The one definite change to the 2020 route that I sent to the group starters is that after Ullapool it will take the usual turn for Croftown and use estate tracks to get to the start of the new section along the Auchindrean Path by the river. This avoids about 4km on the main road. Excellent - that'...

htrider wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:49 pm I'd hang on if I were you, a small change is imminent and there may be other tweaks before the route is finalised.

Does this involve the road out of Ullapool? I knew there was a change coming here for this year but the detail of it was a little different to what I had expected.

There's a list of ITTs with distances and fastest finish times here to help fill in your table.

Looks like there's an entry "fee" this year of a £50 donation to the John Muir Trust.

Sounds like a good idea to me

Not if you're carrying your bike it wont

Road routes are quite easy to write directions for: they have obvious junctions and most of them have signposts. You just need a list like: "At the next junction, follow signs for London" "After 10 miles, take the left signed Edinburgh" etc etc etc You can't do that for off road ...

yeah i did wonder that myself and then concluded that it was probly me just thinking that as it wasnt in english, but now other people said it Might be a good idea to edit your post and either remove the link or put a warning on it just in case anyone clicks it without seeing the other posts first.

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Throw a stick in the air and follow the direction it points.

There's the East Highland Way from Fort William to Aviemore http://www.easthighlandway.com/ From Aviemore you can continue along either the Speyside Way to Spey Bay or the Dava Way to Forres then on to Inverness via the Moray Coastal Trail or just head straight for Inverness on NCR7 from Aviemore. I...

Nice writeup. You got a great weekend for it. I came over Ryvoan pass in the direction of Glenmore and at the green loch around 15:45 so I must have been close to passing you. Looking at the network analysis I get "net::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID" which suggests that my Chrome setup can'...

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I really am thinking that if Lael can make a film and win / do very well while doing it ..... that's what's upsetting people. I understand that contact with loved ones may be an advantage but If she's not receiving anything physical, then filming looks like a disadvantage to me? Even if the film cr...

It seems their definition of "Wild camping" is a campsite without any of the usual facilities?
You still need to book and pay for your pitch. Not really what I'd consider "Wild camping".

The speed of the ping is my worry -from memory, 7.8mph is not the speed I'd expect on that part of the trail. The last ping before that was 18.6 miles back. The 7.8mph is the average speed over those 18.6 miles. The important bit for me is that the next point shows a significant drop in speed (down...

We have a bouncing dot! Well done Dustin.

Hope Jenny is ok. It seems a little worrying after all that to-ing and fro-ing last night and now she hasn't pinged for 9 and half hours. I was wondering if the dithering last night was her trying to decide whether to bail out to Poolewe or stay on the trail. Maybe a mechanical or a minor injury? I...

In Poolewe direction? I didn't know there was anything up that way.
Or do you mean back on route to Carnmore?

Looks like jenny might be having issues in fisherfield. Looks like she might be heading for Poolewe.

They are asking about Mike Sheldrake on barebones forum – can someone let them know he has posted on instagram, looks like he is going to decide at Ullapool whether to scratch or not (I’m not registered there). https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAKDiJFybm/ Looks like he has sorted his tracker now, too. ...

Isn't that him excluded then? I seem to remember Alan G excluding himself for similar action a few years ago. Possibly different in that he borrowed from a random cyclist, not a HT rider? Any ITTer could have had the same luck and James hasn't had any benefit from being in the group start compared ...

Bontyrider wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 9:26 am Any news of Mike Sheldrake? His tracker hasn't moved but no news of him scratching?

Probably scratched but not told Greg?
You only appear on the scratch list and have the dot removed from the map once you've told Greg you're scratching.

Last update from James is that he's seeing what he can get in Ullapool else a bus too and from Inverness will be quicker than an online order. He'll get DQ'd for doing that. Rob Waller did the same thing in 2015 (train from Achnashellach to Inverness and back to buy brake pads) and got a DQ for it....

tanadog wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:45 am Nelson Trees posted on fb he'd arrived in Kylesku around 3 hrs back, so sometime after midnight.

Has he dropped his tracker? It seems like it's still pinging updates every 4 hours but hasn't moved since just after the start.