TGO Challengers for next May?

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:11:01 +0000, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

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So.... I know of 3 lucky Challengers now excitedly poring over maps,
weighing kit and hardening up their crubeens with white spirits.

Are there any more out there??

(And who are the lucky 3, then? Well I'm one (yippee!) - reveal
yourselves, t'others :-)

I have declared my participation in another thread up there ^^^^^^^.

Which way is Scotland, please?

At the risk of sounding like a Scottish college student, "what are the
good walking in sCOTLADN?"

Judith

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:11:01 +0000, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

So.... I know of 3 lucky Challengers now excitedly poring over maps,
weighing kit and hardening up their crubeens with white spirits.

Are there any more out there??

(And who are the lucky 3, then? Well I'm one (yippee!) - reveal
yourselves, t'others :-)

I have declared my participation in another thread up there ^^^^^^^.

Which way is Scotland, please?

At the risk of sounding like a Scottish college student, "what are the
good walking in sCOTLADN?"

Judith

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

So.... I know of 3 lucky Challengers now excitedly poring over maps,
weighing kit and hardening up their crubeens with white spirits.

Are there any more out there??

(And who are the lucky 3, then? Well I'm one (yippee!) - reveal
yourselves, t'others :-)

Are you taking the easy route? Or the hard route? I'ts a lottery to be
accepted, has been for many a year. Experience 'ain't an issue:-(((

Some of the officials running it couldn't walk 10 miles without assistance
:-)

Craven

Judith said:

I have declared my participation in another thread up there ^^^^^^^.

Tres bon! I'll go and have a look for it 🙂

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Which way is Scotland, please?

If someone tells me, I'll pass it on.

Wet fishes,
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:31:40 +0000, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

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I have declared my participation in another thread up there ^^^^^^^.

Tres bon! I'll go and have a look for it 🙂

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Oh, there's nothing interesting to read. I just thought I'd mention
it when nobody was looking!

I am now looking at previous TGOC TRs and a big map of Scotland.
Hopefully a route will emerge from the page if I stare at it long
enough. Timothy Taylor Landlord may help.

Judith

Judith said:

Timothy Taylor Landlord may help.

It usually does, but a spot of Deuchars IPA may well help tune into the
local ambiance better, or try Fraoch Heather Ale for a taste set closer
to the hills...

http://www.caledonian-brewery.co.uk/ipa_home.html
http://www.fraoch.com/

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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Some of the officials running it couldn't walk 10 miles without assistance
Craven

Name a couple!

Time for the annual health warning.

Anyone can walk across Scotland , anytime..

If you dont make the ballot, just go, preferably at a sligjtly
different time. I have heard that there is a steady stream of coast
to coasters throughout the summer.

Good luck everyone.

Richard Webb

Richard is correct you can walk at anytime. The problem with the TGO
challenge is it means that a lot of the bothies and good remote camping
areas are busy with challengers. Go before or after, avoid the crowds
and you don't have to get route approval.

Lindsay.
www.caledoniahilltreks.com

Lindsay said:

Richard is correct you can walk at anytime. The problem with the TGO
challenge is it means that a lot of the bothies and good remote camping
areas are busy with challengers. Go before or after, avoid the crowds
and you don't have to get route approval.

But if you are not familliar with where the bridges are then the route
vetting may be useful.

They limit the numbers and discourage non registered crossings during
challenge time so as to not completely overload the available
accomodation.

--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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They limit the numbers and discourage non registered crossings during
challenge time so as to not completely overload the available
accomodation.

Discourage? How? Are TGO really supporting strict access control?
Talk about a conflict of interests.
We are free to walk in this country.

I once got taken to task on here for owning up to walking from Sheil
Bridge to Stonehaven.

Meanwhile , its worth getting on the challenge for the vetting and all
the other support and packages. As said above, the vetting is a
service with useful info.

