There is something tragic about this series. Here is a bloke and his wonderful dog committing themselves to the grueling challenge of the Cape Wrath Trail and recording it for the benefit of everyone dreaming of doing the same , and in over 3 years only 8043 views. And yet some nobodys do the North Coast 500 in a car or campervan , maybe staying in hotels every night and get way more views and interest. What a shame. Some people have no idea about the true spirit of adventure. I take my hat off to all those who have done the trail and a big thanks to the few who have tried to pass on their experience for the benefit of those that follow. No new posts from the Hounds of Howgate for a long while but wherever you both are everybody who has watched your adventure wishes you both well.
@OldStag72
5 жыл бұрын
This is a great series, really shows the meat and potatoes parts of the CWT. I think the big issue for you was time off work. I've done it twice with three weeks for each and I needed it. The Kinlochewe to Shenaval day is quite tough, and as much as I liked that guide book no way is that a respite day. Away to watch day 10.
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the vlog of the hike! That's awesome that you have hiked it twice: you must have some stamina! 🐾👍
@paulyoung3504
5 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best series of vids I have seen on KZitem concerning the CWT. Great channel. Have subscribed. (Think this brings you up to 200 subs) ATB
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Paul! Much appreciated on both counts! 👍👍👍
@kensayers75
Жыл бұрын
Great videos mate. Glad you make mistakes just like me 😂. Keeps you fit. You walked between the two joined Munros. Extra 400/500 metres of elevation than required. At least it wasn’t pissing it down. I was there in June. Pissed it down 3 days straight. We still love it though eh. Love your vids dude. Only just found you.
@HoundsofHowgate
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 👍 Aye, hahaha, I remember it: tunes on, head down, breengin' oan... oh whit! Feck! 😂 Cheers 🙂🐾👍
@gemgem327
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loving this series, great information about the trail and the importance of having a area map incase anything goes wrong. I love Moss!
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, defo have decent maps for sure. 🙂 Aye, Moss is a wee belter, isn't she! 🐺 Cheers! 🐾👍
@HikingFeral
5 жыл бұрын
You are going to end up with thousands and thousands of subscribers just off the back of your CW hike. The production and footage is absolutely spot on and your personality mixed with what you are doing plus Moss is a recepie for success. I can't even film a decent video of an overnighter up kinder scout on the peak district lol. Inspiring for my own channel.
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! 🐾👍 Ha, not sure aboot the thousands and thousands of subscribers though. ☺️ Ach, I think folk get too worried about what they film and maybe try too hard. The first time I ever filmed anything was the first day of the West Highland Way. I didn't have a plan or a style in mind and looking back at it, it kinda started out as like a turn by turn guide: I think within half an hour I was talking about jobbies and all manner of nonsense, lol 💩😂🙈
@chrisfinn6630
5 жыл бұрын
Mate - this is a GREAT series of videos. I am planning my own CWT trip this coming year, most likely in May, and seeing your detailed descriptions is priceless. You give a really good sense of the terrain, and some of the tricky navigational points. As for your mistake on this section, I can recall doing something very similar in the Lake District a few years ago. Just like you, I thought I knew where I was going, so I was relaxed and was not really paying attention. Walked straight past a cairn that marked a turn. Duh! Eventually twigged something wasn't right, leaned up against a dry wall, got the maps out and worked out what my mistake had to be. No choice but to backtrack. Felt really stupid. Felt even more stupid when I HAD done my backtracking to the cairn and set out on the correct path - and then realised I didn't have my walking poles! They were still back leaning against the wall, where I had got the maps out and turned around..I got to know that little corner of the Lake District quite well.. I've got both the Harvey Maps, and the Ciccerone guide, but will also certainly have the Viewranger app as well. Its a great app, and I love the way it identifies peaks via the camera on your phone. I also have a Garmin Inreach - which usefully combines GPS and communication functions. Nice piece of kit. Finally, I'm thinking of pre-calculating bearings on each section such as the one that led you astray - easier than doing it on the fly.. Oh, and I agree with the previous comment - in that I will surely take a good 3 weeks for the trip, I'm a bit slower than you! Thanks again for the time you took making these vids. As I said - they are GREAT! Onwards to Day 10.. Chris
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Chris! Really glad you are enjoying the series and are finding the vids useful too! 🐾👍 Haha, oh man, I would have been crackin' up if I had made a mistake, corrected it air then had to go back again to get something I'd forgotten! Argh, nightmare!
