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Long Distance Paths

Rob Roy Way – Day 6 (Part 2)

12th May 2023: Aberfeldy to Pitlochry – 9.5 miles It’s hard to start walking again once you’ve stopped for a while. I wasn’t sure if it was better that I’d

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Rob Roy Way – Day 6

12th May 2023: Acharn to Aberfeldy – 12.6 miles Apologies for being a little behind in posting these updates, as nice as the Old Mill in Acharn was, my room

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Rob Roy Way – Day 5

11th May 2023: Killin to Acharn – 17.1 miles I think I now have a full blown head cold. I started sneezing on the way back to town on the

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Rob Roy Way – Day 4

10th May 2023: Kingshouse to Killin – 11.5 miles I ‘fixed’ the issue with the curtains in my room, so I slept through until about 6am and then grabbed a

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Rob Roy Way – Day 3

9th May 2023: Callander to Kingshouse – 13.2 miles I was awake at 4am, 5am and 6.30. The ill fitting curtains in my room were letting in too much light

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Rob Roy Way – Day 2

8th May 2023: Aberfoyle to Callander – 10.2 miles I slept well again, despite the duvet cover being too short to cover my toes, so I arranged it diagonally on

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Rob Roy Way – Day 1

7th May 2023: Drymen to Aberfoyle – 10.9 miles I slept really well considering I was in a strange (single) bed and an unfamiliar location. I awoke about 6am, but

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Rob Roy Way – Day 00 and Day 0

5th & 6th May 2023: Home to Pitlochry to Drymen When I was planning this walk, it seemed like a good idea to arrive in Pitlochry late on the Friday

Walks

2023 Planning

It used to be that planning my walking itinerary for a year was a relatively quick and simple process – I only had one walk to think about, and the

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Dales Tip-to-Tip – Day 3

28th August 2022: Kettlewell to Yockenthwaite – 8.5m We had another lazy morning and I enjoyed just taking time over the daily routine, rather than rushing to get an early

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Dales Tip-to-Tip – Day 2

27th August 2022: Burnsall Bridge to Kettlewell – 9.8m I’m beginning to think this walk may be cursed! It was supposed to be an 8-day walk carried out over 3x

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Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 5

7th August 2022 – Ripon to Boroughbridge – 8.8m Typically, the one day this week I actually felt like I could have had a lie in, I kinda needed to

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Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 4

6th August 2022 – Masham to Ripon – 14.6m Well that was quite a tough day, although to be fair I made it tougher than it should have been. I’m

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Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 3

5th August 2022 – Middleham to Masham – 11.1m As a couple of people suggested yesterday, a good night’s sleep worked wonders for me. I woke feeling a bit more

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Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 2

4th August 2022 – Askrigg to Middleham – 14.2m I feel completely done-in! I’m sitting in the Richard III in Middleham after having walked the 14.5 miles from Askrigg, had

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Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 1

3rd August 2022 – Garsdale Head to Askrigg – 11.9m I’m feeling knackered right now and it’s not even 9am, furthermore I’ve not even started walking yet! I don’t think

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Yoredale Way 2022 – Day 0

2nd August 2022 – Home to Garsdale Head It was absolutely lashing it down when I left the house this morning. I’d planned to leave about 8am, but when the

Gear

Memory Map User Guide Pt. 8

Memory Map for All (Android Phone) You can find the previous part of this guide here: Part 7: Memory Map legacy mobile app Part 8, the latest part of this