River Ayr Way 3

Day 3 Stair – Ayr (12 miles) Unlike the previous night I had a comfortable nights sleep, I would imagine mainly due to the cloud cover keeping things fairly mild.  I could even go as far as saying that it was too warm in the tent – I was in fact sweating my nads off, [...]

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River Ayr Way 2

Day 2 Sorn(ish) – Stair (17 Miles) It hadn’t been the most comfortable night I’ve ever had in the tent, in fact, if I’m honest it was pretty damn cold, especially early in the morning before the sun had come up properly.  In an attempt to warm up, the sleeping bag was dispensed with and [...]

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River Ayr Way 1

Day 1 Glenbuck – Sorn(ish) (16 miles) With the good weather coming to an end (20 plus degrees in Scotland in March!?) I had a small window of opportunity to bag a short trail, and one that was relatively local to boot. The River Ayr Way had been on the radar for a while, the [...]

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Cumbria Way 5

Cumbria Way Day 5 Conistion to Ulverston This was a section of the Cumbria Way that we had walked on two previous attempts of the Cumbria Way.  On both occasions it had rained for the duration of the day resulting in the abandonment of the walk (the only trail to beat us yet).  Fortunately this [...]

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Cumbria Way 4

Cumbria Way Day 4 Elterwater – Conistion (approx 9 Miles) Today we had a lie in.  After the monster walk yesterday this was to be a nice short day across to Coniston via the splendid Tarn Hows.  After a leisurely breakfast we set off in fine weather, clear skies and high temperatures.  It was almost [...]

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Cumbria Way 3

Cumbria Way Day 3 Keswick – Elterwater (23 Miles) So far, we had been lucky with the weather and the forecast for the day ahead wasn’t too bad.  Some light showers were to appear in the morning, but more importantly the sun was due to make an unscheduled appearance in the late afternoon. After getting [...]

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Cumbria Way 2

Cumbria Way Day 2 Caldbeck – Keswick 18 Miles (Via Western Route) At the start of day two, although the wind had died down, there was still a fair breeze (understatement of the year) to contend with.  This was even at the lower levels in Caldbeck.  A visit to the local shop/post office/petrol station provided [...]

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Cumbria Way 1

This summers offering of Long Distance Walking had taken a while to be decided upon.  The initial plan had been to do the Cotswolds Way, but with limited time and the logistical problem of getting to the start of the trail, we decided to walk the Cumbria Way instead.  Twice before, in 2007 & 2008 [...]

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Annandale Way – Day 4

Hoddom Castle – Sea  10 Miles The final day started with a fine mist at the campsite, but thankfully no rain.  The distance was short, and although we were chasing the bus from Dumfries there was no real need to make a very early start.  Setting off from the castle at 9 am we were [...]

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Annandale Way – Day 3

Lochmaben – Hoddom Castle – 14 miles A shorter day was on the cards today so we decided to make  a quick getaway.  The rain had come overnight and the temperature had dropped considerably.  It was dry as we packed the tent, the dirty great big black cloud that was hovering nearby threatening to drop [...]

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