A Wonderful Day – Matthew Kitchen

We finished our crossing yesterday (Saturday 18th July) in 15:10!

Myself, Nick, Ollie, Tim and Charlie followed the traditional route from left to right, and despite the torrential rain halfway through, we had a wonderful day!

 

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  1. 5 Star Hotel – George Fowkes
  2. Sleeping Ever Since – Imogen Jameson
  3. Dodging Runners!
  4. Pockets of Humour – Brian Anderson
  5. A Wonderful Day – Matthew Kitchen
  6. A report of a crossing made on Friday 24th July 2026
  7. A Family Tradition – Heloise and Claire
  8. A Great Plan – Karen and Carl Murphy
  9. Coconut Water and Local Ale – Indy
  10. Dodging Midges – Dave and Patric
  11. An Epic First – Becky and Emma
  12. Couple of Condolences : Kate Marriott and Joseph Dendle 
  13. Self-Condolences: Andrew Kidd
  14. Three Crossings, One Frog, and a Man Who Should Have Known Better
  15. Paint Brushes and Cold Pints – Alex Williams
  16. The Return Crossing – Walk 11 Graeme Noble
  17. The Outward Crossing – Walk 10 – Graeme Noble
  18. Sixty at Sixty by Mike Chatten
  19. The Return of Gerry Orchard
  20. The Wondering Goose Wild Women!
  21. Happy Birthday Rebecca
  22. French Rock Salt Wins The Day: Mark Malkin
  23. 50 Years Ago – Geoff Hayes
  24. John Swanson – Crossing No. 6
  25. A Day Of Two Halves – Steve Callender
  26. A Family Affair by Sally Parkin
  27. Here Lie Two Brothers…
  28. Summer Crossing – Walk 8 – Graeme Noble
  29. Bouncy bogs, Blisters, Bunions and a Badger
  30. Would Walk Again: Alexander Roach
  31. 5 Brave Souls: Ali Cox
  32. First Crossing: Alastair Basden
  33. New Lyke Wake Club Visit to RAF Fylingdales
  34. First Crossing: Stuart Weston
  35. Fashion Boots: The Miller Twins
  36. Crossing Report: Mike Smith
  37. Late Spring Crossing – Walk 7 – Graeme Noble
  38. Of Bosky Descents and Blasted Declinities: Chris Rea
  39. Suitably Gothic…
  40. Diary of an Accidental Dirger: Danny Tyler
  41. The Final Day Of My 32nd Year: Ewan Chipping
  42. Operation Lyke Wake Walk: Mick Say
  43. The Great Divide: Richard Pearson
  44. Late Summer Crossing – Walk 6 – Graeme Noble
  45. 23rd-24th August 2024. HMP Holme House Crossing. Adam Norman.
  46. 16th/17th August 2024. Family Crossing. Graham North.
