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3. The Cambrian Way OEX bush pro Bivvi wet sleeping bag no mat in strong rain and wind The Blorenge.

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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...

England Scotland Border patrol hike wild camping Jack Wolfskin Gossamer ...

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Come and join me on a border patrol hike and wild camping along the Northern English and Southern Scottish frontier Anglo-Scottish border. 96 miles (154 km)  how ever i will be walking longer than that as no always possible to walk right on the border. Along the way i will explore the surroundings of the border and walk right on the border it self. I will walk the border fence yes there is one and no sheep are gonna cross it. In parts the border is rivers streams there even a dyke called Scotts dyke built by the English and Scottish. It became the first Anglo-Scottish border with the annexation of Northumbria by Anglo-Saxon England in the mid 10th century. In 973. The border line was legally established in 1237 by the Treaty of York between England and Scotland. It remains the border today, with the exception of the Debatable Lands, north of Carlisle, and a small area around Berwick-upon-Tweed, which was taken by England in 1482. Berwick was not fully annexed into England unti...