@kenjohnson1041
4 жыл бұрын
I must say that I enjoyed this respite day! I'm really into this series now. Thanks.
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying it! 🙂🐾👍
@maureenillingworth8275
3 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of when I did Clyde Waljwsy. It was early days and could only do a few hours at a time. Decided to go a bit further and ended up walking fir 7 hours ....... lol. Got buck back but the heat, tiredness and motion of the bus lulled me to sleep. Woke up 5 miles from home and bus didn’t go any further. I was the only passenger left! Sore feet did not make for the 5 mile extra walk 😅 Was determined not to give in and grab a taxi. Bloody exhausted by the time I got home. Fell into bed with clothes on and never rocked till alarm went off die work next morning 🙄
@HoundsofHowgate
3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Been there myself! At the end of the Berwickahire Costal Path I fell asleep on the bus: it's on the vid for it. 😂🐾👍
@frasemci
4 жыл бұрын
Binge-watching and totally loving it.
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
Yass, nice one! Glad you are enjoying it! 🐾👍
@steverichardson5817
5 жыл бұрын
Great blog mate, god you beat yourself up.over that wrong turn.... lol Enjoying your adventure and love Moss 😎 ATB
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve! Yeah, I was super pissed off with myself. Especially as what was meant to be an easy day ended up being a total pain in the arse! Cheers 🐾👍
@steverichardson5817
5 жыл бұрын
@@HoundsofHowgate ended well though mate... ATB
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
@@steverichardson5817 aye, got there in the end. What a day though! 🙃
@mow-zr6ni
5 жыл бұрын
Agree about Harvey maps. I made my own 1:25k strip map of the Trail using memory map on the computer. Printed and laminated. Also I have a Satmap with full OS 1:25k maps as back up for switching on in emergencies as I still like to rely on paper maps
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
For sure Maurice! I could just imagine the scenario if you found yourself off track in foul weather with poor visibility and ending up in quite a bit of bother if you only had the harvey maps. I would think most folk doing the CWT would not just go out with the harvey maps but you never know!
@thefellbeyond7206
4 жыл бұрын
Annoyed rambling! Yeah been there done that plenty! Bless you John we've all done it, made the mistake of being complacent. 'Don't be too happy'! lol that made me laugh! I never had any intention personally of getting the Harvey Maps for the CWT. I learned from doing the TGO not too have just a narrow section of the area through which you're travelling as you never no when you might end up off the map for whatever reason. I have the Guide Book and I'll use it as an aid to plot my route via OS Maps online from which I'll print A4 sections and also create a GPX file to use in ViewRanger. Hope Day Ten and onwards goes better for you mate. ATB. Elton.
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, defo! NEVER be too happy! 😂 Aye Elton, defo picks up after this day. I was hoping to crush some easy miles but the trail kept me in check for sure this day! Good adventure though and it was cool to see the herd. 🐾👍
@paulthomas4277
5 жыл бұрын
As an extra navigational backup, Viewranger app and 1:25k maps for your route can be purchased
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Is that 1:25k maps of the route in the app Paul? Would you recommend the app? It's something I might be interested in actually.
@paulthomas4277
5 жыл бұрын
It's I have it on my phone and use it as a back up. Turn phone to airplane mode and can last a day or two when in full use. Not too expensive to buy the map tiles needed and regularly "sales" for larger maps. Got all uk National Parks 1:50k I think was the scale for £9.99 ish this year. With what I've seen in you detour on day 8, Viewranger would have given you that larger map beyond the Harvey map. Give it a try - believe they give five free map tiles as a starter.
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
@@paulthomas4277 I downloaded the app and have taken the yearly subscription. It look ideal and would have been perfect for the muck up rectification. Cheers for the heads up! 👍
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Paul, that app is great! I plotted loads of routes last night super easily and was able to then send them via email to my laptop to the put on my GPS. SO EASY! More easy than Garmin's Base Map software plus I have the backup on my phone too. Great stuff! Thank again for the heads up as this is going to prove to be super useful for me. 👍👍👍
@paulthomas4277
5 жыл бұрын
Hounds of Howgate Happy to hear that it has been useful. All about sharing experiences :)
@jonturner7703
5 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying your CWT videos! Just wondering what solar charger you use and how you find it?
