Scotland training trek

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Come and test yourself with ‘the grand edale circular’ with us on saturday, the 10th of Feb. you must come to this if you want to come to scotland so we can make sure everyone is able for it.

distance: 30km

elevation gain: 1,135m

length: 9 hours

difficulty: very tough

The aim for this hike is to give you an idea of what scotland willbe like, before paying and committing to it.

To make this a fair test, you must emulate a wild camp loadout as best you can - bring a tent, sleeping bag etc so you can see what it’s like to walk with considerable pack weight.

trains to book:

 

• Nottingham to hope (derbyshire)

05:21 arriving at 06:47

 

• hope (derybshire) to nottingham

17:38 arriving at 19:28

BRING LIST

Make your bag weigh roughly 15kg - 20kg. also bring:

• water filter and bottle or at least 3 litres
• waterproofs
• boots
• sunglasses
• lots of food and snacks
• warm clothes + gloves and hat
• headtorch