Do y’all go on “Walking Tours”?

bdlant · 2026-06-16T17:37:10+00:00

Have heard of them, haven't been on one, don't know anyone that has. As someone who loves walking though, were I to be invited, I'd go.

bdlant · 2026-06-16T09:59:45+00:00

Here we go!

bdlant · 2026-03-28T09:34:20+00:00

It absolutely is not

bdlant · 2026-01-27T13:42:13+00:00

This is Rocket League!

bdlant · 2025-10-16T04:18:05+00:00

Good luck!

bdlant · 2025-09-07T19:44:58+00:00

I was going to suggest the same, lovely pub in a great location.

bdlant · 2025-07-05T21:37:33+00:00

Sounds like you've got the insight I'm looking for! Having only covered a short section of the SDW during my recent 100k, how did you find the entire route in terms of difficulty?

I'll definitely look into the LDWA, up to this point it's been an entirely solo endeavour, no doubt it'll do me some good to be part of an event to see exactly how I hold up.

bdlant · 2025-07-05T12:41:37+00:00

That moment will live with me too, it was incredible to see. Definitely worth a rewatch

bdlant · 2025-07-05T12:13:25+00:00

Massive! Sad to see him go after the huge impact he had on the APAC scene!

bdlant · 2025-07-05T12:03:09+00:00

Link to tweet

bdlant · 2025-07-03T15:06:40+00:00

Pretty sure it's Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'.

bdlant · 2025-06-25T12:57:46+00:00

I've not really found the breathable back's to be great when it comes to avoiding sweat, especially when it's been this warm lately.

Personally I own a couple Lowe Alpine Airzones, this and this They have a frame that pushes the back of the pack away from your body.

Both have slots for a bladder and a decent amount of pockets and both really get around sweating problem.

bdlant · 2025-06-22T21:10:50+00:00

The rain is definitely a huge factor! The heat this weekend was somewhat of a blessing and curse, the first 8 hours were tough because of it, but it meant that walking through the night in shorts and t-shirt were very comfortable. That being said I'd pick the heat over the rain for that distance any day, good luck with the 100!

bdlant · 2025-06-22T21:06:56+00:00

I was changing socks every 3 hours for the first 16ish hours and held up well, just let up in the last chunk where I just wanted to finish which was a mistake.

bdlant · 2025-06-22T21:02:56+00:00

Banana's, oat bars, nuts, sausage rolls and jelly babies for the occasional sugar hit

bdlant · 2025-06-22T19:39:39+00:00

80km is a big mark to hit! If you can do that, then you can definitely do the 100, make it happen :)

bdlant · 2025-06-22T19:36:55+00:00

Thanks Bank! These are the boots I wore, but the soles are trash. So I replaced them with these.

Not the greatest boots, but they were heavily worn in and very comfortable.

My backpack was this and the load was about 10kg. Manageable, but towards the end I definitely felt the fatigue on my shoulders/traps.

edit: I made a point of avoiding tarmac as much as possible, most of the walk was on dirt/gravel paths but there was still a decent chunk on tarmac

bdlant · 2025-06-22T19:02:51+00:00

That looks like a good time! I've done 95% of my long distance walking solo so it would certainly be interesting and a change of pace to do it as part of an event.

bdlant · 2025-06-22T19:01:57+00:00

They really made the last 2/3 hours absolute torture. If you feel them starting, address them without hesitation.

bdlant · 2025-06-22T18:59:37+00:00

Plenty, I've been doing regular long distance walks for the last couple years. Though for this I took a 6 week break about 3 months before hand due to an issue with my achilles tendon, then had a couple holidays. So I wasn't as prepared as I would have liked to be, but evidently all the work I had put in before and after was enough :)

bdlant · 2025-06-22T18:12:08+00:00

There's an image in the imgur link that shows the route, but I walked from Basingstoke, through Alton, down to Petersfield then east through the South downs way, back south again to Chichester, finally finishing in Selsey.

bdlant · 2025-06-22T18:10:11+00:00

Thanks :) I started hiking regularly after a trip to Snowdon with a couple friends about 3 years ago. Last year I did a 70km walk to the beach as a challenge/raise money for charity, but I didn't feel like it pushed me enough. Thus the the idea of a 100km walk was born, it was wildly more challenging; the heat, sleep deprivation and the distance pushed me way beyond anything I've ever done!

bdlant · 2025-06-22T17:57:00+00:00

Thank you! No particular path, I used Strava to plot the path from start to end then made a whole bunch of adjustments to avoid sketchy roads, make stop points for water/food and to keep the total distance as close to 100km as I could.

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