 There we are, leave no trace. I'm up early Having to put the cold wet socks and shoes on these Chef's kiss. The reason I'm up and about early is because this is a tidal lock and last night at about 8 o'clock It was high tide so I assume 12 hours from then it was going to be high again So I thought I'd get up so that I can make it round this headland without getting cut off So I'll have to scoot and I'll stop to do me water and all them sort of Chores once we get round and get some miles under our soaking wet feet But slept well warm. It was nice. You get working up every morning by the cuckoos. It's nice to hear Quick 360 Few big breaths man Feels strong right? Let's have a good day today. He's so weird Walking over all this all this grass and seeing crab shells and Mussels seaweed and smelling and smell the sea and it is beautiful I'd love to go diving in there There's the boffy There's a lad outside it in his tent and there's a couple of other lads in there That I saw going last night Wet feet straight away I mean my shoes were wet when I put them on and socks were wet I hung them on my little washing line took a lot of moisture out but first thing I did I crossed that river next to the tent so Straight back into a wet foot game These guys don't care do you? Just having a nice little bit of nice little bit of grass Hey, don't bolt it mate. You're alright. No, no you're good. You're good. I'm just passing through guys You mustn't No, you didn't care you've left your mate look medic Look at that man The tide was a little bit too far in So I've had to come up here And over and down I was just pausing to appreciate this Crystal clear this water Crystal clear love to dive in it another time Another time We'll see how I feel but I might just do a Do a big in today. Maybe do like 20 miles something like that around the 20 mile mark It's early. Who lives there mate. Just do can you see that? Hold on look at that That is the roof of a house took to here like Middle of nowhere amazing Right come on crack on enough waffling. I was just about to walk free and as always you still a little test of it with rod Then that's still going from there to bottom I Think we'll have to find another way Look at that. You wouldn't even know it was there, but That's almost a full What's that that's up to my Gee whiz mate That's almost up to my waist my chest. Sorry. Oh medic Why One two three four There's a big hole Big hole in middle of nowhere And there's a load of dead there Dead deer in there Maybe part of a culling Something to do with culling I'm scanning to see if there's any decent antlers in that but still a bit fresh stinks six out of ten Right, so river crossing Let's have a look Man, I can imagine this after heavy rains Different ballgame in it, but I'm gonna put my camera away because I don't want to drop it and slip but That's only sort of sheenite Right on then it's another day. It's another day in Scotland Bonnie Scotland There were a cross and then According to the according to my map There should be a track up here Please so we're heading up into this valley now and This is where the So from now this is where there is no path. It's make your own mind up sort of thing So I think I'm gonna deploy the the Harvey maps for the first time get it round my neck and Belt and breaches with the GPS because I don't want to mess up here. I Want to get through this and sail through it. So let's get the map on Map you McConaughey look how much of a hiker look now it map round my neck All this on and see like If rock star games at to design like on Grand Theft Auto when they're going to hills then they have to design a hiker That's me cock star games Right feels good having the map out now very interesting I Don't feel like I need to take a bearing just yet I feel like the GPS has got my back there Right, there's two. There's multiple ways here multiple choices Turn to page 42 if you want to get wet feet I keep getting sidetracked by how nice things are but look at this man Look, I can see the bottom. It's so clear. I want to go in and Then and there's another pool just there other pool Wow Man, you could just look at that. You could sit on there. You could just jump off that into there Living La Vida Loker It's too early in the day. I can't keep jumping in every bit of water I'm getting formal though. I'm getting formal. I don't know that I'll probably never go in there Breaks my heart. Look how nice it is Ridiculous Look at this One two three four a little bit Right, it is quite good in it I'm taking it as well What's that one two three four one two three four and then a little in The roughly same identical identical in their Form I'm taking it don't judge me Look at that man. Oh don't burst me can and northern It's gonna be funny in it like When I label video for my gear ultra light backpacking gear So for the Cape Wrath trail keep ultra light I've got a fucking I've got a full cannon or the monk and Pretty much half a Rudolph on bag I can handle it. I feel fit me. I can carry antlers You know I can carry antlers so cows come home And if I if I start to fatigue, I know it's only day four and I'm being a bit presumptuous If it starts to get too hard, I can always just take them off kind of or one