 morning glampers. It's only a little bit moist in here. It's not even that bad. I thought it was going to be riddled with condensation. It's not that bad at all. And look at the sunshine because morning has broken, like the first, come on. Most glorious. Right, out and about. I'll tell you what, then first few steps on feet. Why? I'll quickly show you my setup. Not bad. Let's hike another day and get another day closer to the lighthouse so we can Chinzano. Let's go. And we're away. Left no trace as per. Are we straight into a bog? There's almost, well, there's no point in drying your socks off. You're just going to get wet again. I don't plan on doing a full day. Like I did yesterday, I was going for like 12 hours yesterday. So nothing too spicy. And this is where it justifies me wearing the outdoor research trail running hat because you've got that sun beating down on you. And the back of the cap just protects the back of my neck. Look at that body there. Into middle of nowhere. Beautiful. Also, there's a house right over there. Who lives there? Mad. What I can't stop thinking is, is the birds singing and the sun gently cascades down onto the back of my neck. I think to myself, I'm being too lucky here. I'm pushing my luck because I've had the best of it. Hiking. Like yesterday was perfect hiking conditions and it wasn't until I got to my tent that it started pissing it down. Today, I mean there's clouds but look at the sky man. The low lying clouds enveloping the tops of the mountain. Sun shining, not a breath of wind. Birds singing. I appreciate this because I know that it's going to kick my ass at some point. If I end up doing this whole trek and I don't get annihilated by the weather, then I'll be the first person to ever do it. So, and also being lucky with the midges as well. Not lucky, I chose my time to come but I'm still. To get the combination of the nice weather and the no midges, that's alchemy. That's what you want. That's the holy grail when you're in the highlands is decent weather and no midges. I'm heading over towards these trees and I'm going to hit the track in there and I'm going to go through the forest and out to a beautiful looking lock. By all accounts, it looks wonderful. Glorious. Look at this man. Does that look safe? Looks a bit shoddy. Looks a bit shod. What a place to swim. Right, let's do it. I think, yeah. Oh, it's wobbly. Made it. Made it. Oh, look how beautiful it is. If it was sideways rain, freezing wind, midges, everything that Scotland can be, maybe I wouldn't enjoy it as much. Look at that man. I wish I camped there. I wish. If I hadn't chose to do such a mad day and broke it up into a few days, like camping here would have been great. Just on that bit of grass near the bridge. Swimming in there, surrounded by water. I'm going to use this trip to learn how to say water instead of water. And I'm going to, and it's going to cement it in Pavlovian conditioning, water. Well, you can see like there's bits of old dead tree there and stones and the way that the rocks carved out that when it's in, when it's in spate, it'll come all the way around there pretty much up to the bridge. Goodbye. I'm going to stop for a brew. Just rest my feet a little bit. Morning break. And then I'm heading up into there. I've got to cut me way through all that. Absolutely bonkers, but look how beautiful it is. It's stunning. So I thought I'd get some of that rock man, shiny bits in there. So I'm a bit parrow about sitting on grass too much with all the witticks, but this is perfect. Perfect little bruiser. And also, I've got my mate over here. Oh, he's got, is he there? Can you see him? Deidre Bala. Come and have a brew mate if you want. Kettle's going on. I don't have a windshield. I just use my bag as a windshield. Yes mate. I'm going to enjoy a coffee. And I might even have one of my bars. One of my protein bars. I think I've earned it. Because this next bit is tough. Looks tough mate. And there's quite a few river crossings as well. So we'll smash that out. And then I reckon I'm going to camp by that lock somewhere. There's a botty there, but it's Saturday night. I'm guessing that's going to be rammed. Normally I'd have top off getting some sun on me, but I'm covered up even though it's warm because I don't want to risk getting burnt. Because imagine getting burnt on your shoulders and then have to carry a pack of 200 miles or whatever it is. Sack that off. Snack time. I was just starting to look a bit ominous. Here we've got chai chage. Chai seed flapjack with sea salt flakes, high in omega free electrolytes, antioxidants, energy from real food. Go on then