Day Three on the The Cambrian Way mountain trail 479 km (298 miles) with a total ascent of 22,460 m (73,700 ft). I think it could be Britain's hardest long distance trail. Its hard to say but looking at the map i think i started todays episode around the Mynydd Garnclochdy area i want give exact camping locations away. I was so wet from the rain all night i set about getting ready to walk around 4am just to keep warm. I was no risk at cold from the time of Year and in good health. So walked back up towards Mynydd Garnclochdy i think. The rain came back on top the hill. The rain was very bad so much so i could only see about couple of meters ahead what with the mist as well as the dark even with two powerful lights. By this time my cannon camera was destroyed by the weather i should know by now and my phone was useless take note people think phone navigation fine lucky i know this i used my garmin fenix3 gps watch with the track loaded onto so i knew i was heading in the general dir...
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Today walk started after a night wild camping at Newcastleton Forest by the start of Kielder Forest which is right on the border between Scotland and England. Newcastleton Forest on the Scottish side of the border is where i camped right by the forest border bridge into England. Today i walked along the Cross border trail which is a bike route which few people use i only saw 3 people in last 40 or so hours and they was on bikes and it is a weekend still in Summer. I regret not making a effort walking of my route to see the Old Toll Pillar at Bloody Bush. so apart from a forest walk i also walked along Kielder Water to Kielder castle. I stayed the night at Kielder Campsite.
Kielder Forest, one of the biggest man-made woodlands in Europe.
Old Toll Pillar at Bloody Bush. Old maps show a 'Site of Battle' at Bloody Bush. It was in fact more of a nasty skirmish (or 'sanguinary encounter', as James Logan Mack tells it) between Border Reivers. A party of english raiders had camped here overnight and were found and killed by Liddesdale men. The exact date is unknown but likely to have been in the C15th or 16th centuries. The Toll Pillar was set up by the two landowners in the 1830s and is a substantial structure some 15 feet high with an inscribed plaque on its north side.
Kielder Water is a large man-made reservoir in Northumberland. It is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity of water.
Kielder Castle is an 18th-century hunting lodge built by the Duke of Northumberland. It is now a Visitor Centre with a cafe.
Kielder Campsite is a fantastic campsite i could not fault it. Only £6.50 a night for hiker backpacker tent. You get free WIFI which you need as there is no mobile signal from any the networks there. There is even a room where you can charge your battery packs this is idea for digital nomads hikers backpackers its a real plus in my eyes when campsites do that. The showers nice and warm easy to control and cost no extra. There even a heated room where you can view the stars at night. It has large camping area. There also washing machines which of course cost extra.
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Wittenham Clumps is the name for a pair of wooded chalk hills in the Thames Valley near Little Wittenham. Round Hill, is 120m above sea-level. Castle Hill site of an Iron Age hill fort is 110 m above sea-level. not normally considered one of The Clumps, is Brightwell Barrow, further to the south-east. The summits are wooded by the oldest beech tree plantings in England from 1740s. North slopes overlooking villages and towns whose sites of the first settlements of the English. The Clumps are the most visited outdoor site in the county of Oxfordshire, attracting over 200,000 visitors a year. Wittenham Clumps are near to the River Thames, and good views can be had from the Thames Path along the river. The white-walled reactor buildings of the Joint European Torus, site of the world's first successful controlled nuclear fusion experiments, can be seen around 6 km to the north-west from the clumps. The hillfort on Castle Hill. The earliest earthworks date to the late Bronze Age. In ...
Day Three on the The Cambrian Way mountain trail 479 km (298 miles) with a total ascent of 22,460 m (73,700 ft). I think it could be Britain's hardest long distance trail. Its hard to say but looking at the map i think i started todays episode around the Mynydd Garnclochdy area i want give exact camping locations away. I was so wet from the rain all night i set about getting ready to walk around 4am just to keep warm. I was no risk at cold from the time of Year and in good health. So walked back up towards Mynydd Garnclochdy i think. The rain came back on top the hill. The rain was very bad so much so i could only see about couple of meters ahead what with the mist as well as the dark even with two powerful lights. By this time my cannon camera was destroyed by the weather i should know by now and my phone was useless take note people think phone navigation fine lucky i know this i used my garmin fenix3 gps watch with the track loaded onto so i knew i was heading in the general dir...
The magnificent South West Peninsula Day Zero i get the national express coach from Birmingham to Penzance for just £18 one way. I arrive late in the dark and strong rain. I then get the M6 First Kernow bus from Penzance to Mousehole. I arrived at Mousehole harbour from there i walked in the dark along the coast path to find a suitable camping spot which i did after not to far out of mousehole. Day one I set of back to Mousehole had a good look around the harbour then got the M6 First Kernow bus back in to Penzance. Got few bits extra food and drink from Iceland supermarket near the bus station then got the open top A1 First Kernow bus to Lands end from Penzance. From lands end i took in the spot i ended my walk that was twice the length of Britain from John o' groats to lands end on the end to end trail. I walked past the First and last house in England. I then headed for Sennen Cove. I camped at wild camped at Maen dower right by waterfalls that going right onto to small ro...
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