  47. Late Summer Crossing – Walk 5 – Graeme Noble
  48. No Thanks to the Romans…
  49. Who Needs Sleep Anyway: Cathy Staniforth
  50. More Unfinished Business
  51. A Birthday Bimble: Hannah Mayne Crossing Report for Brainstrust
  52. When a Double isn’t really a Double: John Swanson
  53. Unfinished Business: Andrew & Alexander Roach
  54. Same Time Next Year: David Wood
  55. A Snorkel & Flippers: Mark Kitson
  56. A Northern Stealth Mission
  57. Brig o’ Dread Indeed
  58. Winter Crossing – Walk 4: Graeme Noble
  59. A New Decade: Natalie Vallone
  60. A Comedy Of Errors: Anthony Bristow
  61. Sheep or Aliens? Graeme Noble
  62. Owls, Frogs, Snakes and Nightjars: Graeme Noble & Mark Harris
  63. Do The Hokey Cokey: Josh Hawthorne and John O’Boyle
  64. Crossing Report 11-12th August 2023 : Suzanne and Martin Scott
  65. Crossing report 29/7/2023 : Rachel MacAleese
  66. What 47 Years Can Do To You: Rob Hadley
  67. A Stumble Jog To Fen Bog: Janine Price
  68. Hail & Lightning – A Summer Crossing: Anne Singleton
  69. Quarter Century Celebrations!: The Tyler Family
  70. Sludge and Christmas Trees: Dean Owens
  71. Outrunning the Rain: Ben Rowe
  72. From Here To Eternity: Graeme Noble
  73. A Tantalising View
  74. The Final 100 Yards Are The Longest…
  75. A Close Encounter
  76. Crossing The Yorkshire Desert
  77. An Emotional Farewell
  78. The Beauty Of This Barren Paradise
  79. Crossing report 18/11/22.
  80. Crossing of Lyke Wake Walk on Friday 28th October 2022.
  81. Unsupported Crossing: 01st October 2022. Martin Assame and Jude Rivers.
  82. Crossing : 29th June 2022. Mark Brain & Paul Hudson
  83. Slithery Crossing. 12th September 2022. Phil Renshaw & Andrea McCartney
  84. Crossing of Old : 23rd/24th February 1975
  85. Crossing Friday 19th August 2022. Dave Draper and Alun Denbury
  86. Lyke Wake Walk Crossing Report. 11th August 2022.
  87. Crossing 06th August 2022. Dirgers: Stuart Hodgkinson, Ed Paxton, Stuart Wilkinson
  88. 30.07.2022 Crossing Report…One Foot In Front of the Other…Repeat!
  89. 09th July 2022. Double Crossing on Race Day. Neil Brown
  90. Swept Along by the Lyke Wake Challenge! 09th July 2022.
  91. Liquid Refreshments Before, During, After
  92. Mirages, Mud, Fish & Chips
  93. Crossing report. Tuesday 21st June 2022
  94. Successful crossing Saturday 11th June 2022
  95. A Memorial Crossing
  96. 1955 and All That …………………….
  97. Special Crossing report August 26th 2021…………and another …………….. “Great to be 50” !
  98. Winter Crossing, Jan Bieschke. 12th February 2022 ( or was it 14th ? ).
  99. Friday 23rd July in the year of Our Lord 2021.
  100. Crossing – 29th September 2021.
  101. Crossing Report 19th September 2021. David Gibson.
  102. Crossing Report Date: 16th August 2021
  103. Lyke Wake Walk / Chaos Crossing Report. 27th July 2021.
  104. Lyke Wake Walk: Supported West to East Crossing, 10th July 2021
  105. West to East Crossing 10th July 2021. Philip Cosson and Michael Sivewright.
  106. Solo unsupported East to West Crossing, Overnight 9th/10th July 2021. Alison Dyke.
  107. Solo Crossing Mon 5th July2021. Rob Clark
  108. Crossing 02nd/03rd July 2021.
  109. Crossing Sunday 20th June 2021.
  110. Crossing 12th June 2021.
  111. Saturday 26th June 2021………………………Successful Family Crossing.
  112. Crossing report – 21st May 2021
  113. Crossing 09-10th May 2021. Mark Noble.
  114. Crossing 01st May 2021
  115. Crossing 05th April 2021
  116. Crossing. 11th September 2020, Nick Hallissey, Deputy Editor, Country Walking Magazine
  117. Crossing Report from 1991……………………….
  118. Crossing report – 12th September 2020
  119. ‘Lest We Forget’
  120. Crossing Report (West to East) – Friday 9th / 10thOctober
  121. “The Doom Trilogy”