mate. Go on then. We'll have a go on it. Nice. Glorious. What a time to be alive. There's some clouds over there that look a bit menacing so everything could change. That's Bonnie's that. Put a bit more water in so I can smish it faster. Thanks. Thanks Rock for having me. I'll never ever see you again. So long. That's the beauty of it as well. And it's also transient. I'm just passing through Anna. I'm just passing through and it feels good. It feels good to have chai seed stuck in your teeth. Yeah the weather's a bit too nice mate. I'm a bit worried. It's like a nut job. It's like if Begbie off train spotting. You know when he goes a bit quiet or he's too nice. Someone like that is overly nice you think. So much bad's coming and I feel like that. Whether it's like lowering me into a false sense of security with windmill on daft art. Go on, go on. I'm hiking in the islands. It ain't that bad. It ain't that bad. And then boom. The full force of mama nature all over me. But I've rehearsed my drills for a torrential rain. My priorities of what to cover. My little bag here. All those water resistant isn't waterproof so everything. I mean I'll show you all this. Or maybe even have already showed you all this. Depending on what's going on in the timeline of things. But my little bag here with my bits and pieces. Camera, phone, vitamins, my mushroom vitamins. A little snoody hat thing. Like a buff slash hat. Earphones, little bits and pieces. And all that is inside a zip lock bag. Just a sandwich bag. And then there's also a dry bag in there as well. And a flat sponge. So that if in the case of torrential rain. Because you've got to be prepared for rain all day long. For days on end. So that's what I'm ready for. And so everything there's a sandwich bag would be zipped up. Then that would go into the dry bag. And then anything that does leak into this bag through the zip will just catch in the bottom and be absorbed by the sponge. Which you can then wring out. That's that. Then I've got my Birkhouse Deluge. Sorry if I've already told you this but we're just diving a little chat about gear aren't we? And it's nice to. And I wanna. Yeah quick access to me Birkhouse Deluge trousers. I mean you get soaking up to your knees at least. But I just don't want constant rain just on me nuts and my arse. And it just stops chafing. So I've got them to chuck on. And then I've got my waterproof top. Which I will let you have a look at at some point. I was thinking of doing a review of it because it's air. The waterproof coat. That goes on. And then my new bag cover. So that's the bag covered from the outside. And I've also got a 45 litre plastic bag on the inside as well. So and then once all that's done my odds up. Fully waterproof. Everything good to go. So that's my drills in case. In case it turns. So I'm not worried. Oh man. Having that look huge. There's the trees. Near to where I had my coffee. I've made all the way. Come over up here. Boggy. Very boggy. Slow going. And then we sort of cut in between these mountains. So I'm assuming we're going to just sort of traverse this. Round into the next valley. Which is what we'll do. The sun it's hot man. It's sapping me a little bit. But I'm never going to grumble about the sun in the highlands man. Never. You can all change at the drop of a hat. Very lucky. Very lucky at the moment. Medic. I was worried about this medic. I was worried that I was going to find this antlers. And then how am I going to leave that? It's a wonderful one, two, three, four point antler. Look at that. Beautiful thing. Damn it. I can't leave it behind. Right. I'm going to strap it to my bag. And then I'm going to play a game. Anything less than that. I'll leave. Anything better than that. I'll replace this with the thing that's better than this. Cut to full deers. Get it on back by the time I get to the lighthouse. Right. Where's it going to go man? I'm carrying an antler in a can and all the munk. There's your super lightweight. I can't believe it. My camp shoes are a set of bread bags. A couple of plagi bags that you put bread in. Because I was that bothered about weight and saving space. Now look. Total goofball. I don't want it anywhere where it's going to do me any mischief. It's part of my kit now. Right. That's it. I'm boiling me. Look here. Tights are coming out. Yeah. You're teatooed. I think that's all. That's as good as it's going to get. Why couldn't I have found it on last day? Day three. I'm going to have to lug that thing about with me. What about when I get to Ullapool Walking Fruit Town Centre with it on? That looks cool anyway, doesn't it? Come on. I'm