Section 3 Fort William to Cluanie Inn

D20. Mon 20 Sept. 21.4 km. 12.30-1800. Fort William to Cona Glen. AFTA, Sue, very kindly dropped us off back in Oban in time to get the bus to Fort William. We had an early lunch in a cafe to kill an hour in FW before catching the very small ferry across to Camnusnagal with […]

Section 2. Tyndrum to Fort William

D7. 9 Sept. Zero with Olwen and Phil Lovely to catch up with Oly, Phil, Pete and Sue (the Awesome Ford Trail Angels, AFTAs) We were chauffeured around, did laundry, had showers, were loaned clothes, went shopping, and were extremely well fed all day! Thank you! D8. 10 Sept. Tyndrum to Loch Dochard. 22.5 km. […]

Section 1 Milngavie to Tyndrum

Friday 3 September 2021. D1 Macclesfield to Drymen on the West Higland Way. 17.5km. 13.40-17.10 Feels very good to relax back into the “comfort” of the shoulder straps and hip belt of a backpack. 🙂 Stress free train from Macc to Milngavie. Self-conscious selfie at the obelisk in the high street. Then rapidly out of […]

C10 The Atacama II

Tue 11 Feb 2020 Back to it: Rainbow valley and petroglyphs. We really made the most of the hotel, enjoying the breakfast buffet and not checking out until noon! Then it was back to it. Heading back towards San Pedro, but about halfway, turning off to explore Rainbow Valley (valle de acoris). The access road […]

C9 The Atacama I

Tue 28 Jan – Mon 4 Feb 2020 Interlude & Travel The backpacking is over. We had 4 days in an apartment in El Calafate, partly to rest (not that we have been pushing) and mainly to do critical internet jobs. Not the most exciting break. We took a 6 hour bus ride to Puerto […]

A8 Fitz Roy and environs

Sat 25 Jan 2020. El Chalten to Poincenot campsite. 11.00 – 14.00 10km K still under the weather but determined to get out again, so we feasted on the hotel’s breakfast buffet, then lurked around in the lobby for half an hour after checking out to finish reading our loaned books. Then we set off […]

A7 Huemul Circuit

Mon 20 Jan 2020. El Chalten to Lago Toro (or Tunel) 09.00 – 15.45 22km K felt a little better this morning so we committed to start the Huemul Circuit, a 4 day loop around Cerro Huemul, to the South of the main Fitz Roy range. A little rain made the tent damp as we […]

C6 Villa O’Higgins to El Chalten

Had a bit of a gap in continuity: having to turn around on Ruta de los Pioneros put us back in Cochrane on Friday afternoon. We booked the bus to Villa O’Higgins for Monday morning so cooled our heels back at Hostal LeJana for 2 days. Saturday mainly on resupply and internet jobs. Sunday we […]

C5 Cochrane to Villa O’Higgins on Ruta de los Pioneros

Mon 6 Jan 2020. Cochrane to wildcamp along road X-901 11.00 – 15.30 17km We were going to take a double zero, but got enough of the jobs done yesterday that we decided to move on today. We tried to buy Argentinean Pesos at the single bank in Cochrane this morning before setting off, but […]

C4 Chile Chico to Cochrane via Parque Nacional Patagonia

Sat 28 Dec 2019. Chile Chico to wild camp at river off X-753 09.45 – 15.30 23km Chile Chico! All Change, please! Here we have a complete change of landscape and weather. We left town clean and fed, ready for two more days of gravel road walking, this time the X-753, saving $150 for a […]