Hitting The Hills 2013 Archive
Pre-Trip
- Introduction
- The Route
- Fear, Loneliness and Perspective
- Introducing my new walking buddy (and why I’m raising money for UNICEF)
- An overview of what I’m carrying around Scotland
The Trip
- Day 1 – Burnt and Bitten
- Day 2 – Hot and Sweaty in Scotland
- Day 3 – Walk, Eat, Walk
- Day 4 – Aonach Eagach
- Day 5 – Lost in the Glen of Capture
- Day 6 – Miles on the Clock
- Day 7 – Ben Nevis
- Day 8 – Ups and Downs
- Day 9 – Tired Legs and Trains
- Day 10 – The Weight of Fear
- Day 11 – Doubt and Willpower
- Day 12 – Lost in the Clouds
- Day 13 – A Perfect Day
- Day 14 – Lost Sir Limpalot of the Loch
- Day 15 – The Ullapool Conundrum
- Day 16 – Slowly Cruising Along
- Day 17 – Glendhu (too tired to think of a title)
- Day 18 – Sunset over Sandwood Bay
- Day 19 – Cape Wrath
- Photos from the trail
Hitting The Hills 2011 Archive
Pre-Trip
- Introduction
- Tarps and Leaky Tents
- Hitting The Hills: provisional date and pre-trips
- Receiving advice about camping equipment
- Reality check?
- Trek preparations and the banning of Tilley hats
- Phill’s Ely trek report
- DC Boxing Presentation Evening
- Gore-tex Boots vs. Trail Runners
- Interview with a DC Boxer
- Interview with a DC Boxing Coach
- Trek Report: Wandering around Wales
- Heley’s Wales Trek Report
- In the gym with Boris: Why I’m supporting DC Academy
- First Aid for the outdoors
- ‘Emergency support co-ordinator’ cum internet dogsbody
The Trip
- Day 0
- Day 1: Ahead of schedule
- Day 3
- Day 2: Not so easy
- Day 3: Grind
- Day 4: Glencoe
- Day 5: Porridge Foot and Foxes
- Day 6: Caveman and Limpy go to Fort William
- Day 7: Recovery
- Day 8: It rained
- Day 9: Nothing to report
- Day 10: Caveman and Limpy go to Inverness
- Intermission: Half way injury update
- Day 11: Battlefields and battle wounds
- Day 12: Two hobble-its head to Cawdor
- Day 13: Glorious Failure
- It’s official
- Putting things into perspective
- Day 9: Director’s Cut
- Aftermath
- Hitting The Hills 2011 – Statistics and Kit.