of them But I like them and I want them little keepsakes. I'll definitely not get any more now two's enough Unless I find a whopper and then that's going on look how there's them there's like a skirt of cloud just below Like a smoky garter all just below the tops of the mountains like some like The land that time forgot and a little swimming pool just there. I Saw too much. I keep seeing places. I'm like, I'd love to go back there. I'll go back there Let's come there come there. Let's come there. There's not enough. There's not enough days in a lifetime This is legit nuts this bit Just having to sort of traverse And then back and forth over the rocks. It's slow going. It's like it's tiring. It's such hard work, but It's so beautiful every time every corner you turn you're like, oh my god Lord at rings gear. I'm just grazing as I go check the bugs primrose with wood violets dandelions wood sorrel Lots of little bits and pieces don't too much for it, but I Just graze as I go and it gives me a bit of roughage bit of energy But from around you can just pick it up as you as you're hiking speaking a lord of the rings What a place I didn't do it. Just this on camera It's huge sandy beaches. Oh me Someone's camped here Don't blame you look at that for a camp spot, man beautiful beautiful I mean leave no trace, but it's fine because I think everyone who comes here will have a fire there So having a universal fire pit is probably all right This burn I know it's coming directly off the top Look at that crystal clear Simple as that replenish You have to take one of my tops off as well. It's getting warm 26 Bish bash bosh love these things love them I've been lost without them I'm just traversing this bit and look at this man. It's all my it's black, but also So clear as well like I can see the rocks underneath But there's a blackness to it My wish I had my goggles wish I had my goggles I'll be in there Because I don't know where this is gonna take me. I'm lost. I'm a lost now My map says this way look at that Beautiful, I've got to get across here man somehow I've got a traverse Right, I might end up in there anyway I Was traversed around there and then there's all these slippy rocks. It's a Certainly not for the faint hearted This is slog me it is It's a beautiful beautiful slog And just to you look like there's just a little ankle breaking holes like Everywhere you've got to really be on you Have your wits about you know all that bit Where I was saying oh Where I was saying it's not for the faint hearted Because that's not the way I've I've missed the turn and I've come all the way up here and followed the river which I shouldn't have done I Shouldn't have done and ironically the turn Is where I stopped to fill my water bottles up. I stopped to fill my water bottles and I didn't I? Just assumed it wasn't there because it was so steep Oh, well, George. Oh well. I've got to make it all the way back through all that shit Medic straight up just off-roading it Be lining it up real talk I reckon All these days They're dying because the knackered. They're just giving up And I just this last little push. I'm like oh my god. I feel I can see why Because all I'm doing is following. Well, I'm not following anything. I'm just just raw and You can see the odd deer track. I was just thinking you lads There's no wonder you're all keeling over. That's tough, mate. That was That was tough Made a bit of an ass of it and then it made an ass out of me But either way man either way that is a tough climb out if you get the right path or not That is a tough climb out of there. I've hit this little track here Which is the one that I'm just gonna keep following now But thank God That little bits over I Treat myself to half energy bar and some water. I made it over the top and now I'm just cutting my way through This valley around the corner And I forget where I'm going now, but that's where I'm going now I'm going a bit delirious because of The sun is Belting on me Glad I've got daft out on look who's laughing now That cat that peek peek at cat just covering my neck beautifully A lovely little view down the very valley To barrisdale Bay Wonderful made it to the bothy and campsite And it is tempting just to kick off the old shoes and spend the night, but I've been going seven hours. I'm gonna crack on though There's a tough little section now. I'm gonna attempt that tough section and then I'm gonna I'm then I'm gonna bed down for tonight I was getting a bit skittish on my feet and One energy bath at day. I just want enough so Get some calories in me before we set off again That's better A bit of food in me and then Let's see if we can make our way to kinlock wean Whatever it is. It's been a long day already. It's 10 to 4. I'm gonna keep going Um to try and get to kinlock wean And if I can't get there, I'll just if I feel too tired, I'll just camp somewhere around here on me on me root That's the beauty of it, isn't it? There's no there's no fixed rules for me Just do what I want do how I feel but I am aware that I need to put the miles in Anyway speaking of putting the miles in later It's ridiculous, isn't it? You can see the lock there And there And you have these peninsulas that stick out and then you've got