  122. Completion of the Lyke Wake Walk on Saturday 12th September 2020.
  123. Crossing Report – Chris Hutchinson – Saturday 22nd November 1971
  124. Crossing Report – Alastair Hutchinson – Saturday 22nd August 2020
  125. Crossing 09th/10th September 2020.
  126. So comes the report of our crossing 9th/10th September 2020:
  127. Crossing 03rd September 2020.
  128. Crossing Report 30th August 2020.
  129. Crossing report 12/13 August 2020
  130. Crossing Report 30/31 July 2020
  131. Double crossing 31st July – 2nd August
  132. Crossing report from Johan Toxopeus, Bilthoven
  133. Crossing Report with my kids
  134. Crossing 24-25th July 2020.
  135. Crossing Report. 25th July 2020
  136. Successful Crossing – Sunday 19th July 2020
  137. Our short Lyke Wake Walk crossing report for 21st July 2020!
  138. Record Crossing Report – 11th July 2019
  139. Crossing Saturday 27th June 2020
  140. Lyke Wake Walk 10th July 2020
  141. Crossing 09th July 2020.
  142. Crossing on 28-06-20
  143. Midsummer Lyke Wake Crossing.
  144. Lyke Wake Path Enhancements
  145. Crossing Report 02nd June 2020 Self Isolation on the Lyke Wake Walk
  146. Monday/Tuesday 2nd/3rd March 2020 – A Spring Crossing – yeah right!
  147. Crossing 30th November 2019………. Solo, Unsupported, Non-Winter …………. yea, RIGHT! Gerry Orchard.
  148. Camera Lost 12th October 2019
  149. Crossing report 6/7/19
  150. Lyke Wake Walk 31 July – 1 August 2019
  151. Crossing report for 21st July – 4 successes and all first-timers
  152. LYKE WAKE CROSSING REPORT 16/17 JULY 2019
  153. 40 years – 40 Miles – Crossing 29th June 2019
  154. Lyke Wake Crossing by Pat Fowler and Graham Dixon – 28th June 2019
  155. Dawn to Dusk – Thursday 27th June 2019
  156. Crossing report for the LWW from Johan Toxopeus, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
  157. Charity Lyke Wake Walk 29th June 2019
  158. Lyke Wake Walk, Saturday 29th June 2019
  159. Lyke Wake Walk Supporters Report June 21/22nd 2019
  160. Lyke Wake Crossing Report Saturday 22nd May 2019.
  161. Lyke Wake Walk 14th June 2019
  162. The Lyke Wake Walk in Super Quick Time ………… a Walkthrough
  163. A lovely day, mostly
  164. Made it, in only 18 hours!
  165. Crossing Report 3rd/4th May 2019, I Blame John Kettley
  166. 26-27th April 2019, East to West – Three Holderness lasses with Hannah in the Heather!!
  167. EAST-WEST CROSSING – 27 APRIL 2019
  168. Crossing Report 29th/30th March 2019 – Pants to That!!
  169. West (Osmotherley) to East (Ravenscar) Crossing, Crossing Date: 8th March 2019, Dirgers: Tom & Claire Chapman
  170. Crossing Report 27/28 February 2019. Have you ever ……..?
  171. 28-29 December 2018 – A Lyke Wake Pantomime (Oh yes it was!!)………………….
  172. 31st Aug-1st Sep 2018 – A Note of Caution (well a picture anyway) ~~~~~~~
  173. Lyke Wake Walk – East to West Crossing Mon 29 May 2018
  174. Lyke Wake Walk crossing, West to East, 16/17 May 2015
  175. Crossing Report, Saturday 3rd June 2017
  176. Crossing, 1st October 2018
  177. Saturday 27th July 2013, Chris Wood and Nick Coombes
  178. Crossing 28th July 1982……………………
  179. Crossing Report: Monday 27th August 2018
  180. THE LYKE WAKE WALK – CROSSING 27TH/28TH AUGUST 2018
  181. Crossing – 19-20 August 2018
  182. Crossing 02nd July 2018
  183. Crossing Friday 3 August 2018
  184. Crossing report – 16th June – slaying the dragon!
  185. Unsupported Crossing : 22nd July 2018
  186. 3/4 on 2nd July and a Crossing on 16th July 2018 !
