Cape Wrath Trail in Winter 

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My Cape Wrath Trail route…as it stands today. View on larger map I should also add that my feelings are now that a few of these stages would be very dificult in winter. In January I found that seven hours of light and weather conditions made stages of over 20km pretty much unrealistic. You could do the odd day as I did starting and finishing with headtorch, but it’s not much fun. In...

Dec 25th

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Route updates - hot off the trail

As mentioned previously, one of the great things about the Cape Wrath Trail is that the route is very much down to personal choice. Access laws and the wild open places the trail traverses allow a lot of flexibility. However, there will always be obstacles and difficulties encountered and these will often change from year to year or even month to month, making it impossible for any guide book to...

Dec 25th

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Dec 24th

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It all ends in teas (this time)

It was going so well. I was the fittest I’ve been in my life, completely prepared and incredibly excited about the trip. After a overnight stop in Glenfinnan, I was so pleased to finally be on the road. Even with a very heavy pack, my steps felt light as I made my way up into Glenfinnan. As I passed Corryhully bothy, a huge stag ambled nonchalantly onto the path and stood eyeballing me in...

Dec 24th

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So long for now... →

So this is it then, 6 months of preparation are almost over and the trek begins on the 20th December. I’ll be posting brief updates from the trail direct to this blog whenever I can get a mobile phone signal. Don’t forget you can also follow my progress live thanks to the miraculous SPoT satellite tracker. Just click on the title link above or click here and you can monitor my daily...

Dec 14th

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Dec 7th

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Dec 5th