Tag: camping
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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 Sunday May 11th 2025CWT Day 17: Firing Range to Cape Wrath – Approx: 4.5 miles, with the best of endings A disturbed night’s sleep, waking at 1:30 am, then drifting in and out of sleep. No doubt anticipation for the end…
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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 Saturday May 10th 2025CWT Day 16: Oldshoremore to Firing Range – Approx: 10 miles It was a slow morning due to the closure of the Cape Wrath Firing Range. There was nowhere to go. Oldshoremore Retreats & Crafts is a wellbeing…
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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 9th 2025CWT Day 15: Camp outside Kylestrome to Oldshoremore – Approx: 22 miles A quiet night under a sultry moon and an impressive sunset. No evening song or dawn chorus, just the sound of my tinnitus. A poor night’s…
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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 Wednesday May 7th 2025CWT Day 13: Kinlochailsh (Benmore Lodge) to Inchnadamph – Approx: 9 miles – it felt a lot longer A warmer night, with dry tents and an early start. We broke camp 7am and headed off on the 4×4…
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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 Tuesday May 6th 2025CWT Day 12: Knockdamph Bothy to Kinlochlailsh – Approx: 18.6 miles (we cracked out some miles today!) A French lad rocked up last night as we sat by the fire, he looked like he’d walked a hundred miles.…
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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 Saturday May 3rd 2025Day: 9 Kinlochewe to Strath na Sealga Approx: 17 miles Rain in the night and this morning meant wet tents. I feared it would be a grim day with terrible river crossings and saturated paths. Days like this…
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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…
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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 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…
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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 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…
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