to come Come back and just climb up and over And then like that up and over so There's a lot of effort for very minimal distance at the moment And my legs feel like they're gonna burst That's pretty cool What is it? Roaded Endring Roaded Endring Cave Tell you what not only is it cool looking it's also A lovely cool respite from that sun really shouldn't ever complain about the sun in the highlands, but It's been at my back pretty much all day Which is sapping me but I'd rather that than rain So I mustn't grumble Into it look see where it brings us out Just more ups and downs path, isn't it? Relentless this bit relentless It's quarter to seven I've just come in to kill Nokia when it is just literally two houses, but then I saw that B&B and tea room obviously closed Um, but then an old gadget came out of that top room. I says I got chatting with him and I says have you got out? Have you got anything going tonight mate? Put us up or Or whatever and he's gonna he says I'll wait there and he's going to have a word with someone. So fingers crossed All right, Michael Mapperpaw. Let's have a look at you. There's Suley's bothy. I was opposite there Just on this bit of land is where I woke up uh, I'm trying to Get up early so that the tide would be out so I could get around this headway, but It wasn't I'd uh, it was um, even despite getting up early. It was still in sight to go over this Nab and then instead of going across here I've marked it. I I just walked across Just straight across as the curve flies all through here, which is Some of the waterfalls and the plunge pools are so beautiful and so inviting along here stunning As you're coming through here. Yeah, man, it was just tough but absolutely Beautiful around this bit here Was somewhere else lord of the rings some of the most beautiful scenery I've seen and if I'd have known I would have pushed on um I would have pushed on the day before and camped there So anyway, I keep going you climb up and then these little dots so the dash is A sort of rough track when you get the dashes the the the littler dots mean they're out There is no track. So instead I've even drawn it on the map before I came to go like right take that shortcut I didn't I just walked straight up here And ironically right this is where I should have gone up and that's where I filled my water bottle And I was just so buzzing after I filled my water bottles that I was like right crack on And as I was going through I was thinking Jesus christ mate This is a real day I like to walk through like rivers and under like do a bit of rock climbing It was well hard and I got quite I got up here basically Before I was like odd on I'm in it No one's coming this way. There was no Signs of anything and it was getting ridiculous. So I had a quick look at map realize what I've done Kick me selling dick and then I had to come all the way back because I couldn't get up here I was looking and I was thinking if I could just get up there and hit this track But it was just too steep. So I had to come back And I still couldn't see this path. So I ended up going a derivative I ended up coming up here zigzagging again a bit of rock climbing. It was really steep. You can see by the contours it's really steep and then I finally hit this track was buzzing Um, and then you keep going up and up and up over the top back down Again, there's some stunning scenery, but Very difficult All the way down here. This is a long day mate. This is a long day All the way down here. Then I got to this campsite and I was like I stopped for a drink and thought shall I stay? Weird it all up thought now. Let's crack on. So I cracked on and this bit man This stretch Was a killer Absolutely on here. It just doesn't look too bad. I measured it with my compass, and I worked it out about maybe 8k 8 or 9k Yeah, literally like just in a straight line 8 or 9k some of that I thought that's all right. We can do that nightmare mate. It's some of the most beautiful Um scenery so far absolutely stunning views man with the with the saltwater lock and uh, just Just everything about this path was absolutely gorgeous The problem was it was just up and down. It was relentless going up and over these ridges these um These ridges up and over up and over and it just wouldn't end every time I'd get around on it. But like oh, yeah more It was relentless and then I rolled up to um, king lock queen Got king lock king lock horn sorry for my shit pronunciation king lock horn and As I was walking past me jackpot I just stopped being B signing as the guy came out. I was like do you have any rooms mate? He says yeah So I got in there for the night Happy days There you go Latching lots latching lots a bit squeaky mate a bit squeaky turning I was just coming through it was It was gone seven o'clock And I saw this old boy coming out at out of this B&B and I just Impulse I just said have you got any space it was like is a minute He went and talked to someone he came back and he says yeah, I'll do you and he said I'll do you a beef stew I says done Done snatched his hand off I'll do I'll skip in there for a bit with a beef stew turn Thanks, mate. We've got a big day today. It's going to take Roughly Tony was saying it up take about eight hours To