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  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Friday May 2nd 2025CWT Day: 8 Strathcarron to Kinlochewe – Approx: 10 miles We whiled away the evening in the bar, the food was great, as was the company. Chatting with other hikers including Simon from France who is also walking…

    Twomers

    May 19, 2025
    Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
    Achnashellach, backpacking, camping, CapeWrathTrail, CoulinPass, Cuckoos, CWT, Day8, GorseBushPizza, hiking, Kinlochewe, KinlocheweCampsite, nature, ScottishHighlands, Strathcarron, Torridon, TrailCommunity, travel
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Thursday 1st May 2025CWT Day: 7 Killilin to Strathcarron – Approx: 7 miles A comfortable night in the woods on a mossy bed. Tawny owls called in the night. Midges were waiting to greet us this morning, so it was a…

    Twomers

    May 18, 2025
    Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
    Attadale, Botany, CakeyTea, CapeWrathTrail, CWT, Day7, europe, hiking, Killilin, LocalFood, MidgeBiteCafe, photography, Scotland, ScotsLanguage, ScottishHighlands, Strathcarron, travel, Wildlife
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Wednesday 30th April 2025Day: 6 Shiel Bridge to Killilin – Approx: 16 miles Woke to an incredible dawn chorus, and lay there for a while soaking it all in. The night’s sleep wasn’t great – over-caffeinated, and I think I over-inflated…

    Twomers

    May 18, 2025
    Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
    backpacking, camping, CapeWrathTrail, CWT, Day6, EileanDonanCastle, GlomachFalls, hiking, Killilin, LochDuich, Scotland, ScottishHighlands, SheilBridge, travel
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Tuesday 29th April 2025Day: 5 Kinloch Hourn to Shiel Bridge – Approx: 10 – 11 miles A good night’s sleep, thankfully no rain overnight meant dry tents. I was up before everyone else, 5:30 am. In a camping field full of…

    Twomers

    May 17, 2025
    Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
    backpacking, Bogs, camping, CapeWrathTrail, CWT, Day5, Flora, Geology, hiking, HikingAdventures, Kinlochourn, KintailLodgeHotel, RedDeer, Scotland, ScottishHighlands, ShielBridge, StreetGoats, Ticks, TrailCommunity, travel
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Monday 28th April 2025Day 4: Barisdale to Kinlochourn – Approx: 6-8 miles (A Short But Mighty One!) After blowing in like the storm last night, a turbulent night continued in the bothy. Multiple squeaking and groaning airbeds punctuated my fatigue-induced slumber.…

    Twomers

    May 17, 2025
    Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
    Barisdale, CafeLife, CapeWrathTrail, ChallengingTerrain, CWT, Day4, hiking, HikingAdventures, Kinlochourn, Knoydart, LochHourn, MidgeEvaders, nature, photography, RiverCrossings, Scotland, ScottishHighlands, TemperateRainforest, travel
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Sunday 27th April 2025Day 3: Glen Dessary to Barisdale – Approx: 15 -17 miles of Knoydart Brutality! A torturous night on the dodgy camp bed, and a mizzley morning greeted us in the wilds of Glendessary. This area marks our true…

    Twomers

    May 17, 2025
    Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
    adventure, backpacking, Barisdale, BritainsLastWilderness, CapeWrathTrail, CWT, DangerousBridges, Day3, ExhaustedBeyondBelief, Geology, Glendessary, hiking, HikingAdventures, Knoydart, MilitaryTrainingGrounds, nature, RiverCrossings, Scotland, ScottishHighlands, SourliesBothy, ToughTerrain, travel
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Saturday 26th April 2025Day 2 CWT: Glenfinnan to A Chuil Bothy (Glendessary) – Approx: 14 Miles Slept like the dead after yesterday’s epic hike and woke up to the calls of a very enthusiastic cuckoo. They would be ever-present on our…

    Twomers

    May 16, 2025
    Scotland
    AChuilBothy, backpacking, BothyLife, CampfireTales, CapeWrathTrail, CWT, Glendessary, Glenfinnan, GlenfinnanViaduct, HighlandHiking, hiking, photography, Scotland, SteamTrain, travel, WestHighlandLine
  • The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)

    For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Thursday 24th April 2025 The day finally arrived! My brother and I are officially kicking off our Cape Wrath Trail adventure today! It’s been ages since we last held hands like this (throwback pic for proof! 😉), but I couldn’t imagine…

    Twomers

    May 16, 2025
    Scotland, Uncategorized
    BrotherOnBoard, Cape Wrath Trail, CorranToGlenfinnan, CWT, Geology, HikeitKernow, hiking, Hiking Adventure, History, LetsDoThis, Lichen, LongDistanceHiking, nature, photography, Scotland, ScottishHighlands, SiblingAdventure, travel, Wildlife
  • Wild Atlantic Way: Full Circle

    Wild Atlantic Way: Full Circle

    ‘The One that Got Away‘ The story so far… in 2018, I hatched a plan to follow in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims. These devout travellers crossed the seas from Ireland to the coast of Cornwall, navigated perilous wild lands, and then embarked across the seas once more, landing on the North Coast of Spain…

    Twomers

    June 12, 2024
    Ireland, Pilgrim Trails, Road Trips, Tóchar Phádraig, Wild Atlantic Way 2018
    camino-de-santiago, europe, Ireland, Megalithic tombs, Newgrange, Nowth, Pilgrim Trails, Queen Maeve’s Cairn, road trip, Tóchar Phádraig, travel, wild-atlantic-way
  • Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

    Thorsday June 15th Day 3: Blackeney to Cromer (Approx 14.5 miles –  Manor Farm Caravan  & Campsite) It was a leisurely start today as the buses don’t run before 9.20 am A cheeky little footpath took me neatly from the campsite to East Runton Village. Arriving way too early, for the bus. I couldn’t bare…

    Twomers

    June 18, 2023
    National Trails, Norfolk Coast Path, Peddars Way, The Greater Ridgeway
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