Walking 1000 miles from Lands end to John O'Groats in aid of The Air Ambulance (starts april 7th 2024)

Friday 15 March 2024

first wild camp!

Another training walk this weekend preceded by this cracking wild camp spot in woodland! 
We have a crescent moon over us through the trees with Orion standing watch over us! 
And it's pretty warm tonight! Bonus

Monday 11 March 2024

Physical progress!

Posting a bit late, another training walk on Saturday took me to 208 miles walked in training, that's equivalent of reaching Bath on my trail!
(Between the green flags)
I've walked every last ounce of fat off of my legs now and muscle definition is pretty good! They will bulk up more as I progress north, full pack training has certainly been the right approach and no issues with the hip now! 😃
Spring is springing and we'll soon be following it north! Watching the same flowers blooming as we keep pace with the seasons change!
Beautiful!

Wednesday 6 March 2024

change of accommodation!

Having tried out the alpkit tent for a night I found it rather lacking in space with the central pole!
I didn't imagine something with that floor space not being hugely functional!
But sadly it is!
So going back to tried and tested I've replaced it with the new version of my old Vango helium 100 the Vango helium UL1.... 
Put it up for the first time tonight and it's so much more comfortable! A new version of old slippers if you like! 

Much happier with this tent 🙂
Smaller ground coverage will enable it to fit in those tight wild camp spots and knowing it's predecessor survived hurricane Bertha instills me with confidence! 

Less than a month before we head off to lands end ..... Exciting times 😁