Rog Tallbloke
Thru Hiker
Great view onto the Buchaille! @Charlie83
Don't rush it and you'll be fine, you'll soon find your rhytm.Don't expect much though as I highly doubt I will be completing it but will give it a good go and try and take my time. After 3 years of no walking/camping and even worse shape than last time I just decided to chuck myself in at deep end and do a multi-day hike and challenge myself.
Did you decide whether to take the midge jacket?
that's the attitude! carry less = less effort = more enjoymentI suppose I could just wear head net, combind with rain jacket etc so the Beatons jacket may be extra uneeded weight?
Have a good one Adz.
Look after your feet - don't pound it the first couple of days - you've plenty of time and those tracks are hard . Preemptive taped over compeeds work for me on my softspots for the first couple of days of a longer trip after time off. And also, keep well fed and watered, and you should be fine.
My wildo cup will come along on my next and final pw trip, it's been on the other trips and I like it.
Used a thin takeaway rice pot last time which was nice n light but flimsy. The wildo is pretty tough.
There's a zip on the hood.
You'll be glad you packed the midge jacket when they descend on you!
Haha, the WHW isn't the 6th most beautiful trail in Scotland, just the most popular.West Highland Way named '6th most beautiful hiking route in the world'
The route features in the worldwide top 20 most picturesque hiking trails, beating the USA’s Appalachian Trail and France’s Tour du Mont Blanc.www.dailyrecord.co.uk
The missus picked up one of these on Amazon's 'prime day' deal for £27 and I took it to the Lakes. It had no problem keeping my Galaxy S8 with OSmaps nav going for four days and I made a few calls a day and took loads of photos with the phone too. It still had nearly half a charge when I got to Threlkeld. It does take around 10 hours to fully charge on a normal phone charger though.Anker PowerCore Essential 20,000 PD
Decided to downsize to the 20Kmah/18W chargable PD version (345g). The 26kmah charges in half the time but is nearly double the weight (595g) plus the charge plug (141g) is more than double weight of my 18W charger (60g). Just trying to shave some more weight from pack before trip. The 20K version takes 6.8 hours to charge so if I stick it on for an hour here and there when stopping at pubs, restuarants or cafes etc I should be fine. I'm suposed to be stopping at an Inn on day 4 (Was supposd to be day 5 but I fkd up the booking) so if I make it to there I can stick on and fully charge.