Gavin Macfie
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Scottish National Trail Part 3 River Loyne to Cape Wrath
On Sunday 23/06/24 I completed the Scottish National Trail in 15d 22h 26m. In total my route added up to 884.7 km and 19923 m of ascent, averaging 55 km per day, with the longest day just shy of 69 km. Basically an ultramarathon every day for over 2 weeks, all while carrying a pack.
My style was lightweight but not fully ultralight backpacking, walking rather than running. I wild camped throughout apart from one night in Blackburn bothy.
I was self supported - in the earlier stages I lived off the land, then picked up a 3 day cache just outside Fort Augustus. A second cache at Inverlael was compromised by pine martens, necessitating a return taxi ride to Ullapool to resupply.
I came in just over 2 days slower than Matt Girvan's 2020 self supported FKT of 13d 19h 35m, but was fully 2 days faster than Graham Nash's 2015 supported run, which was the time that Matt was aiming to beat when he set out.
The journey is presented in three stages, this is the third, from the River Loyne to Cape Wrath, 276.8 km over 5.5 days.
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Scottish National Trail Part 2 Loch Venachar to River Loyne
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On Sunday 23/06/24 I completed the Scottish National Trail in 15d 22h 26m. In total my route added up to 884.7 km and 19923 m of ascent, averaging 55 km per day, with the longest day just shy of 69 km. Basically an ultramarathon every day for over 2 weeks, all while carrying a pack. My style was lightweight but not fully ultralight backpacking, walking rather than running. I wild camped through...
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On Sunday 23/06/24 I completed the Scottish National Trail in 15d 22h 26m. In total my route added up to 884.7 km and 19923 m of ascent, averaging 55 km per day, with the longest day just shy of 69 km. Basically an ultramarathon every day for over 2 weeks, all while carrying a pack. My style was lightweight but not fully ultralight backpacking, walking rather than running. I wild camped through...
South Loch Ness Trail Self-Supported Fastpack
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Fastpacking the South Loch Ness trail from Fort Augustus to Inverness over 1.5 days.
Cape Wrath Trail Self-Supported Fastpack
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Fastpacking the Cape Wrath Trail from Ardgour to the Cape in under 8 days.

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  • @WanderingJay
    @WanderingJay 17 днів тому

    well done!! 2nd time watching , took notes for my attempt nxt year, will prob watch again, lol. Loved that you self supplied from shops most of the journey, do you reckon you could have done it without the caches tho, as im prob not gonna be able to do that on my trip? loved the singing, I tend to go disco songs when the hiker maddness kicks in, dunno why, scared some hikers on the path with my rendition of Ma Baker by Boney M once! once again, a fantastic achievement , well done sir!! ATB WJ

    • @gavinmacfie2883
      @gavinmacfie2883 17 днів тому

      You can easily do without caches so don't worry about that. All the best for your ramble!

  • @WanderingJay
    @WanderingJay 18 днів тому

    rewatching for a 2nd time, taking notes, as planning to do this trail nxt year, same as you, fastpacking it , tho doubt id be as fast as this.

  • @someguyUK
    @someguyUK Місяць тому

    Hi , really enjoyed watching. Thanks

    • @gavinmacfie2883
      @gavinmacfie2883 Місяць тому

      Glad you enjoyed it, please share if you think your friends would like it too

  • @alphasierra571
    @alphasierra571 Місяць тому

    Great video!

  • @paulhuggan-cammack2928
    @paulhuggan-cammack2928 Місяць тому

    You want to be a singer? Don't give up the day job 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @gavinmacfie2883
      @gavinmacfie2883 Місяць тому

      I bet they said the same to the young Bob Dylan 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @gavinmacfie2883
    @gavinmacfie2883 Місяць тому

    Cheers Paul. I used Memory Map For All on iPhone for the southern sections with the Walkhighlands routes downloaded. From Clunaie north I knew the country well enough that I didn't need any navigational help. No paper maps or analogue compass carried, though I did have redundancy in the form of the maps on my Garmin watch.

