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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Glen Finglas

Glen Finglas and the Mell An early start this morning in glorious sunshine to head up to the Trossachs for a day walk that turned out to be bang on 17 miles. The walk is a part linear, part circular – a walk past the Finglas Reservoir, to where the route splits, then a big [...]

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Tibbie Sheils and the Southern Upland Way

Tibbie Sheils and the Southern Upland Way   With the weather forecast being pretty reasonable, I decided to return to the Borders and walk a section of the Southern Upland Way (SUW), returning to Tibbie Shiels via a route that would in essence create a giant figure-of-eight loop. I had managed to extract myself from [...]

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Ettrick Pen

Ettrick Pen I decided to do a walk in the Borders for a change – the Ettrick Horseshoe was to be the destination, a fine and airy round that gives fine views all round.  The only problem is it is a swine to get to. Struggling to evict my carcass from bed this morning I [...]

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New Years Day 2012 – Ben A’an

Ben A’an A leisurely start saw us leave the house at half past nine for the journey over the Campsie Fells up to the Trossachs.  It was quite difficult getting up though, after only four hours sleep!  Typically, at that time of the morning the roads were quiet, but as we reached the car-park at [...]

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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 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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