All arrived safely in Cairnryan for ferry to ireland.
Enough time to hunt down a curry house in Stranraer and have what should be our last evening meal before the Monday night celebrations......we hope!!
Word getting around and there should be another few walkers joining our groups for the last peak.......coran tuathail in souther Ireland.
Keep working hard back at the ranch
50 miles of walking, 20000 feet of climbing, 1000 miles of driving, two ferry crossings and a lot of soggy sandwiches: to bag the tallest peaks in the Isle of Man, Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland in 3 days to raise money for Wateraid.
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Post peak 4
We've found a curry house in Stranraer, before our ferry leaves for Belfast.
General feeling of tiredness around the group, from a mixture of lack of food and sleep. Ben Nevis was started at 5:30, after arriving in Fort William at 2am. It was a long slog to the top, but rewarded by incredible views across the loch. And we got to walk across some snow!
Not loads of photos, but they will come soon...
General feeling of tiredness around the group, from a mixture of lack of food and sleep. Ben Nevis was started at 5:30, after arriving in Fort William at 2am. It was a long slog to the top, but rewarded by incredible views across the loch. And we got to walk across some snow!
Not loads of photos, but they will come soon...
Start of the 2nd half of our quest - no it's not The Lord of the rings
Journey from Lake District was long and tiring. Drivers now starting to feel the tiredness so climbers must now be really feeling the burn.
We set of from scafell pike from the picturesque hamlet of Seathwaite, in the Borrowdale valley.
Stopped in Kewsick to refuel on cards..........fish & chips all round!
On the road for about 9pm
Drivers swapped at abington just before 11pm, then it was straight to Corran for the bunkhouse to try and get the climber a couple of hours good sleep before the Ben Nevis climb.
Journey up loch Lommond side, thru Crianlarich, Tyndrum and alone Rannoch moor and past Ballachulish at that time of night is quiet but pitch black.
To make matter a worse the rain started. These roads are bad at the best of times!
To add to our pleasure and pass the time we also had to play I Spy for the numerous deer that were loitering with intent at the road side that time of night!
Apparently the graze at this time of night? It's safer???
Guess they never heard of the GBM drivers!!
Arrived safe and sound just before 2am. Climbers had to be back up at 4.15am.
Weather the following morning was good and sun soon came out. Views up here are fantastic!
We set of from scafell pike from the picturesque hamlet of Seathwaite, in the Borrowdale valley.
Stopped in Kewsick to refuel on cards..........fish & chips all round!
On the road for about 9pm
Drivers swapped at abington just before 11pm, then it was straight to Corran for the bunkhouse to try and get the climber a couple of hours good sleep before the Ben Nevis climb.
Journey up loch Lommond side, thru Crianlarich, Tyndrum and alone Rannoch moor and past Ballachulish at that time of night is quiet but pitch black.
To make matter a worse the rain started. These roads are bad at the best of times!
To add to our pleasure and pass the time we also had to play I Spy for the numerous deer that were loitering with intent at the road side that time of night!
Apparently the graze at this time of night? It's safer???
Guess they never heard of the GBM drivers!!
Arrived safe and sound just before 2am. Climbers had to be back up at 4.15am.
Weather the following morning was good and sun soon came out. Views up here are fantastic!
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