The Edale Skyline: A Walk We Won't Forget
9 hours out there, 20 miles, 45,585 steps and genuinely every type of weather you can imagine, sometimes all within the same hour
There's a particular kind of tired that only comes from a proper day on the hills. The kind that settles into your legs hours after you've stopped moving, that makes the stairs feel like a personal challenge the next morning, and that you wear, honestly, like a badge of honour. That's the tired Team Redroots brought home from the Edale Skyline.
For those who weren't following along, the Edale Skyline is one of the Peak District's toughest day walks: a huge, sweeping circuit of ridgeline and moorland that takes in some of the most dramatic scenery the Peaks have to offer. It does not care how prepared you think you are. Over the course of our walk, we had sunshine, wind, rain, and pretty much everything in between, sometimes within the same hour. The weather kept us honest and reminded us why this challenge has a reputation.
Nine hours. Twenty miles. 45,585 steps. Numbers that look fairly straightforward written down, but that don't really capture what it felt like to be out there, particularly somewhere around mile fifteen when the legs start negotiating with the brain about whether this was really necessary.
It was. It absolutely was.
What stays with us, looking back, isn't really the distance or the time on the clock. It's the team. The quiet encouragement when someone was flagging. The shared relief at the top of a climb. The slightly delirious humour that kicks in a few hours past tired. Challenges like this have a way of stripping things back to what matters, and what mattered that day was simply getting each other round.
And then there's the reason we were out there in the first place. As of writing, we've raised £1,225 for Yorkshire's Brain Tumour Charity, a cause that is close to our hearts and one doing genuinely vital work supporting people and families affected by brain tumours.
That figure isn't just a number on a fundraising page. It represents every person who sponsored us, shared our posts, sent a message of encouragement, or simply took a moment to care about what we were doing. We want to say, as clearly as we can, thank you. Not the quick kind of thank you, but the kind that means it took the weight off our shoulders on a long day and reminded us why we kept walking when our legs had other ideas.
If you haven't had the chance to donate yet and would like to, our page remains open, and every contribution continues to make a real difference.
For now, we're resting, we're sore, and we're enormously proud. The Edale Skyline tested us, and Team Redroots met that test together.
Thank you for being part of this with us.
Team Redroots ❤️
