Hobbies / Books   (Gardening, walking, books, films, theatre etc.)

Have you tried walking along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal ? Pretty flat except for the Bingley 5 rise locks section. Easy to get to if you wanted to do it in sections. Took the train to Leeds and walked back to Wigan, took about a week with side trips, camped out but you could do B&B's because apart from the stretch over the Pennines, you're never far from civilisation.