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What an adventure!

Doing the TGO Challenge has been an absolute blast from start to finish. All the planning and preparation paid off and I found I was able to complete the walk as planned with no major hiccups. It was tough, yes, and some of the terrain was difficult but not unfamiliar to me having done an amount of off-track walking in Tasmania. There were surprises, the biggest being the mild weather. It would have been a lot harder if the weather from last year had repeated this year.

Full report and photos coming soon!

Looking Back towards Glen Strathfarrar on day 3 of the Challenge:

Long day today. Started at 7:30am and finished around 7:00 pm. A lot of steep uphill combined with the usual bog hopping – GPS says 1400m ascent and my feet agree. The weather is very warm and I was hiking in a light thermal top most of the day.

Just had dinner – Pasta Bolognese and will head for bed soon. Camped next to the river, see photo.

Via Perth, Singapore, Heathrow, and Gatwick.

Less said the better. No problems with any of the connections or volcanic ash. Had a decent meal on Tuesday night then passed out and had a great sleep in the B&B – the dinner before that was on Sunday night (not counting airline food)

The A380 from Singapore was very good, a bit smoother than the 747, and it has a tail webcam you can access from the inseat entertainment unit. Great for watching dawn over Russia at 12000 metres, I recomend it!