TGO Challenge

Scotland coast to coast walk

If not the TGOC then …. why not the Lakeland 100?

Sometimes we cannot do the TGOC. When this last happened to me the Cape Wrath Trail (CWT) beckoned. In an earlier note I described the first half – planned as a mountain route. After illness moved the trip from May round to a rainy October, it became more low-level covering some of the areas frequented …

If not the TGOC then …. why not the Lakeland 100? Read More »

Gearing up to the TGO Challenge – an opinionate guide to backpacking essentials for Scotland

The TGO Challenge – there’s lots of advice out there – so my small contribution may not add much. At least this catharsis will allow me to move on in my reflections – and focus on my new challenge for 2019. Some may think backpacking is backpacking is backpacking. But Scotland always has rain which …

Gearing up to the TGO Challenge – an opinionate guide to backpacking essentials for Scotland Read More »

TGO Challenge 2018 – Oban to Kinnabaer: #1 to Glen Etive

This year I captured my walk using the Spot Tracker which should record my location every 30 minutes. Is this truly representative? I always think of the occassions when I spend 30 minutes wandering in the wrong direction or zig-zagging up a hill and how in this instance it will show almost no distance travelled …

TGO Challenge 2018 – Oban to Kinnabaer: #1 to Glen Etive Read More »

TGOC Plockton to Redcastle Lunan Bay – #1 Plockton to Cougie

Plockton village is in an enclosed picturesque bay facing across the water to a bulky and barren rocky mass hiding Applecross. Easily accessible by train on the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh line and handy for excursions to the Isle of Skye, this is a popular tourist destination. The outstanding excursion on foot from Plockton …

TGOC Plockton to Redcastle Lunan Bay – #1 Plockton to Cougie Read More »

TGOC 2015: diary notes #5 Lochcallater Lodge to Inverbervie and Montrose

note: you can click on a picture to enlarge it (because of the accident on day 3 pictures are from my MotoG phone and not the Sony RX100 – hence the lower quality)  … Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route in blue.   Sunday 16th May Loch Callater …

TGOC 2015: diary notes #5 Lochcallater Lodge to Inverbervie and Montrose Read More »

TGOC 2015:diary notes #4 Great Glen to Lochcallater Lodge

Wednesday 13th May Laggan Locks to Garva Bridge (note1: click on a picture to enlarge it  … Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route (days 5-9) in blue. The route walked was slightly different from plan! The hospitality at the Great Glen Hostel provided a welcome respite. Year by …

TGOC 2015:diary notes #4 Great Glen to Lochcallater Lodge Read More »