Tag: TGOC 2022
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TGO Afterthoughts
Would I do it again? Absolutely I would. I loved it. Yes there were times when I was tired and cold but at no point did I ever consider packing it in. Don’t get me wrong – I missed my fantastic wife Tanya terribly but I knew that I also wanted to finish the challenge.…
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TGOC 2022 – 8
Day 13 – Tarfside to the Fetteresso Never one to miss an opportunity to make a fool of myself, the chance arose straight away. I was up early and headed to the conference room to make my breakfast. This meant disturbing Richard and Kasia. Thankfully they didn’t mind and were semi-awake anyway. I had my…
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TGOC 2022 – 7
Day 11 – Braemar to Shielin of Mark The next morning I headed down to breakfast and sat and chatted to Windy for a while. I had already seen Derek earlier when I went down to collect my dry gear from the drying room and to drop off my linen with reception. I had earmarked…
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TGOC 2022 – 6
Day 9 – Loch nan Cnapan to the River Dee The morning was bright, cold and breezy. Nothing had frozen overnight though the water in my water bag was painfully chilled and took ages to come to the boil. Tea was a very welcome warm drink. After breakfast, a wash (even at 870m one has…
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TGOC 2022 – 4
Day 6 – Melgarve to Glen Banchor In the morning Phil and I sorted out breakfast and burnt our rubbish by restarting the fire from the previous night’s embers before packing up, sweeping up and generally making sure that the bothy was as we found it. We wrote in the bothy book (noting the lack…
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TGOC 2022 – 3
Day 4 – Invermallie to South Laggan I was up early after a decent night’s sleep in the bothy and while no one else stirred, sorted my breakfast and was away long the shore of the Loch. I spotted the fishermen’s boat moored nearby and it was not as expected. It was very large with…
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TGOC 2022 – 2
Day 2 – Kinlochbeoraid to Gleann Fionnlighe Saturday morning brought with it decent skies and a wind – nothing major though. Early morning chores completed (tea, breakfast, wash and brush-up, more tea and pack up) I headed east up towards Gleann Donn (Ghlinne Dhuin) that starts at NM 866 848. The map clearly shows a…
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TGOC 2022 – Planning
Background and planning I put an entry in for the The Great Outdoors Challenge in late 2019 never thinking that I would actually bag a place – but what do you know, I was in for 2020. Events conspired against us all and both 2020 and 2021 came and went, but I was able to…
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