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"I approached the three-week trek with a commendable degree of caution. Indeed I filled my rucksack with so many contingency items that I was unable to lift it."

Barry Pilton's unheroic account of his encounter with Britain's most arduous walk, the Pennine Way.

Written by one of the country's least experienced walkers.

Read by David Roper.

Producer: Thomas Sutcliffe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.

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