The map shows the route tracked from 30 minute beacons sent by a Spot satellite tracker and captured by Phil Sorrell’s Social Hiking site. Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route in blue. This is day 3 – there is light rain, and clouds obscure the top of …
TGO Challenge 2018 – Oban to Kinnabaer: #2 from Glen Etive Read More »
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 »
This is part ‘B’ of my first half of the Cape Wrath Trail. The map below is captured from beacons sent every 30 minutes as I was walking. If you zoom in you will notice there are some gaps and other anomalies; nevertheless you can get a good idea of where I was when. Wednesday …
Cape Wrath Trail Part 1B – A TGOC Backup – Kinloch Hourn to Strathcarron Read More »
The Cape Wrath Trail comes highly recommended by many TGOers – it avoids the boring bit that crosses the farmlands of East Scotland. On the other hand it can be a bit of a lonesome trail compared to the famous Coast to Coast walk. The route follows some of the wildest countryside in Scotland, starting …
Cape Wrath Trail Part 1 – A TGOC Backup – Fort William to Kinloch Hourn Read More »
“Is anyone planning to go up onto the Cairngorm plateau in the morning?” I asked the crowd gathered around the fire in the bothy. No takers. Track looking back towards the Feshie Just a little to the north is a track which covers a lot of ground in 8 or 9 km to over …
TGOC Plockton to Redcastle Lunan Bay – #3 Feshie to the coast Read More »
Cougie is writ large in the history of the TGOC so I was a little surprised it was not busier. Most TGOers arrive here on the Saturday however, and anyway time has moved on and some of the people there have changed. My trip notes recorded ‘fantastic bird calls’ at the camping site here. The …
TGOC Plockton to Redcastle – #2 Cougie to Feshie Read More »
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 »
Here’s the 2016 route, completed last week. For once no changes necessary – weather and body held up well. Details to follow.
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 »
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 »