Around 2:30 in the afternoon. Stopped for half hour for lunch and found it while exploring. Strangest thing ever. There was even a sheep trying to eat it. We never passed anyone with enough bag space for the tent, and no one we passed remembered seeing anyone ahead of us. Left a note at the tourist info place (why do these places close so early?) but not heard anything back from them.
Anyhoo, you can have it back if you can tell me when (date) and where you lost/dropped/forgot it and tell me where and why you packed the tent pegs in the location you did.
I have heard of people setting out on the Pennine Way and getting so distressed on Kinder Scout, or if they survive that, then Bleaklow, and simply ditching their kit and going home!
why would people get 'distressed'? Sure it was a little windy, but it was dry and clear, and the sun was shining and warm. Plus, where I found it, it was the sort of place someone would have just put their pack down, gone and had a good look around and forgotten to pick it back up later.
But saying that, it was damn heavy, and it wouldn't fit into my pack, so I had to hand hold it most of the way down. That got annoying. So, I can understand why somone may have left it there intentionally.
Search me why anyone would get 'distressed', but I once found two Pennine Wayfarers in blazing sunshine on Kinder, and they were clearly struggling... and it was the THIRD DAY of their trek from Edale. THREE DAYS... and they were still on Kinder!!!
How is that possible? It took us 8 hours, but only because my walking partner twisted her knee. 3 days on Kinder, sheesh, did they get lost or something. WoW, that makes me feel a lot better about what we did. It was a little disheartening to have all these runners (two of which I am sure looped us at least once) and walkers, (including a family of 8 with a 5 year old proudly sporting backpack and map) over taking us.
Paddy,in Sept.85 I walked into Byrness towards the end of a very tiring day, a heatwave had been the problem for about three days, water was very difficult to find. On the campsite at Byrness,by the toilets and refuse bins there was cooking kits, tents<still packed>,clothing of all sorts, piles of food, every thing you ever needed.Very few were pressing on to the finish.Heatstroke, sunburn,exhaustion,even four Brecon Becon rescue lads were waiting with many others for transport home, and only 25mls. to go.It's so easy to give in when everyone else is pushing you.When you walk alone those pressures are not there Cheers.
I remember some scorching summer weather in 1985. I followed the Pennine Watershed, rather than the Pennine Way, and of course there isn't really any water up there, just piles of bog. Still... a lot of it was fairly dry... but I do recall some raging thirsts and some sizeable detours to find water.
Meanwhile... bumpity bump... in case anyone's looking for a tent!
For a few years I have supported a few charity "walks" by providing first aid cover and the like.
I usually come home with more than I went away with - mainly T shirts and socks, but I have been given waterproofs, boots, stoves, more gas than you would use in a lifetime, CCF mats...list goes on. Much is just left at the start finish - thrown down never to be missed.
Most goes to a local DoE group that is always short of bits
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