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Jon, thanks! 👣🐾👍 If you check out my gear vid I go over the solar charger and power banks I use and I have links in the description to all the items: kzitem.info/news/bejne/r46Q3GuZpoyrlJg Basically it's the smaller Anker one. I've found it to be good when it's sunny. But I'd only really ever rely on it during the summer. It did seem to stop working at one point (even when it was really sunny so I though it was broken) but it seemed to work okay the next time I used it. Because I have camera gear I can't rely on it solely so I take my combination that I talk about in that vid accordingly, but if it's summer I take the solar charger as a guarantee and just to keep everything topped up. I would say if you use any devices that you need to ensure have power then always take a powerbank. The solar charger is just a nice way to keep them topped up. I generally use the solar charger to top up my powerbank so I can use that to charge up my gear at night while in the tent rather than powering the devices directly. I always worry about the connections being damaged to my devices if they are plugged in while hiking. For me I get more peace of mind connecting the solar charger to a powerbank and tucking that away so I can forget about it while hiking. Hope that helps!
@lisaduffy8224
4 жыл бұрын
I've watched every video to now ( and will watch the rest) really enjoying them thanks... the kinda resounding message I'm getting is dont take a Harvey map, that helps me quite a bit as I was going to buy them, but I reckon your totally right, it only gives so much info of the area your at
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
They are handy for an overview but I'd definitely not go on the CWT with only them, for sure. 🐾👍
@nilesdelta8636
5 жыл бұрын
That lady have a granny trolley ? she left you for dead man Ha
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
She did: proper style!
@owdjockey4459
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Hounds, wow! That must have been some audio book! That is some mistake, and yes we have all made them at some time. Not only was it longer going through Gleann na Muice, you had an extra 300m to climb over the bealach compared to the Bealach na Croise(424m) and a couple of river crossings to boot. Walked past Shenavell a couple of times, but never stayed there. How, about that foreign woman, when you zoomed in on her, I thought to myself "&%$^ me! That looks just like a shopping trolley! Bag ladies in the Fisherfield, whatever next." Tip: run your route past Moss next time. Cheers Alan [aka OJ]
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Haha, mental, wasn't it! Both not bothering to check where I was to go and the fact that the lady was going over with the trolley. I think I asked everyone I met after that about her and mentioned her. I was kinda concerned about where she had ended up! Tell you one thing though, she was tough and fit! She blazed up the hill so I guess she would have been just fine. The weather held for a couple of days too so that would have been a plus.
@Mark-vp3qv
3 жыл бұрын
You could have hammered millions of wee fence posts in the ground and painted a wee 👉 on them. Then I could have done that walk as well🤔
@HoundsofHowgate
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, I'll need tae mind that wan fur mah next big hike! 😉🙂🐾👍
@chrisfishwick2196
5 жыл бұрын
Watching your vids again! Brilliant. Had a laugh with this episode. Took me a while to figure out where you went wrong! Sussed it eventually. I wouldn't get too bothered as the correct route is pathless and there is a single cairn that is as much use than a chocolate fireguard below the bealach and you would assume you take of right there! Not so you need to carry on and gain height by about 400ft. BTW What weight do you carry/ Now to the next episode.
@chrisfishwick2196
5 жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention the lady with the shopping trolley! Brilliant. ;-))))))
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris! 🐾👍 The pack weight has been coming down gradually. Kinda hard with the likes of the CWT what with the bigger food carry though. Anyway, my pack weight nowadays is just less than in this vid: kzitem.info/news/bejne/r46Q3GuZpoyrlJg
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
Haha, mental. But I tell you man: she was moving at some pace!
@chrisfishwick2196
5 жыл бұрын
@@HoundsofHowgate That's the new way to do it! Never thought about it but could be the "New" way. It kills me carrying a "lightweight" pack and I have tried over the years! Once again brilliant entertainment and telling it how it is. Now back to wine;-))))))
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
@@chrisfishwick2196 haha, wine o' clock! 👍👍👍
@andyventures6574
5 жыл бұрын
Talking food. What do you eat during the day? Aside from the few cafes you've not mentioned this much so far.