get to shield bridge or whatever it's called I must just Just I just have to apologize to any of my Scottish man and lady dem for my mispronunciation And downright ignorance when it comes to the names of Of places and locks and whatnot. So I'll give it my best shot, but sometimes I'm way off the mark. It's a game of two halves For me. Anyway, like I get up and I'm full of beans the bag feels light Even though it's got two antlers on it and I kind of know the monk More than I need Well, yeah, the bag feels like uh, I have a spring in my step I feel good And then it's soon replaced Like halfway fruit day sometimes even sooner we've just like this This cycle of thoughts in my head going I'll soon be at camp. I'll soon be at the stop. I'll soon be at the stop Uh, and just sort of like grimacing like that That's my grimacing face Trying to get through it, but For now, I'll appreciate and enjoy The upswing Just checking on a wall Oh I've climbed from down there Some of this track is borderline Vertical It's decent on calves like My calves are pulsating But I'm powered by my thighs are keeping me going And also morale is high That's the main thing on anything like this or any endurance. I feel like anything that's endurance see house life in general is It's a morale isn't it? It's a state of mind Because you could on one hand you could be saying My calves are hurting My knee and ankles are strapped up. Blah-dee-blah. Yeah Sorry, I just had a little tiff tumble uh Or You could choose it. It's a state of mind This is vertical It's the beginning of the day. I just feel good All the aches and pains of secondary I just I know Deep down that if I make this if I get to the end I'll look back in in years to come as it I look at it so fondly And that thought just makes me Just appreciate the moment that I'm in even if it's hard really Knee brace chafing the back of my Cutting up the back of my uh Back of my knee the painful knee Is better than the chafing the chafing's just like a burn And the knee is just like a weird pain Not as bad Maybe I could put it over top of these maybe should we have a go? Yeah, this is top quality Entertainment in it. I mean it's not going uphill so much. It's only when I go downhill with it It clicks a bit like it and hurts like it's gonna Okay, oh me Is that better? No Sack it off sack the knee brace off Let's add the ankle brace To the list of items that I'm needlessly carrying Across one of the hardest takes I've ever done in my life It the hardest take I've ever done in my life. What am I on about? Oh, that feels loads better actually Keep it you can You can keep your your brace Just keep layering according to the weather. There's no point in getting sweaty And there's no point in getting cold when you've got all the layers it takes two seconds just to stop And uh, just adjust your clothing system All right guys All right antler and decler Yeah, you're coming with me Look at that man Antler and decler I wonder what they thought at the b&b when I rolled up with antler and decler Strap to my bag There's a bird soaring above. You know I can't no you won't see it, but We're in eagle territory I would love to see one Right crack the hell on Paul stop waffling about birds I've become a bird. I'm a bird fanatic now Just into birds of all well always I've been a little bit, but it just gets more and more the older I get And we're one of them gray-haired blokes that just feeds pigeons in park, aren't I Oh, well There's worse things to be anyway That's my limit I reckon What's that 10 meters? Any more than 10 meters And that's just buffoonery and if I imagine that every day I'm doing more than 10 meters every day that adds up And then if I don't make it end because my knees are cacked I'll look back at these little bits about you turnip head. What are you doing? You saying I could walk up there and see if there's an easier way across but conundrum Or further down even I actually made it across these stones, which is uh normally I just waved through it, but It's a lot cooler today and the idea of getting a full-on Wet foot. It's not as appealing to cool me down, so I'm trying to stay relatively uh Dry-footed, but that's all going to change as we head up into this Quagmire is this is apparently a very steep incline up here On to the top of this ridge So Unless something magic or no unless something happens between now and then Let's do a fast track to the top What with mouth? Here we are This was some of the most grueling Coming all the way up this valley. There is no path. You've just got to make your own way through the bog And through the old little ankle break little secret holes here and there Um Tough going tough tough Tough countryside Still got to go all the way up there don't I it's not even the top I just had to stop for a minute because Look at it There's a it's getting colder the more you go Obviously the higher you elevate the colder it gets so there's a real chill on so I've just stopped to put a base layer on Up there. Let's go Med it That was one of the hardest you're probably the hardest ascent so far Look at him Yeah, one of the hardest ascent so far Look at it Just no path look the snow capped mountains over there and still we go And still we go it is