It is always disappointing when weather determines the route. Craig Meagaidh is an attractive masif on the map and demands more exploration than I gave it in 2015 when I followed the long and gradual east ridge down to Laggan. But then an FWA can bring unexpected pleasure! In the map below the plan for […]
TGOC 2024 – from Lochailort – days 6 to 10 Read More »
Click on pictures to view in full-screen. A map can be zoomed using the buttons and dragged within its window. The TGO Challenge:- for more information from my blogs look here. The round-about route on day 1 brought me to the end of a ridge leading westwards from a cluster of Munros above Glenfinnan. My
TGOC 2024 – from Lochailort – day 2 Read More »
Click on pictures to view in full-screen. A map can be zoomed using the buttons and dragged within its window. One of the big attractions of the TGO Challenge is planning the route. In many places a backpacking route is made already; the challenge is to follow it day after day. Wandering away from the
TGOC 2024 – Starting from Lochailort Read More »
This is the route for my walk across Scotland in May. The detail has been updated following comments from the Expert Vetter at Challenge Control. Unfortunately the links to the OS Maps planning tool don’t work reliably, but thankfully Skirrid Systems’ plugin for WordPress continues to work well! Page 1 DAILY ITINERARY WITH FOUL WEATHER
TGOC 2024 Lochailort to Montrose – here we go again! Read More »
Aged 57 or 58 I looked at the results from my first public run and I was astounded to discover that everyone over 40 is considered a ‘veteran’! The running fraternity used to discriminate against women; is ageism also rife in the sports community? The London Times newspaper is fond of health and fitness articles
The Running Age – Coming to Running at 40, 50, 60, 70! Read More »
It is rare to escape foot injury on a multiday walk. Some soreness on the top of my toes made me reach for the moleskin which, secured by leucatape, was all I needed. There’s a ridge that begins near Milton and over about 18km rises up to the top of Cairngorm – this was my
Torridon to Aberdeen – TGOC 2022 part 4 Read More »
Martha and Andrew were heading for Cannich, whereas I wanted to get up high now the weather was improving. My route took me alongside the loch to Monar Lodge; then north on a made track, before veering off to the right up onto the ridge. It is pathless here but the line is easy to
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TGOC – The Great Outdoor Challenge – is a common theme on these pages. Originally described as ‘The Ultimate Challenge’ in the pages of an outdoor magazine in 1980, it involves a self-supported and individually planned multi-day walk from the West Coast of Scotland to the the East. Of course there’s a website where you
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This post currently make use of the free Meow Gallery plugin for WordPress and the (not-free) WP/LR plugin which links pictures from an Adobe Lightroom repository to WordPress. Are these tools good? Well, difficult to say! This is a first attempt, and has left me with a few questions! In 2006 we sat after-hours in
A prize trip to Bhutan Read More »
It’s October. Daylight appears at 7am and lasts until about 6 pm. This makes for a relaxed backpacking plan:- a core of 7 hours walking, topped and tailed by 2 hours for breaking and making camp. [route map at end of post] Arriving late on a Tuesday evening, I had the campsite to myself –
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