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I am acquainted with three gentlemen called Charlie, one of them is a underworked, overpaid plumber and a Warden in my Mother Lodge, one...

It was a shame I never got to see the lodge in Gretna, I think it would have been the most southerly lodge in Scotland and it is lodge...

The only apprehension I had before I started this challenge in January, was to how I would cope with the solitude and the severe...

I was nearer to Dumfries than I realised and because it was an early start, I was in the town centre before the working day began. I'd...

Michelle was back in the house in Lincolnshire 230 miles away before I'd managed to get back to Port William which was only 89 miles up...

I was hobbling quite badly by the time I arrived in Glenluce, I found the campsite but once again, no tents allowed !!! I was delighted...

I slept like a log !!! One of my eyes had decided to stop working overnight which will be something to do with my allergies but I woke up...

So, I've got myself in a pickle with my place names !!! The previous posts are all correct, appart from the names of the places in the...

Stuart was waiting for me at the train station in Kilwinning, we drove back to his house where he kindly put a clothes wash in for me...

Having dropped off the keys for Stewart's bike at the ferry terminal reception I headed out of the harbour and up onto the promenade. It...

It was only a 15 mile walk to Brodick so my plan was to get there nice and early so I could find a suitable place to pitch two tents....

I woke at 8.30am, slept right through without waking once, my head was splitting but I hadn't wet my sleeping bag so not all bad news. 🫣...

Surprise, surprise !!! It chucked it down with rain for most of the night, it eased up slightly at about 8.30 so I packed up and headed...

Not much to say about todays walk, it was just over 17 miles, all road walking with the most interesting bits of it along the edge of...

I woke up with more aches and pains than I usually do. My left knee and my right hip had nice big bruises and my neck was stiff as a...

I was trying to remember the last time I had two full days off but couldn't. Very often I would walk for a few hours to get to a campsite...

I set off from my free pitch in Torridon when the rain had let up for just long enough for me to pack my tent away... the worst way to...

My unplanned day off in Poolewe was spent mostly eating !!! Normally, if I have a decent meal in the evening, I crack on in the morning...

It has to be official !! This west coast of Scotland has got to be the wettest place on the planet. In the last 13 days there has only...

I walked the 200 meters back up the hill to the hostel, to put my rubbish in the bin but also to thank Ruth for her hospitality and to...