You did great, now you need to crawl back to civilisation

Lol ..that looks familiar!

Did you manage to pitch it properly in the meantime with inner and outer having sufficient distance?

Holiday in the sun please 😂

You found the local traffic calming team hiding just out of sight this time usually they're in the road ! they really dont care

I have no plans on buying either tent, but this was a fantastic comparison video! Enjoyed watching it.

Video too dark.

curious how the more solid inner performed compared to the mesh. I bought the solid, but secretly I love the IDEA of the all-mesh inner and wondering if it's worth buying for summer.

Thanks all for your kind words, I am devastated having to come off the trail! I will be back and definitely want to do it again. Update on the knee Im having physiotherapy through the hospital and had a x-ray which no fractures fortunately. I now have an apt currently apt for a MRI scan as they are concerned about the damage to ligaments and cartilage. So we wait in anticipation regarding the next step in my recovery xx

Glad you stopped and didnt push on with a knee injury like that. Could definitely have made it worse. Sorry to hear about your back but looks like at the end of the video you were walking properly again. Enjoy the hike and take your time. I would recommend walking through Glen Dochary, either from Inverael or from Ullapool take the detour at East Ridderoich farm up and around and back down through Glen Dochary to loch an Daimh. Amazing little section. Can't remember if you did that last time around or walked from Ullapool. Beautiful little section.

amazing place

Wishing Sandy a speedy recovery! Knoydart is tough. Hope to see your solo attempt soon. Atb, Andrew

I'm absolutely gutted for you both, especially Sandi. That looked virtually the same spot I rolled my ankle last year Al. As you say, that trail doesn't give you an easy ride. Another great video in spite of the outcome. Good luck when you go back mate. I feel awful saying this but the drone episode did give me a giggle. That is some real bad luck to happen twice. John.

Right decision , amazing effort by Sandy after the injury. As you both said , it wasn’t meant to be. Next time ! 💪💪

Well done Sandy ,, amazing pluck for carrying on as you did,,took me 3 attempts to finally do the CWT ,,never got to see all the wildlife you saw,, onwards and upwards!!

Best of luck to both of you, so sorry to see you had to make the right call. Hope to see you both out together sometime soon.

wow this video single handily put me off from ever doing this trail haha.. looks a tough day but well done to you both for powering through.. great stuff :)

Well done Sandy, super trooper 👏👏👏😊

Sandy you are an absolute trooper, you should be very proud of what you've achieved. There's always another day for adventures. Hope you're both recovering ok, and thank you for putting this together and sharing🙏. ATB.

Calling it was the right decision... onwards and upwards, Cheers....

Gotta be proud of the little one, what a trooper. As always it’s been great to follow you both and I am looking forward to seeing your next adventure.

Challenge after challenge that’s what gives us the pleasure of walking,hiking, well done for getting this far , it will be another adventure to look forward to 🤗.W.H.W is a great walk and a good test for the knees . Thank you for sharing your experience and best wish for a full recovery 🎉

Hi Al, hi Sandie, such a shame but you did the right thing by calling it. Such a shame but you can’t risk doing long term damage. Still an amazing experience the days you did. Next year will be a different story. All the best for a speedy recovery. Take care and all the best Dave. 😀⛰🥾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I set off on the CWT beginning on Friday, May 17 of this year, loved every single minute of it and the weather was great, however by the time I got to Kinlochewe I was sitting having a coffee and decided, I don't just want to do the CWT, I decided I am going to enjoy every minute of doing the CWT. And the forecast had changed for the worse. I had 6 beautiful days of sunshine. That's what you should be aiming for. I saw for a good 3 day weather window and went for it. It gave me another three after that. So here's what I did. 1. I decided to go home and pick up the second half from where I left off the same time next year. I can't be bothered with the midges this year now, so I'll stick to the munros until the same time next year. 2. Walked the 9 miles to Achnasheen and caught the train home. SO Don't beat yourselves about not doing the whole thing in one. (You'll come to see that as a blessing) Doing it in sections will be much more fun if you take my advice. AND The CWT is too beautiful to be treated as a challenge. The CWT wants everyone to enjoy it, in all it's beauty. Year after year, section after section is the best way to do it. That may not be practical for people from overseas but it is for us in Scotland. All the best and treasure your experience. You both still have more to come.

