Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage 20th & 21st October: Day 18 & 19 Day 18: 0 miles, 0ft ascent. A day off. The shop in Salardu is closed, so I’m burning through my supplies. I think this is where I make a mistake: my guidebook refers to the ‘6 day wilderness’ but turns out that’s just a […]
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Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage 9th October: Day 7 Today: 12 miles – 4,375ft ascent; Cumulative: 127 miles, 35,855ft ascent First day into the High Pyrenees. I don’t see a single person all day. I stop early at a big refuge – it’s closed, but it has a ‘winter room’ underneath that’s left open in the off
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Back to Pyrenees Traverse homepage Prologue Walking the Pyrenean Haute Route from the Atlantic. There’s 506 miles to the Mediterranean, I’ve got a full bottle of meths, half a kilo of peanut butter, it’s hot and I’m wearing a raincoat. Hit it 3rd October: Day 1 Today: 21 miles – 5,977ft ascent I camp with a
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Back to Glasgow to Skye homepage 17th August 2017 Yesterday I arrived at the Lookout bothy in Skye, end of the Skye Trail. Thereby finishing a 350 mile walk through Scotland – from Glasgow, through the Cairngorms national park, to the northern tip of Skye. Highest high: Ben Macdui (2nd highest mountain in the UK)
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Back to Glasgow to Skye homepage 31st July 2017 Back to Scotland for another long walk – here are some photos of the Rob Roy Way which I completed a few days ago (so named because, as well as extortion, Rob Roy also enjoyed long distance rambling). Next I’ll be walking through the Cairngorms national
Back to Pennines to Highlands homepage 12th October 2016 I’ve just finished my 750 (ish) mile walk from the start of the Pennines to the end of the northern highlands. I had a 10 day break after arriving in Fort William and then went on to complete the spectacular Cape Wrath Trail, which took 15
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Back to Pennines to Highlands homepage 7th September 2016 Now I actually have walked 500 miles, unlike some who are just talk (i.e. The Proclaimers). I arrived in Fort William yesterday, finishing the 96 mile West Highland Way in 5 days (with one 30 mile day to catch up after some bad weather) – 504
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Back to Pennines to Highlands homepage 7th September 2016 I have now reached Glasgow – 140 miles walk and 7 days from the end of the Pennine way, via Melrose, Peebles and Edinburgh. People have been getting noticeably friendlier along the canals to Glasgow. Had a chat about long distance walking with some nice lads ‘just
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Back to Pennines to Highlands homepage 10th August 2016 I’ve started walking the Pennine Way – a 268 mile tour through some of the finest bog England has to offer. This has been a long time coming, and it’s great to be on the way at last, a week of food in my pack, no
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