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West Highland Way Day 1 – Milngavie to Drymen

8 October 2011 / Travel, Walking / Golite Jam 2, hiking, iPhone, iPhone camera apps, iPhone photography, Scotland, walking, West Highland Way

Train into Glasgow, we need a cashpoint and a pie shop.

Is there an app for removing rain drops from my photographs?

The Start at Milngavie

There is no missing the start (or the end) of the West Highland Way.

It looks like today is the perfect day to use my water tight case for my iPhone, so I can blog and take photographs in the rain.

The rain has been patchy and mostly light (no over trousers needed) so it has not been hard to deal with. On the plus side there has been some nice light to photographs the woodland colours.

By 2.30pm the rain had stopped and I had my rain coat off.

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West Highland Way – On Our Way

7 October 2011 / Travel, Walking / England, hiking, Scotland, walking, West Highland Way

We got off to a good start this morning, rain and hold ups around Manchester, but there was a good sunrise.

We have stopped in Lancaster for walking fuel.

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West Highland Way – All packed

6 October 2011 / Outdoor Gear, Technology, Travel, Walking / Golite Jam 2, hiking, iPhone problems, outdoor gear, walking, West Highland Way

All packed & ready (for anything) | richardgoeswalking.

So tomorrow I am off to Scotland, and the West Highland Way, with my optimistic walking companion Richard. See his blog entry above.

I have everything packed, but it looks a very small pile of kit – although I have included two backpacks! I had packed my Karrimor 25l day pack, but I have changed my mind and I now have decided to use my Golite Jam 2, it compresses quite well and will give me the extra comfort and space for the day we have to carry our overnight kit (there is one B&B where it will cost too much to ship our large case there).

Another thing I needed to sort before leaving – my iPhone has gone wrong again. See this post – I have tried the “putting the earphone plug in and out” and the “restore my iPhone completely” options but still no phone audio. I was really impressed by one of the Apple Support suggestions – “turn the volume up!”. So I am off to Scotland with a phone that only half works, I will be using the blue tooth earphone and hope the charge on the iPhone lasts all day!

You can follow our adventure, day by day, by following the links below to the daily blog entries and photos…

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Lincoln Cathedral from Stamp End

5 October 2011 / Lincolnshire, Photography, Travel / iPhone camera apps, iPhone photography, Lincoln Minster, Lincolnshire, Stamp End

I have been out this morning quoting for jobs and have ended up at Stamp End, a part of Lincoln which was very industrialised in the past. With the clearing of the old buildings it has opened up some good views of the Cathedral.

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More Practice Walking

21 September 2011 / Photography, Travel, Walking / iPhone photography, Lincoln, Lincoln Minster, walking, West Highland Way

With only two weeks to go until we start the West Highland Way, I thought I would walk into Lincoln this afternoon, rather than use the car park near the office where my meeting was.

West Highland Way – Practice Walk

18 September 2011 / Photography, Travel, Walking / hiking, iPhone photography, tea, walking, Washingborough, Water Rail Way, West Highland Way

I went out today to get some more practice miles done before the West Highland Way and explored some different paths around Heighington and out to the River Witham and the Sincil Drain.

We ended up walking out to the bridge at Fiskerton using a path that ran along the top of the embankment, by the Sincil Drain. One bit of advice, the path is faint and very overgrown in places with thistles and nettles so wear long trousers (photo above), and don’t walk it when it is wet.

The screenshot above is from my iPhone 4 using Memory Map.

At the Fiskerton Bridge we stopped for some tea and so a wasp could sting Richard! We then returned following the Water Rail Way back to Washingborough and then up to Heighington.

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Walking to Woodhall Spa – Day Two

11 September 2011 / Camping, Outdoor Gear, Photography, Travel, Walking / Camping and Caravan Club, coffee, Golite Jam 2, iPhone photography, lightweight camping, lightweight walking, outdoor gear, walking, Woodhall Spa

The weather was good when I was packing up – which was lucky as packing the new Golite Jam 2, did not go as easily as it did when I packed it at home. I had put the tent in the large outside pocket but this was a mistake as that pocket has to be packed before the main bag. Both pockets share the same volume – packing the main pocket reduces the size of the outside pocket. This means the tent needs to be packed first – when actually, when packing up, it is the last thing to go in the bag. This morning, I simply piled my gear up on a small tarp I had with me, took the tent down and then packed, but it was dry and sunny. So I need a new packing plan.

I ended up meeting both Richards in Bardney – one had had walked there from Lincoln city centre the other drove – and we went for coffee. So that was the end of the walking, we got a lift home.

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