Sandie is a determined woman. These things happen especially on a trail like the CWT.

Ahh radar installation, I know where you are now - St Alhelms?. I wandered past there thinking 'that would be good for wild camping' - only caveat is the volunteer coastguard thing, getting out of the sight of that!

I have both Lanshans, and yes you can lower it to the ground, and peg the doors down, that's my standard 'wind configuration' for it. I've modded mine with bigger/longer guys and bungees which do away with the silly rams horn thing. But yes, only problem with that is it does flap greatly, and of course, if you don't mod the guys to get a better ridgeline, you can get the inner/outer touching.

I have walked the whole of the Jurassic coast...I camped but didn't wild camo...that looks like the area near Winspit or further up, Tilly Whim?

I took my 4 season Lanshan 2 inner to Scotland for that very reason - the changeable weather/wind. It was totally needed on the last few days on the West Higland Way towards Fort William, got very windy and wet. And then...had a total heatwave...20-23C? o.O It was baking in the tent. Scottish weather, what are you like?

I see you missed out filming the "fun part" right next to the river at Knoydart... 😉 At Carnach, we had camped right in front of the ruins. Was a bit drier than at Sourlies, plus we were early enough at low tide still to cross there easily towards Carnach. The next morning at around 7:00 - 7:30, our first challenge was crossing the small stream that had grown a lil' bit. I see you searched your way around it and had to jump over smaller parts of it. We just walked through it with our desert boots and neoprene socks. That was the first minute of our day to Barrisdale... We've found out though that neoprene socks are best for when it's not too warm. The Barrisdale day was perfect for let's say, 3mm neoprene socks (provided that the seams do not cause any chafing or pressure). When it's warmer, we found it's more comfortable to let the trekking socks (Bridgedale/Darn Tough) get wet and to put on waterproof ones (SealSkinz) around camp. Otherwise the feet would get too hot. Cheers, The owner of the 'teepee' (MLD SuperMid)

Just found the channel Al and Sandi, after Al pointed me to it. (I think that was at either Kinlock Hourn or Shiel Bridge.) Nice to see you also came across the same adder in Cona Glen as we did a few days earlier. It was sunny then though, so we almost stepped onto it when it was getting its tan in the middle part of the track. An Aussie who has lived in Scotland for 15 years, later on told us this black adder is deadly... We were able to cross the stream to Glendessary on the left side, where there's actually a path. This made a huge difference! Further down, the trail becomes a kind of track and then the track crosses to the other side. We were even able to keep our feet dry. 🙂 As a Dutch, it's still hard to follow the Scottish accent. But I'm trying!

Thats a bit weird. Left a comment for you yesterday but it didn't seem to appear. Anyway, looks like our paths didn't cross. Was looking forward to meeting you on the trail. I headed south from Durness on the 12th finishing up on the 27th at Cluanie Inn. What day was the wet weather? I really only had the first day of the 12th when it rained on way back from lighthouse to Kearvig bothy. Other than that weather was brilliant! Looks like you missed the high path along the Carnach river which avoids clambering over rocks and trees next to the river. It's about 200ft higher up the river bank and brings you out just a short way from the slab as you called it. Hope Sandys knee recovers!

Thank you so much for your kind words about my dog, it was a nice surprise to see. His name is Obi. He was meant to be with me on my CWT last year but he threw up in the tent on our practice trip, so I thought it would be better to leave him at home. The rock was so he could be on the trail in spirit. I started 30/03/2023 but I didn't think to put a date on the rock. I wished I had of done, when I seen dates on alot of the other rocks. Good luck with the rest of your trip, i'm looking forward to watching it!

We went as a couple on the cwt and had the most amazing time.I sprained my ankle about 20 miles from the lighthouse but still finished. Was absolutely devastating to think I might not make it.

New sub here. Great channel

I hiked it teo years ago and I lived it.

What a trooper wee Sandy is 🌟well done to the pair of you trudged through the bog and more bog , hopefully blue skies will make an appearance for you both .best wishes and thank you for sharing your experience.🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