We set off on our trip to raise money for DC Boxing Club. Our aim was to walk 350 miles in three weeks, and raise £1500 in the process. We almost succeeded, raising £1245.70 by walking 250 miles in two weeks. It was a great trip and one that we both have very fond memories of.
For those of us who supported us through the trip, keeping us motivated with text messages, facebook and blog comments, and those who just enjoyed reading the blog and laughing at us when we limped back… thank you! It was a great trip and we raised a lot of money for a good cause.
For those of you who missed out on the excitement of this trip, subscribe / follow / like this page and whatnot, as there will be future exciting trips for you to read about (and good causes to donate money to!). For now though, you can read all about our 2011 adventure on this site.
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.
We set off on our trip to raise money for DC Boxing Club. Our aim was to walk 350 miles in three weeks, and raise £1500 in the process.
We almost succeeded, raising £1245.70 by walking 250 miles in two weeks. You can read all about our adventure on this site.