After a cool night by Tarr Steps (lots of noises of owls in the evening and pheasants & a woodpecker in the morning!), we woke to a misty morning with lots of low lying cloud, giving the cobwebs and meadows a mystical sparkle but also, and more importantly, highlighting the otherwise unclear paths across farmers fields! Yes, today we left Exmoor (only one moor to go ?) and hit the mid-Devon section, (an emerging pattern of downhill to a river, over a bridge & uphill again to farmers fields) hard with our longest stretch yet: 22.53km and 580m elevation. This was because, despite our seemingly slow pace, we actually reached our planned destination (just pass Knowstone by the main a-road where we had scouted on google maps a place to wild camp) at lunch time! We ... read more

Dried Frosties and a flapjack bar with a machine coffee was a surprisingly tastey way to start the day (once over the slight disappointment that the fresh pastries & coffee the campsite say they have on their website turns out to be something they are planning on doing soon but not ready yet!) and we were soon waving the sea goodbye. The plan was to walk 10miles to Simonsbath today, with 424m elevation… and we actually did it with relative style! We stayed on the right path, enjoyed the scenery of Exmoor, had our pre-bought pasty for a tastey lunch stop whilst managing to pitch the tent up during a sunny spell to dry out from last nights rain, survived some steep climbs without complaining (much), and didn’t get any blisters! Whey hey! ?? Even the ... read more

Testing the new blog site with our packing achievement!?! All this stuff… Fozan compact 4 cork grip trekking poles x2 Osprey 30-50l bag liners x2 & 2smaller liners Clothing: Trouser / leggings - berghaus ortler 2.0 / craghoppers Base layer - Merino wall long sleeve top Mid layer - rab nucleus pull on / rab filament pull on Topo trailventure walking shoes ——————————————— Thicker jumper - rab geon jacket Puffer jackets - berghaus / rab Altus Waterproofs - arcteryx Zeta AR coat & arcteryx zeta SL trouser Gloves - Rab power stretch contact (3/10) / Trekmates Harland glove fleece grip (2/5) Hats - arcteryx elaho cap & fleece hat Shades Buff ——————————————— Sleep layer- merino top & leggings & socks Socks x2 - darn tough Toe socks x1 - ingingi Pants x2/3 - saxx quest boxer ... read more