Sole searching: the Lyke Wake Walk, North York Moors
(The Guardian Travel News)

Why would anyone want to hike 40 miles in less than a day? Because this `death march´ is the Yorkshire equivalent of climbing EverestAfter 28 hard miles, after cuckoos and curlews and dust and pain and sweat, Gerry Orchard crosses Wheeldale Beck over the stepping stones and sinks to one knee. This is no exhausted collapse; it is the prelude to a song.`This yah neet, this yah neet,` he sings in a strong Yorkshire voice, `Ivvery neet an´ all. Fire an´ fleet an´ cannle leet, an´ Christ tak up thy saul ...` Continue reading...