feeling good, man. I feel chipper. I feel strong. Usual aches and pains. Which is to be expected. You're going to have aches and pains in your feet and your legs and shit. But as long as it's not like your ankles and your knees are going. And it's just aching from walking. That's fine. I can handle that. But morale is high. That's what's good. Probably because I just found that thing and that was exciting. Is it down there? Right. I'm going to have to look up my map now. See you in a bit. Look at that for a plunge pool. Every five minutes I've just seen something. I just want to get in. Medic! There we are. There we were. Just relentless, nice, beautiful, rugged nature. Relentless. You get there and you're like, wow that is absolutely stunning, man. A huge, peaceful lake surrounded, enveloped by all these huge mountains, rocks and everything on the side. Bosh. A bigger one. Look at that. Deasted on that hill like that. Sometimes Scotland is just almost ironically Scottish. And then there were two. First time I've done a little bit of map reading on there. I've just been using my GPS but I made notes on this map. So every now and again, I'll just check it. I've not needed to take a bearing with the compass yet. Maybe later on if I feel like I need to take a bearing. As soon as it gets off-piste a little bit more. But with this I'm just following the valley through so it's kind of obvious where I'm going. Maybe later when it gets to Moorland then I'll take a bearing. But for now I don't feel like I need to. But I've just put a marker on here to say go up. And that's what we're going to do. We're going to go up there. And I've just checked the GPS is the same as on here. Maybe 45 minutes to the Bothy depending on the ground. It looks a bit steep. You see all the contours around there. It looks like it just falls straight onto the Bothy. And all this is tidal lock so there's no camping there. So I might have to just pull up here or push on through a little bit and see what we can find. I've had my second energy bath for the day. Just about to smash a load of water in and then I rested my feet a little bit and then we'll bat on. A bit of a steep climb up there. Look at that. I came through that valley there. And I'm going down there. You can see the Loch. Fantastic. Look at that man. Hey, beautiful. I was thinking of keeping it in here but it looks a bit brambly. Doesn't it? That's a little fireplace but no, not the one. Home sweet home. Wherever I lay my antler, antler and deck is my home. And listen, dry ground. The first pitch on dry-ish ground. It's relatively dry. So I'm consturing my clothes over there. Not bad. Not a bad sight. There's a little stream here. It's shallow. Very shallow but I think I'm just going to go and sit in it. I'll just sit in it and just cool my legs and my feet I think. Just for the muscles, cool them down and then get in the tent. I'm going to have some hot food. Look how ominous it is up there. Look where I came from. Oh man, that is good. The boffy's over there. I've seen a couple of people going to it. I've got no interest in going in boffies just yet. I'm still happy in Lanshan. Come on, let's go for it. Let's go and cool down the old joint. It's got to be good from just soaking them in cold water. Just water. It helps me anyway. Whether it's real or not. You see athletes do it, don't you? Ice baths and that. It's pretty much an ice bath. It's not very deep. It's not very deep at all. Where's the deepest bit? There. That's the deepest bit. I should sit that off and that, yeah? Oh no. Wait down the stone. Top off. Come on, we're going to do it, man. Just do it. Well, the rains are coming. Let's get the pits done as well. Let's get the pits done. Look at it. It's out on that. All right. Leave everything out here to get dry as well. A little makeshift windbreak. Because it's starting to pick up a bit. I was tempted to deploy the delta pegs. But the ground's so dry it was just nipping onto them. To me, Hillyburg pegs. So I'll just stick to them. What am I going to have for tea? Seeing as though we're near a lock, I think maybe salmon. I'll show you how the beef decisions. I think I'll just go with whatever's heaviest. Don't blow over. Don't bat. Beef stew and tatties. And to say that I'm excited about it is an understatement. Because I'm... famished. It's a long day just to have two... two energy bars. Delightful. There's a lot of... like my mouth's watering it. There's a lot of colour in it which I like. There's no point in me doing this, is there? That's incredible. Potatoes, beef, carrots, green beans, onions. Look at how dark the clouds are getting, man. It's