BBC Countryfile Magazine

GRANDADDY OF ALL TRAILS

PENNINE WAY AT A GLANCE

Distance: 268 miles/431km

Total ascent: 11,170m

Max height: 893m

Duration: 16–20 days

Difficulty: challenging

It was a day I’ll never forget. I was walking up Edale towards the crag-rimmed summit of Kinder Scout with Tom Stephenson,

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