a slog. I know I keep saying but I'm loving it. It's so rewarding But if you are watching this and you're like, oh that looks real good. I'm gonna do that And you don't and you need to be Well, you need to be fit. I'm probably gonna get found out later on but because I feel like I've been a bit too If you've got a bit too all right, but Yeah, you need to be fit and you have good navigation skills and Yeah, it's pretty tough man, but rewards The rewards are pretty special I have to navigate over these boulders and rocks Along and hug this Ridge to go around The corner it's a it's a scramble It just takes a lot of effort and it takes a lot of time just to get nowhere really But needs be I'm making way over these rocks and you can see look I mean That all I don't even want to put my stick in it because it It's deeper than me walking stick so If your leg goes down any of these holes, it's just You're breaking your leg so You really do have to keep your wits about you. Imagine that that wall of huge mountain I'm like on the opposite side of that. So I'm on there and there's no path And I've got to get down and round and out of this valley a right knee Well on the decline when I'm coming down me right knees just keeps keeps going over a little bit and hurting but Uh Nothing too bad as long as it doesn't go over as long as you don't pop it'll be all right But speaking of popping look at this You just look at that normal ground you're coming down here Or wherever you're coming from and then bosh You're in there up to your shit. All right. It goes how fast it go You're in there and you can't even see that and that's you Over and your legs snapped It's real talk out in the clouds are coming in. It's It's real It's real And I'm I'm glad I've got my uh, I've got a Garmin Mini in reach, which is an sos beacon if anything bad does happen. I'm all right, but We'll talk about all that Later date when we go through all the gear if I've not already done it and I just hope this pub. What time we on? Or 20 past five. I just hope this pub is doing uh dinners teas whatever Giza pie and chips, but please what pie and chips? Let's go because that's all I'm thinking about in my mind because I'm not eating since breakfast, so and it's 20 past five So I'm ready for some fodder And that's what's driving me is just thinking right what am I gonna order what am I gonna eat? A little beacon in the mind That's all you need It's even too much for dears down there. There's no I haven't seen a single deer They're all like nah, mate too hard Got a grit me teeth on this one. I'll admit it and finding it This is definitely the toughest bit so far Just a bit of a grit your teeth jobby And I can still um Sort of take myself away for disassociating myself away and and think and see Objectively is still beautiful. You look at the snow capped mountains And the raw rugged beauty as I've said many a time you can still see it. It's still there. You've just got to let that thought Take over the the thought of like Oh, my knee hurts. It's really difficult. Uh, and I'm hungry Just zoning to it zoning to it. Oh She's nice that down mate five minutes. We've had our five minutes Let's grit our teeth and crack on right me old fruit whispers. I'm almost down front mountains I can see The remnants of it. Can you see that there's a track On the other side of the river I can just make out so She's got to get through this Then there's See that's it mate every two seconds. You're just going lay I'm using my sticks to sort of save my life It's hard making a film while you're uh While you're doing this Tough it's tough gig like way Right, I'm going to make my way down through this heather Don't look too deep of a river I'll soon skirt across it and then hitting that track is going to be chef's kiss absolute Oh ck And then once hit that track I'll uh I'll glide and when I say glide I mean hobble Into town. I'll just kick the saloon doors open Into the spit bucket. What do you want? What do you think I want chicken kiff chips and peas, mate? A pie A delicious pie, please your best pie We don't serve pies, mate. Right. Well, just take whatever else you've got put it in pastry Give it to me twice with chips little things like that. Look Hey Let's get down to this River stop waffling to this camera. Come on. It's not too bad. It's not flowing too Too bad. Let's go for it. She's cold It's making me want to pee Don't piss yourself. We're across We're across Come on. Let's get on this path, mate Let's get on this path That's what you want a decent path. I bet it's going to be just awful as well, isn't it? Nothing's easy on this hike Oh, look at it. It's not too bad Look at that Not so many ankle breakers or bogs Feels half decent underfoot. I'm going to run it. I'm running. Rest it. We're at a lighthouse, right? Let's go. Come on Look how gingerly walking at best What a day. I mean, it's not over yet. There's still a fair old trek, but uh That section's behind me and that is that is good. That's a positive thing I'm happy as Larry. What time is it? 25 past six I haven't eaten. I've only had my breakfast all day No energy bars. I had all my jerky within the first two days of Yeah, that breakfast was just turning. I hope that is your name. I hope