I was advised prior to my walk by one of the Challenge organisers,
that it would be a waste of an entry for me to go on due to the time I
was spending on the hill back then, I could vet myself, and a good
idea was to stagger my start and go E-W.

Richard Webb

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They limit the numbers and discourage non registered crossings during
challenge time so as to not completely overload the available
accomodation.

Discourage? How? Are TGO really supporting strict access control?

Not at all. There are no access controls. Anyone can walk across
Scotland at any time, including while the Challenge is taking place. I
met a group doing so two years ago who'd never heard of the Challenge
anyway.

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Talk about a conflict of interests.
We are free to walk in this country.

Of course. Though you wouldn't know it from some of the stuff appearing
in the media (including, sad to say, some outdoor books and magazines)
emphasising responsibilities rather than access and still going on about
not going on the hills during stalking and lambing without permission.

Some people who didn't get on the Challenge officially have walked east
to west instead and met friends coming the other way.

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I once got taken to task on here for owning up to walking from Sheil
Bridge to Stonehaven.

Really? Whatever for?

Mind you, I once got taken to task for leaving the West Highland Way to
climb a hill. I was told you weren't allowed to walk anywhere except on
the official path.

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Meanwhile , its worth getting on the challenge for the vetting and all
the other support and packages. As said above, the vetting is a
service with useful info.

I was advised prior to my walk by one of the Challenge organisers,
that it would be a waste of an entry for me to go on due to the time I
was spending on the hill back then, I could vet myself, and a good
idea was to stagger my start and go E-W.

The vetting is particularly useful for those with little Scottish
walking experience. Of course half or more of the Challengers each year
have done it a few times before and should know how to plan a good
route.

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Quoted message said:

I once got taken to task on here for owning up to walking from Sheil
Bridge to Stonehaven.

Really? Whatever for?

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Mind you, I once got taken to task for leaving the West Highland Way to
climb a hill. I was told you weren't allowed to walk anywhere except on
the official path.

Thats it... These idiots can go online too. Just believed that it was
an Official Event TM and you were an irresponsible pirate to show any
individualism.. Usual stuff....

Richard Webb

In message <[email hidden]>, Richard Webb
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I once got taken to task on here for owning up to walking from Sheil
Bridge to Stonehaven.

Really? Whatever for?

Quoted message said:

Mind you, I once got taken to task for leaving the West Highland Way to
climb a hill. I was told you weren't allowed to walk anywhere except on
the official path.

Thats it... These idiots can go online too. Just believed that it was
an Official Event TM and you were an irresponsible pirate to show any
individualism.. Usual stuff....

Not new of course. Hamish Brown tells of being told it didn't count when
he walked the Pennine Way north to south back in the 70s.

Inverie-Stonehaven. Its the only way.

Trevor Appleton
HC80

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Time for the annual health warning.

Anyone can walk across Scotland , anytime..

Exactly. Did it in 1980 2 weeks ahead of the Great Outdoors Ultimate
Challenge walk.

Did PW N-S April 1978. You get a better suntan that way! (late-March early
April, snow for first 3 days best sun tan I've ever had.

Coast to Coast ? Always east to west.

SW Way Bournemouth to LE then Minehead to LE.

Can't bear the sun on the back of the neck!!

"Trevor" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Anyone can walk across Scotland , anytime..

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Exactly. Did it in 1980 2 weeks ahead of the Great Outdoors Ultimate
Challenge walk.

I've done the Forest of Dean half marathon a few hours before the race
starts a couple of times and told everyone I was first to finish.

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:36:33 +0000, Chris Townsend
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Thats it... These idiots can go online too. Just believed that it was
an Official Event TM and you were an irresponsible pirate to show any
individualism.. Usual stuff....

Not new of course. Hamish Brown tells of being told it didn't count when
he walked the Pennine Way north to south back in the 70s.

I have to say that does make some sense to me. Presumably Hamish
actually did the Yaw Eninnep instead.

;-)

Wet fishes,
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