The wettest May for years.

The last two weeks have been really frustrating, I’d planned a visit to Bridge of Orchy and Rannoch Moor for a few days wild camping and Munro bagging, but the weather has been absolutely dreadful. Constant high winds and rain across Scotland, meanwhile my NeoAir and Golite Jam remain unused. In desperation I’ve even had the maps out for Wales and the Lakes in the hope of grabbing a quick overnight, but the weather has been just as bad there.

So I’ve been spending my spare time following some of the TGO mobile bloggers, see here, here and here. They seem to have been experiencing the weather I’ve been trying to avoid; even Ron Bloomquist in the USA has had to call a halt to his 70^th Adventure until the weather improves.

TGO Challenge 2011

All those lucky enough to have  an entry for the 2011 TGO Challenge, will be setting off during the next couple of days. You can follow the daily progress of nine challengers via Spot Tracker. Phil of Lightweight Outdoors fame is also being tracked real time; see the Live Tracking link on his website..

Have a safe trip guys, here’s hoping the weather improves.