Cape Wrath Trail

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TGOC 2022 Torridon to Aberdeen – part 1

TGOC – The Great Outdoor Challenge – is a common theme on these pages. Originally described as ‘The Ultimate Challenge’ in the pages of an outdoor magazine in 1980, it involves a self-supported and individually planned multi-day walk from the West Coast of Scotland to the the East. Of course there’s a website where you […]

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Cape Wrath Trail Part 1B – A TGOC Backup – Kinloch Hourn to Strathcarron

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

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Cape Wrath Trail Part 1 – A TGOC Backup – Fort William to Kinloch Hourn

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

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