> It's illegal in England to have any knife, regardless of size, in a public place unless you have an excuse

No excuse is needed to carry a penknife, which is defined as a non-locking folding knife with a blade shorter than 3 inches. Alas, even the mini-RSK is not a penknife because its blade locks, and the full sized RSK is also too big. "Hiking" may or may not be an acceptable excuse.

What would you be planning to cut with it? I am not familar with the route, but I wouldn't rely on being able to cut wood for camp fires. I gather you can walk it staying entirely in hotels and Bed&Breakfast places. In Britain you are rarely more than a few hours walk from civilisation.

Edit: in fact I see now that fire-lighting is forbidden on this route.

There are several online resources, eg:
http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineWay
http://www.thepennineway.co.uk/
http://www.jbutler.org.uk/e2e/pw/index.shtml


Edited by Brangdon (09/11/05 05:12 PM)
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