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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

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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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Speyside Way – Day 7

20th May 2022: Kincraig to Newtonmore – 13.5 miles I met another of my fellow guests last night as I was putting a bottle of water in the little communal

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Speyside Way – Day 6

19th May 2022: Boat of Garten to Kincraig – 13 miles It seems I jumped to premature (and incorrect) conclusions last night, and in my grump I bundled Fraoch Lodge

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Speyside Way – Day 5

18th May 2022: Grantown to Boat of Garten – 11 miles The Ben Mhor Hotel is cheap. It’s £42.50 for a single en-suite room, so almost half the price of

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Speyside Way – Day 4

17th May 2022: Cragganmore to Grantown – 15 miles Day 4 on a long distance walk is when stuff begins to hurt. I’ve done plenty of two day walks this

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Speyside Way – Day 3

16th May 2022: Dufftown to Cragganmore – 15 miles I imagine today’s walk report is going to be quite short. Despite the route only being a couple of miles short

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Speyside Way – Day 2

15th May 2022: Fochabers to Dufftown – 17.5 miles I have the full set, all nine of them: 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. I remember

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Speyside Way – Day 1

14th May 2022: Buckie to Fochabers – 11 miles Oh my goodness, I’m in post-walk heaven! I’ve had one of the best showers I’ve ever experienced outside my own home,

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Looking Behind (and Ahead)

Looking Behind This time last year we were just coming out of what was hopefully the final lockdown in England – I was also just coming out the back of

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Cross Borders Drove Road – Day 5

16th June 2021: Selkirk to Hawick – 14 miles I escaped in to the murk and mizzle at exactly 7am – unlike the plucky soldiers and airmen who escaped from