TheBritishAdventurer's video: The Great Malvern Expedition Part Five 1080p HD Documentary

Inspired after reading the literature of the legendary marathon walker John Merrill, notably, 'Walking My Way' and 'Turn Right at Land's End' I decided, some might say rather astonishingly, that I would create and walk my own long-distance walk. With absolutely no planning or physical training, in the summer of 2020, I just packed my rucksack and set off from Fort William, Scotland, with the ambition of hiking all the way to my hometown Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England, some 600 miles (966 kilometres) away. In part five of the expedition you join me sheltering from the rain in a bus shelter in Roxburgh just outside of Kelso. When it stopped rained I walked to Nisbit and picked up the B6400 and followed it back to the A68 and arrived into Jedburgh quite late. I then followed the A68 again, over the England Scotland border, all the way to Corbridge. At Corbridge, I rested as that stretch of road damn near killed me. There was not much in Corbridge so I summoned what little energy I had and walked to Hexham. In Hexham, there was a band playing in the grandstand so I bought a few beers and watched them for a while. Desperately needing somewhere to pitch for the night, as I was feeling physically and mentally exhausted, I walked over to The Sele and pitched at the top of the hill. I got very annoyed because the dog walking locals kept asking me if I was ok so I packed up my tent and headed for the River Tyne. I found a quiet place to camp near Fourstones. In the morning, I followed the B6319 to Haydon Bridge and then joined the A69. The A69 was by far the worst road I had walked along, I honestly felt like the ordeal was never going to end. It was bloody horrendous - it was raining heavily the whole way and to add to the horror in some places the verge I was walking along was about one foot wide. One slip and it would have been a one-way ticket to the morgue. I avoided Carlisle and headed for Penrith, passing through Low Hesket, High Hesket and Plumpton. From Penrith, I entered the Lake District National Park via Pooley Bridge and pitched up on Lake Ullswater, which concludes part five of the expedition. DISCLAIMER: © TheBritishAdventurer, 2021. All rights reserved. This documentary may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, on any other YouTube channel without my expressed written permission. MUSIC USED: 00:19 - 01:56 - Status Quo - Caroline