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
In the end I stopped bothering with breakfast as the cold soaked porridge wasn't really doing it for me and I was always keen to get going. Plus I never have lunch, so it got to the point I was just eating all my food when I got to camp and not eating anything through the day. Which isn't the best of course. You'll see later on in this series that I have to switch up my food plan for snack'adge. Interestingly, when I finished walking the length of Scotland at Winter time I deliberately went back to eating all my food when I got into camp. Loading up with so much food kept the furnace stoked all night and helped keep me warm: which I needed as it was going down to -6°C and such. It seemed to work well. I don't think I ate at any cafes until this day actually. The one at Glenfinnan was way too mobbed when I got there and I couldn't be bothered standing in the queue and having shed loads of tourists about while I flung my backpack about wae Moss on the lead. In fact I think, come this point, the only cafe was at Glenfinnan and then the next one is...hmm, I can't remember the name of it. Anyway, every cafe I stopped at to get something to eat I filmed or talk about it in the vids so you'll see where I mean. There was one place that was meant to be a cafe that you go through. The place where there is a building that says there is a phone in it. When I got there it looked like it was out of season and nobody was about so I cracked on. It was the place we went through the same daywe had to sleep in the stalkers hut. There really is not a lot of places to eat or resupply on the CWT though. That's why I had previously drove up and planked a food stash half way up.
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
After the halfway point you'll see all the cack I was eating during the day though, Haha! 👍
@andyventures6574
5 жыл бұрын
@@HoundsofHowgate halfway through day 10 now, so caught up with the answer 😀. I only ask as I've had issues with not eating enough on long day treks/hills .
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
@@andyventures6574 , so you seen I loaded up with loads of sweeties basically! I would probably suggest flapjacks etc. Lots of quick release energy from the syrup etc but slow release carbs in there from the oats to trickle energy in over a longer period of time. Tanning loads of sweets doesn't really do your blood glucose levels too much help with the spikes and quick fall offs. Ideally you would have a mix of something in your bags like lower GI index oat or granola bars, protein from beef jerky etc and something that gives you a burst if you need it like a energy gel or just a candy bar. Plus some trail mix as that has a mix of them all as well as having a lot of calories. Nuts are one of the most calorie dense foods for their weight, so make for a good thing to grab a handful of. If you check out my 'Packing for Winter Backpacking' vid I go over one of my winter food bags. That has a lot more sources of fat in it to keep me warm at night, right enough. But it gives you an idea.
@HoundsofHowgate
5 жыл бұрын
@@andyventures6574 Check this out at just after 8 mins in: kzitem.info/news/bejne/sXmkuWp5jnWSkno
@WildAboutCamping
3 жыл бұрын
I love your Collie; they are such intelligent dogs - and they don't suffer fools gladly. The fact he/she knows the booties and the pack are for his/her sake says a lot of how intelligent these dogs are. I'm trying best not to be gender specific - even for dogs.
@markhughes6837
4 жыл бұрын
Harvey maps....Hmmm, recurring emphasis. Think we’ll hae to be on the baw wi them!
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
Aye, for sure! I mean they are good for what they are; they take a wee bit of getting used to coming from OS maps but the big thing is you can't navigate properly from them with a compass as the don't have the context of a bigger landscape detailed to allow for identifiable points to work to or from if you get off course. That's usually not a problem on a waymarked route but as the CWT isn't, and I made an arse of it one day, it really highlighted the downfall of only having slices of terrain. Plus the scale feels a bit strange to me. 🐾👍
@markhughes6837
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the advice, depressingly because of the current situation we are taking heed of the Scottish Governments and Mountain rescue statement and have cancelled part 3 of our Cape Wrath. It’s more than annoying, we were all geared up, time of work etc but considering what we are about to go through it’s just a triviality. I’ll have to content with your vids for now. Cheers.
@HoundsofHowgate
4 жыл бұрын
@@markhughes6837 yeah, what a bummer! It's just the way it is the noo but, isn't it. A'body Corana'd up and all that. Besides, there is always tomorrow. 🙂 All the best for you and your loved ones in these challenging times! 🐾👍
@markhughes6837
4 жыл бұрын
Hounds of Howgate, It is indeed man, the hills at least will always be there as soon as we shift this poxy virus. BTW, when we did the last section I bottled it at the falls of Glomach as I was terrified and we had to find an alternative route doon. Take care pal, stay safe and gie Moss a wee clap please, aw the best!!
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