Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

Yes, I did it in late September 1999 with a mate. Weather was mixed but generally OK.

Took 15 days. Fully self-supported, mix of camping and B&Bs when we got fed up with the rain.

I had a pair of old boots that were very comfortable, sadly they weren't the highest quality and a sizeable hole opened up on about day 3 so I had wet feet for the whole trip.

Frankly at times it was pretty grim but I was very glad I did it. Some memories:

• Camping in the back garden of the Green Man, Hardraw (site of England's highest waterfall).
  
• Drinking in Greenhead with some nutter who use to be a submariner in the Dutch Navy.
  
• Walking up the rim of the South Tyne valley watching a Hercules fly along it below us
  
• Coming up to the edge of High Cup Nick, so dramatic.
  
• Getting wasted in the Tan Hill Inn then camping in their back garden.
  
• My mate kicked Hadrian's Wall in frustration and a 2,000 year old stone fell out of it (whoops).
  
• Finishing at the Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm, drinking the free half pint courtesy of A Wainwright then several more that I paid for and only just getting the last train south courtesy of a lunatic OAP taxi driver.