  • @paulhuggan-cammack2928
    @paulhuggan-cammack2928 Місяць тому

    Very informative Gavin. How did you choose to navigate whilst doing this? 👍

  • @leedryden4502
    @leedryden4502 3 місяці тому

    What is phone signal like along the trail? Really enjoyed the video, hope to do this trail in the future

    • @gavinmacfie2883
      @gavinmacfie2883 3 місяці тому

      There's a fair bit but also many blank spots

  • @rbreiff73
    @rbreiff73 3 місяці тому

    Enjoyed that cheers. I walked this back in 1998 with myog ultralight kit cos you couldn't buy the stuff back then! Took me 7 days but i started at Glen Finnan as thats where it used to start. Used a tarp and headnet approach like the Germans but the trail is blessed with plenty of bothies. It wasn't so established back then so my route differed a bit from today's route. It would be nice if making your own way north was more encouraged. Well done on your trip. You definitely had better weather than on my trek 🌧⛈️🌧

  • @chasjm21
    @chasjm21 4 місяці тому

    Clue is in the title i.e. how can I get this walk out of the way asap, not impressed.

  • @davidcarter4454
    @davidcarter4454 5 місяців тому

    Great achievement well done. What camera did you use?

  • @AB-qp6yj
    @AB-qp6yj 6 місяців тому

    As someone said a no nonsense video. An enjoyable watch. What boots did you wear.

    • @gavinmacfie2883
      @gavinmacfie2883 6 місяців тому

      No boots, trail runners are what’s required for fastpacking. I use Inov8 roclites

  • @andrewjeffrey485
    @andrewjeffrey485 6 місяців тому

    Jeez louise! Brilliant effort 👌 Brilliantly filmed to boot. Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @Declanscatwell
    @Declanscatwell 7 місяців тому

    Well done mate that's some achievement! What tent did you use?

    • @gavinmacfie2883
      @gavinmacfie2883 6 місяців тому

      it's a tarptent protrail li. Needs imported from USA.

  • @paulracionzer4852
    @paulracionzer4852 7 місяців тому

    Hi Gavin, congratulations on your achievement. I'm very glad I came across this video of yours. It's great to get a nice concise report that nevertheless has some snippets of info useful for planning. I am hoping to do the trail this year in May but will be allowing myself quite a few more days than you! I'm definitely more in alignment with your lighter weight approach than the heavyweights you met en-route and I'd be interest to see your gear list if you happened to have it on lighterpack for example.

  • @gordonbeattie6816
    @gordonbeattie6816 7 місяців тому

    Keep all your great work up 🎉🎉🎉

  • @davidcressey
    @davidcressey 7 місяців тому

    I did the trail in May so know how hard it is... Doing it in the time you did is nothing short of amazing. Well done, seriously impressive.

  • @christophernolan7464
    @christophernolan7464 7 місяців тому

    Wow! Completing it in that time is a huge acheivement on it's own, but also filming it, amazing!!! You even seemed to make it into the Cape Wrath Pub Crawl! Thanks so much for the insight of what it's like to do it in such a short time!

  • @robertchappellsnr.5872
    @robertchappellsnr.5872 7 місяців тому

    Abs. Braw trip... Ye made it look easy..!!! Respect.

  • @stephenszalay
    @stephenszalay 8 місяців тому

    Wow. Congratulations. You must have feet made out of iron!

  • @willjmcinnes
    @willjmcinnes 8 місяців тому

    Excellent work.

  • @pipandbenji
    @pipandbenji 8 місяців тому

    Great achievement!

  • @martinsyrett2551
    @martinsyrett2551 8 місяців тому

    Now that’s what I call a no nonsense video. No silly music, straight to the point, I loved it all. I’ve done the walk in double the time and some. Brilliant job !!! Now I need a lie down.

  • @gavinmacfie2883
    @gavinmacfie2883 8 місяців тому

    Cheers Craig. I enjoyed Hazey's series too, well worth a look for those who haven't seen it yet.

  • @craigmccamley
    @craigmccamley 8 місяців тому

    I tip my hat to you sir, Incredible achievement. Haze outdoors done a good nine part series on this but good to see an 'all-in-one' video