  187. Crossing Report – July 20/21 2018 Crossing in Memory of Arthur Puckrin (1938-2018)
  188. Crossing 30th June 2018
  189. Crayke Challenge 7th – 8th July 2018
  190. Crossing 14th July 2018
  191. My first ultra – laying a demon to rest by Chris Roberts
  192. Lyke Wake Crossing – Sunday 24 June 2018
  193. Report of crossings of Lyke Wake Walk
  194. Crossing Report: Saturday 16th June 2018
  195. Crossing Thursday 28th and Friday 29th June 2018
  196. Swifty’s Lyke Wake Dirge
  197. Crossing Report. Saturday 23rd June 2018. Time taken 13 hours and 38 minutes.
  198. Lyke Wake Walk (June 16th /17th 2018)
  199. Crossing Report: 8/9 June 2018
  200. Crossing of one Stephen Scorer on May 30th 2018.
  201. Lyke Wake Walk Report 5-6th May 2018
  202. Unsupported Crossing 5-6th May 2018
  203. Katherine Knight, Crossing on 13th March 2018
  204. Winter Crossing Report 23rd/24th February 2018
  205. Crossing Summer 2017
  206. Crossing Report – Chateau d’Osmotherley, July 2017. Ian Evans
  207. Crossing – 16th September 2017.
  208. Crossing Saturday 02/09/17 – Sunday 03/09/17
  209. East to West crossing on 22nd July 2017
  210. Crossing from 1968.
  211. The Astill Family v. The Lyke Wake Walk – Crossing Report from May 14th 2017
  212. West to east crossing 1st July 2017 (Bring Me Sunshine)
  213. Pie Club On Tour 2017 – Lyke Wake Walk in loving memory of Barney (the Labradoodle)
  214. Unsupported E-W Crossing Report 23-24 June 2017
  215. Lyke Wake Walk crossing report June 9th 2017 John Holden
  216. Crossing Report – 7/8 July, solo and unsupported Claire Chapman
  217. Lyke Wake Walk East West Crossing Report 01st July 2017
  218. Crossing report for Becca and Andy White, Tracey Jinks and Andy Mitchell, 1st July 2017.
  219. Lyke Wake Walk – 11 & 12 JUNE 2017 Anita Thompson
  220. Crossing 30th June / 1st July 2017
  221. Double Crossing Lyke Wake Walk 12 – 14 June 2017.
  222. You can never go back. Except you can. Alas Saturday 10th June 2017
  223. Saturday 24th June 2017 “The Scene was set …………………………………..”
  224. BART BEECH – UNSUPPORTED SOLO CROSSING – 19/20 JUNE 2017
  225. Crossing 20th June 2017 ……………
  226. Unsupported crossing 7th June 2017
  227. Crossing 02nd/03rd June 2017
  228. LYKE WAKE WALK CROSSING – Sun 28 May 2017
  229. The 9 things I learned on the Lyke Wake Walk
  230. Memories (though not very many of them) of 1976.
  231. Forthcoming June Crossing……………..
  232. Prospective Dirgers – Steve Davies, Dave Crossman, Mark Middleton Commiserations – Andrew Carter
  233. Date of passing: Friday 12th May / Saturday 13th May 2017
  234. Crossing, 12th May 2017
  235. Crossing Saturday 27th July 2013 Nick Coombes & Chris Wood
  236. Crossing Report Saturday the 6th May 2017
  237. Lyke Wake Walk April 15th 2017
  238. Lyke Wake Walk report – 7-8 April 2017
  239. Crossing Circa 1970
  240. Solo West – East Crossing: 4th/5th February
  241. This could Hapen to you……………
  242. Lyke Wake Walk Winter Crossing, 18th February 2017
  243. Lyke Wake Walk – Second Crossing Report 18-19th June 2016
  244. Crossing Report 14 / 15th October 2016
  245. Crossing W – E, 23-24/10/16
  246. Crossing report 01/10/2016
  247. Report of a new crossing, 27-28th September 2016
  248. My crossing, 30-31 August 2016.
  249. Lyke Wake Walk crossing 09.09.16
  250. Date of passing: Saturday 13th August 2016 Beth Wilmot & Matt Naylor ~ Lincolnshire
  251. LWW Crossing Report – Crazy Dude and his 2 Rottweilers
  252. 12 – 13th August 16 – On through the night, and on, and on…
  253. Our Passing 12th August 2016
  254. Crossing, Tuesday July 26th 2016
  255. My Lyke Wake Walk………………..
  256. The Lyke Wake Walk, David Clay, 24th June 1967
  257. Lyke Wake Crossing 15th June 2016 – Graeme Hirst
  258. Crossing Report 15/16th July 2016
  259. Successful Crossing 24/25th June 2016
  260. Lyke Wake Walk
  261. Lyke Wake crossing July 4th 2016
  262. Crossing 25th June 2016
  263. Clare Balding Ramblings
  264. How to report your crossing
  265. Lyke Wake Walk crossing report – Claire Chapman, Tom Chapman and David Allen
  266. A Nice Day Out For You – Julie Bushell
  267. Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Dolefulness – David Gordon
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