Rob Roy Way – Day 4
10th May 2023: Kingshouse to Killin – 11.5 miles I ‘fixed’ the issue with the curtains in my room, so I slept through until about 6am and then grabbed a few more winks and come fully conscious just after 7am, which is pretty good for me when I’m walking. It helps that both the hotel […]
Rob Roy Way – Day 3
9th May 2023: Callander to Kingshouse – 13.2 miles I was awake at 4am, 5am and 6.30. The ill fitting curtains in my room were letting in too much light to sleep comfortably beyond this point, so I eventually gave up trying at about 7am and decided to bring my schedule forward a bit. The […]
Rob Roy Way – Day 2
8th May 2023: Aberfoyle to Callander – 10.2 miles I slept well again, despite the duvet cover being too short to cover my toes, so I arranged it diagonally on the bed and ended up with cold shoulders a couple of times in the night. On the whole though I feel refreshed and ready for […]
Rob Roy Way – Day 1
7th May 2023: Drymen to Aberfoyle – 10.9 miles I slept really well considering I was in a strange (single) bed and an unfamiliar location. I awoke about 6am, but managed to drop off again for 90 minutes. I’d resolved to not leave until about 10am, mainly because I only have 11 miles to do […]
Rob Roy Way – Day 00 and Day 0
5th & 6th May 2023: Home to Pitlochry to Drymen When I was planning this walk, it seemed like a good idea to arrive in Pitlochry late on the Friday night and spend the night in the car, rather than leaving home in the middle of the night to try and get here in time […]
Dales Tip-to-Tip – Day 3
28th August 2022: Kettlewell to Yockenthwaite – 8.5m We had another lazy morning and I enjoyed just taking time over the daily routine, rather than rushing to get an early start. I had a nice spot beside the road, set a little way back and with the sliding door of the van facing the hillside […]
Dales Tip-to-Tip – Day 2
27th August 2022: Burnsall Bridge to Kettlewell – 9.8m I’m beginning to think this walk may be cursed! It was supposed to be an 8-day walk carried out over 3x three-day weekends, with a day to spare for doing one of the shorter Dales 30 walks we have planned. You may recall from the first […]
Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 5
7th August 2022 – Ripon to Boroughbridge – 8.8m Typically, the one day this week I actually felt like I could have had a lie in, I kinda needed to be up and out early. I stirred at 5am (I could hear the distant chimes of the cathedral bells counting the hour) and turned over […]
Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 4
6th August 2022 – Masham to Ripon – 14.6m Well that was quite a tough day, although to be fair I made it tougher than it should have been. I’m back in my hotel room now and my feet are buzzing from the 15 mile pounding they’ve taken and from the piss poor protection offered […]
Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 3
5th August 2022 – Middleham to Masham – 11.1m As a couple of people suggested yesterday, a good night’s sleep worked wonders for me. I woke feeling a bit more positive and without the dead weights for legs I had yesterday morning. I’d fallen asleep watching Bill Burr on my tablet last night and it […]