Day 2 started three hours or so behind the plan. This was made a little worse by an unscheduled rush up a top towards the end of the ridge from Tarbet. Its easy to forget that its not only time that is a constraint but also energy and body wear-and-tear. Daylight hours are very long […]
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Morar is just one of 13 starting point for the TGOC and here like at the others signing out can happen from 9am on Friday until sometime on Sunday. There were about 20 names on our list and when I got down at 9 oclock 4 or 5 signatures were already done. I headed off
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Day 2 had been rationalised (ie shortened) on the advice of my vetter. So although I was a few km behind I should be able to catch up. Saturday was the one day with a good weather forecast before gales on Sunday so I wanted to make the most of it. As I marched along
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The train from Glasgow to Mallaig snakes through the Highlands for 5 hours. Probably the most spectacular train journey in the UK. One stop before the end is Morar. A few houses, a hotel, and beaches with fine white and golden sand. A chance for a last practice at walking in the rain before the
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Its an uncomfortable wait at Euston for the sleeper. It doesn’t leave until almost midnight long after my bedtime. In the dark in the rain outside the station a figure in a T-shirt with a cigarette and a funny hat makes a proposition – “TGO? I’m Freddie! I’m just going ’round the corner for a
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All week I practiced my sewing skills. Measuring small bits of silnylon, cutting, and sewing seams on into the small hours. And discarding the results. Eventually I decided enough practice – time to commit. Seam sealer is adhesive – so I cut the patches to size and glued them in place with the seam sealer.
Darning done! Next – Trailstar Transformation! Read More »
I keep imagining more challenges that will face us next week. Take Hummocks. My experience of Scotland indicates that as soon as you go off the beaten track there’s more than a 50/50 chance you’ll be in a landscape of large grassy clumps with various degrees of wetness in between. For this 3rd little practise I
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There are other challenges besides the 14kg on the back. One to do with feet – are they hard enough to take the battering in boots or shoes over miles of uneven ground? Another to do with Upness and Downess. The Upness compounds with the weight matter and the Downness can compound the foot challenge. The
Coastal Charge in Dorset – TGOC Training part 2 Read More »
Take one house brick. Clean off any loose debris. Cover in several layers of newspaper securing with tape to smooth out rough edges. Then wrap in a plastic bag to avoid sogginess in case of rain. Weigh this. The one above weighs 3.2 kilos. The TGOC is challenging along several dimensions. The first is the 14
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Spring weather at the beginning of March brings lots of ladybirds. Where have they suddenly come from?