quiet apart from the 3 or 4 roads you have to cross every now and then.

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Oh that sounds lovely, so idyllic. Lucky to have some local trails to do, and I know you’re probably used to seeing them but in the UK we don’t have raccoons, I’d love to see one in the wild! I think I saw one at a zoo once 😂 I think they’re super cute

@nicklemming2556

4 ай бұрын

@@OrenjenWe get them rooting around in the bins every now and then, or you occasionally see them just wandering around looking a little worried (they're pretty much nocturnal), but the y're cute little buggers. We also get possums every now and then, rabbits, squirrels are everywhere here, and we saw a fox trotting down the road in front of our house the other week when we went out early for a walk. And then we have skunks, which so far I've only seen at a decent enough distance not to get worried about being sprayed.

@nicklemming2556

4 ай бұрын

@@OrenjenWhen I lived in Brighton, we used to see foxes fairly regularly because we lived by one of the train lines, and they'd wander up and down the tracks looking for mice / rats to eat. That was the first fox I've seen here in Toronto though,

May 24th we start our adventure and your videos are getting me excited….and slightly nervous!

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Aw that’s amazing! That’s around the time of the year that I did this, so hopefully you get great weather! So excited for you, it’ll be so awesome, you’ll see unforgettable sights & meet incredible like-minded people 😁

That Sykes "thing" was a shooting Butt use for Grouse Shooting.

@Orenjen

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know, that’s so sad!😭

Sorry I couldn't make the premier, hope you had a pleasant birthday, Jennifer 🎂🎈🎉 Amazing weather - ddrryyy paths - I remember those ! Sykes was probably the name of the people allocated to that shooting butt Lovely birds, I wonder if they were grouse

@andrewpaylor2950

4 ай бұрын

I believe you're right on the shooting butt's, quite a few in the area worth names by them rather than the numbers you usually see

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Aw thank you, I had such a lovely time away for my birthday! ☺️ and yeah I think it must be that, a sad reminder of hunting poor defenceless birds 😭

The small baby Birds were Grouse, bred soley so the local land owners can shoot them. Just as they did on Saddleworth Moor which triggered the Mass Tresspass that prevented Ramblers using Public Rights of Way across the Moors near Manchester.

@Orenjen

3 ай бұрын

That’s so upsetting the poor little things, bred to be shot 😞

@user-TonyUK

3 ай бұрын

@@Orenjen I guess its the same for Lambs and Calves, ok they do not get shot but the end result (Food or others) is predestined.

And forget to say. The thing with Sykes on was a Grouse butt. Basically where the grouse meets there maker 🤷‍♂️

@Orenjen

4 ай бұрын

Oh no, there I was thinking it was for something nice & innocent, those poor birds 😭😭

@user-TonyUK

3 ай бұрын

@@OrenjenGrouse are bred by the local land owners so they can sell off the Shooting Rights to other Rich Farmers or the Landed Gentry.

OK I got to the end of this video at The Pub after the Rosebury Topping and its the end of the Playlist. Did you do the rest? Did you see the Steam Trains at Goatland on the North Yorks Moor? Re-reading my C2C book you still have some way to go before you get to RHB? Tony in Essex

@Orenjen

3 ай бұрын

Hi, yes I have one more video to come out! It should be this weekend, I’ve been super busy over the last few weeks with holidays & buying my first house, exciting stuff 😁 but yes I’ll have the next & final C2C video out this Sunday!

@user-TonyUK

3 ай бұрын

@@Orenjen OK I was getting worried that something had happened to you. Nice to know you are still about and can I assume you are uploading these as you hike? or do you wait until you finish the hike then Edit and Upload? Tony in Essex

@Orenjen

3 ай бұрын

@@user-TonyUK I hiked the C2C last May-June and I'm only getting around to editing & posting now as I have a massive backlog of other hikes, as well as being busy with work, hikes & buying my first home in between :D the final instalment is out tomorrow at 10:30am!

@user-TonyUK

3 ай бұрын

@@Orenjen OK now I know about the delay I am not as worried as I was. I was getting used to following the Journey and it stopped suddenly appox 30 miles before Robin Hoods Bay and I kind of paniced. I will wait now for you to finish catching up. Heart rate back to normal. Thanks for letting me know. Tony in Essex

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@Orenjen

2 ай бұрын

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