the simple things in it. A bit of warm food in it, it's just... That's tasty, mate. Right, I'm going to close this door up and finish my beef stew. Because I like to close the door. Well, the mesh. Just to keep all critters out. Training. I stopped at just the right time. Again. So these are my camp shoes. It's just two. Two small bread bags. So when I get to camp, I can just... Well, I'm going to do it now so I'll show you but... I'll just chuck them on. I put them on my feet but I'll keep my dry socks on. And then I'll just put my wet shoes on. Over the top. Gonna go and have a look outside, see where it's like. It's been raining. It's been raining for a couple of hours. Oh, yes. They're loose and they are soaking. You've seen me being at the river. And then in there, snug and then they come off. Bag comes off and my socks are still dry. Even though they're soaking, my feet are dry. When we dry socks on. These lads are legging it up. I guess they didn't know. They couldn't see me in me. I'm so camouflaged. And they've come down for a little... Munch. Nice. Because they wouldn't have thought anything about that. Might even get a decent sunset if I'm not passed out fast asleep. Fast asleep. I just see deer just here grazing away. Drinking from the river. And the lock, the tide has come in on the lock now. So you can't even get round there. Maybe I'll have to wait until the tide goes out to get round there in the morning. Around that... Around that headland. I'm the only person in this whole area. The people that I saw in the botty earlier, they just skinned out. They must have been there from yesterday. Midges. So there's no one in the botty. I could have stayed in it but... I'm well happy in that man. Well happy in that. It's unbelievable man. I'm just watching like I heard a deer grazing. Scottish mate. Beautiful. Beautiful. Just unbelievable. A beautiful part of the world. One of the most beautiful mate. You can't, you know, when you say about raw nature. The Highlands of Scotland. Just what are you going to do mate? What are you going to do? The Highlands of Scotland have got to be on... They're on everyone's list out. They're on everyone's top ten for sure but... I've always said like here or... Scandinavia. I don't know, there's something majestic about him. I know he's unforgiving but look and I keep saying it but how lucky have I got it? Look at this. What time is it now? The sun is shining. It's drying my tent out. Drying all my stuff out. Really lucky. I really appreciate it. And there he goes. David. I was just sat out on my bank having a... Just enjoying the scenery. And a fellow hiker hiked by. And he recognised me from the ferry. So I think it was David. Hello David if you're watching this mate. I hope you had a nice hike. I don't think he was going to the Cape but he was on the Cape Wrath trail. So nice to speak to you mate. Take care. I hope you managed to have a nice hike and it was a safe and successful one. Right then. There's the boffy. That's where I slept next to this little river here. Cracking start to the day. Lovely day to start getting my legs working through this woodland. Glorious scenery through this woodland. Bit of a steep scramble up here. Along the edge of the wood. And this is where when I came out the edge of the wood. I sat here and had my cup of coffee. And the energy bar. And carried on going through the valley. Up and then you come down the other side. And you hit these two. Two bodies of water. This is beautiful. Just lovely. Lovely scenery. Then you get to here and you've got to go up. Onto this high bit and around. And then you start to make your way down. It doesn't show it here. There's just a little collection of stuff. But it's like you have to zigzag all the way down. But the scenery. Just stunning to look out over the lock. Came down here. There's the boffy there. And I'm opposite on this side here. Bang where the point of my knife is there. I think. Yeah, round there. Not very far I know. But the terrain and I just wanted to have an easy day. And I'm glad I did. By the time I got here and it was three o'clock. I was pretty shagged. There was a long, long way to go to the next camp spot that I've marked on here. There might be other ones but I didn't want to risk it. And not be able to find anywhere. And this place was perfect. The ground is dry. I've got a water source next to the water source. Next to me. My keks are drying out. Right, we're going off tomorrow. We're going off peace tomorrow. So stay tuned. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching. 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