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The Grand Tour of Skiddaw

ByPhill 14/08/201710/02/2021

Following on from completing the Pen Llyn Ultra, I realised that I was only a few points away from qualifying for one of the races that form part of the UTMB series – either the CCC with 101 km of across and 6.1 km of up and down, or the TDS with 119 km of across and 7.2 km of up and down. These looked like they might be fun enough to apply for, but I would need more qualifying points, and unfortunately my own grand tour of Cape Wrath is not worth any qualifying points. As such I decided that having (hopefully) walked 220 miles, I would be able to hop on a bus then a train, get myself to the Lake District and have a quick run up and down Skiddaw. What’s the worst that could happen? Well, I don’t know yet, but check back here after the 2nd of September to find out!

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Cape Wrath Trail: Day 7 –Ullapool to Loch Ailsch

ByPhill 06/09/201710/02/2021

The B&B didn’t serve breakfast until 8am, so I didn’t get moving out of Ullapool until after 9am. Powered by cereal, toast and fried breakfast, and with good weather above my head, I yomped along. Today was going to provide relatively little elevation change, and with good path I was confident that I could make…

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Escape from Meriden – A 90 Mile Run

ByPhill 21/02/201710/02/2021

Imagine a race with a start line, but no finish line. You simply had to run as far as possible, measured as the crow flies, away from the start in Meriden. GPS tracking is keeping an eye on how you are doing, all you have to do to win is to complete a certain distance…

Looking back at Maol-bhuidie in the rain.

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Cape Wrath Trail: Day 4 – Maol-bhuidhe to Beinn Eighe

ByPhill 01/09/201710/02/2021

I awoke later than usual, finding it rather tempting to stay indoors and in my sleeping bag. Still, that river wasn’t going to cross itself, and I made my way to the top of the loch which, according to some information I found in the bothy, was supposedly the best place to cross it. It…

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Cape Wrath Trail: Day 8 – Loch Ailsch to Glendhu

ByPhill 07/09/201710/02/2021

The morning started where the evening before had ended – with midges. While I was being simultaneously eaten alive and packing my tent I realised that I couldn’t find the bag for my tent. The sensible conclusion was that I’d left it outside overnight and it had blown away. I cursed myself for my stupidity….

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Cape Wrath Trail: Day 10 – Sandwood Bay to Cape Wrath

ByPhill 10/09/201710/02/2021

I had managed to pitch my tent 10.00 kilometres “as the crow flies” from the Cape Wrath lighthouse. This is the sort of thing that pleases me; I am easily entertained. Of course, I wouldn’t be walking in a direct, straight line to the lighthouse, and I wasn’t convinced that crows fly in a straight…

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Cape Wrath Trail: Day 5 – Beinn Eighe to Shenavall Bothy

ByPhill 04/09/201710/02/2021

I awoke to midges attacking my tent and my knee continuing to grumble. It had screamed at me loud enough at one point during the night to wake me up. There was sod all I could do about either of these problems and so I packed everything I could from inside my tent and prepared…

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