I've remembered it right He's not going to be watching like he's uh He's an old boy. He must have been in his late 60s, almost 70s even He ain't going to be Wasting his precious time Watching me fighting about on youtube, is he? So Turn anyway Knocked up a decent breakfast. We've sort of made it look I was a bit too optimistic last time when I lost the path. It was quite There's still quite a way to go The trail soon Pissed on my chips this locks and latches That's what we like look cheap an effect What you doing here farmer? I see I see the old The old reach around and I know why now because you hinge your hinges are gone because your gates rotten at the bottom there That's your analysis mate, and I've built many a gate in my time. So I know but you know, it's It serves a purpose, doesn't it Where's luke go? Over there look there you go I like the quirkiness of it and see what this little village. It's only tiny apparently, but I'll see what it's got to offer Feel like just going and knocking on someone's door and asking if I can Hey mate Can I sleep on your settee? I'll give a shout out in comment section I'll pin your comment if you let us sleep on your settee mate use your kettle one two three four Five llamas look All just sitting down All sitting down all facing the same way All looking at the hale house, aren't you lads? Happy as a pig in shit mate. I'm gonna inhale this see you up mate That's really hot There we go Why not why not Well I had a Had a haggis scotch egg Then I had some Scottish haddock and chips and then I'd stick it off your pudding Oh I didn't want to leave mate I did not want to leave I had a j2o Glass of water feel good. It's all right. I'm out of here I can see it. There's a couple of you're in there. Look here You know white bottom Hey, oh So, I mean the pub's just over Round the back of there, but I'm thinking just pitching here Got a nice view of the lock. Can't see anyone bothering me down here here Where I let where I rest my hiking poles is where whatever something like that. Let's go There we are digs are up. I want to get off my feet But I just wanted to show you the digs They're all up There's me being over there A cuckoo cuckooing And we might even get a silhouette of these geese Yeah, you can't see them. That midges are biting me though That's I ain't good is it look at that Absolutely stunning beautiful I'm still keeping the faith as well They had some lovely IPAs in there as well and I was parched for one, but I want this to be the best beer that I've ever drank in my entire life And the only way that's going to happen is if if I don't drink add on Is it is if uh Is if I don't drink For this whole trip, I mean it's staying cool as well and then when I get to the When I get to the cape To that lighthouse and then I just I can't believe it It's going to be so good as long as it doesn't burst or I drink it or something or I don't make it That's always a possibility isn't it not making it So woke up Here at the B&B The climb out of here was ridiculously steep um But I got into the zone Just um stuck my earphones in and just got into a real good zone because it wasn't Too tricky it was the odd bog here and there But it was pretty straight forward steep. I mean I say straight forward my uh What I think what I find straight forward has completely changed now until you get to here And then just forget it some of the hardest trekking I've done in my entire life Up here it was just path forget this dotted line You're just you're pretty much just on your toad And it go and it just keeps going all the way up here man. It's so steep um Luckily I didn't get lost it was just it was just hard going Really tough and then I got to the top. I walked up here a little bit and I thought oh man It's getting a bit steep a bit hairy And I checked the GPS and I said oh yeah Back down here and then along this um rocky bit here that's just Very sapping of your energy and it just time consuming took a long time And then Just down this valley as well. Vivian wrote hard on there because uh I've read a few blog posts and watched a few videos and it did say and it wasn't wrong All down here just just from here to here Solid just this little stretch here just solid just ankle breakers everywhere knee snappers actually All the way through here Slogging it yeah continuing to slog it just a mixture of Of different hard ships and then across the river and hit this track and I thought oh nice one here we go That disappeared then that got a bit difficult kept going um Just ignore all my doodlings um I've said food being be eat with an arrow pointing to it I ate my food which was delicious And then I left to go around this road and I'm pitched right where my tip of my knife is there Looking out to the lock right thanks to everyone for watching so far um if you want to be notified when the next upload just Click the subscribe button downstairs and the bell notification next to it and you'll get notified There should be another upload in a couple of days two or three days Providing I've made it or even if I haven't I'll still upload some stuff. Oh midges are out Midges are out so I have to get the tent to The tent fastened up, but yeah, thanks for watching and I'll see you soon