Comments on: Solo daydreams http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/ Chat about backpacking, trekking and hiking Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:24:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andy http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-34027 andy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:04:32 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-34027 Not at all Rob :-) Not at all Rob :-)

]]> By: Rob Hausam http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-34021 Rob Hausam Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:23:00 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-34021 Andy, what can I say, but (if I may borrow a British expression that seems quite fitting), this is spot on! And, I guess you're going to keep rubbing it in about the Challenge?! :) Andy, what can I say, but (if I may borrow a British expression that seems quite fitting), this is spot on! And, I guess you’re going to keep rubbing it in about the Challenge?! :)

]]> By: Paul http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-33990 Paul Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:37:33 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-33990 Andy, my plans were quite flexible and initial intentions were to do the complete round. But things changed after finding a nice camp spot and so I stayed based on the shore of Fionn Loch. http://paul.sammonds.com/greatwilderness.html However I did manage to make a return later in the year to complete the final 2/3 of the round. http://paul.sammonds.com/letterewe.html Andy, my plans were quite flexible and initial intentions were to do the complete round. But things changed after finding a nice camp spot and so I stayed based on the shore of Fionn Loch.
http://paul.sammonds.com/greatwilderness.html
However I did manage to make a return later in the year to complete the final 2/3 of the round.
http://paul.sammonds.com/letterewe.html

]]> By: andy http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-33966 andy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:42:29 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-33966 Paul, how strange is that. I've just had a mate want me to walk the Fisherfield Round with him! Paul, how strange is that. I’ve just had a mate want me to walk the Fisherfield Round with him!

]]> By: Paul http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-33964 Paul Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:17:07 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-33964 Nicely written Andy. One of my most enjoyable solo backpacks was into the heart of the Fisherfield forest. 4 days wandering of my own accord, exploring and enjoying the great outdoors. On the first evening I met a couple of young guys en-route to Dundonnell from Poolewe, this was the one and only contact during my stay, in fact the only sighting of anyone. The world seemed a little less crowded somehow! Nicely written Andy.
One of my most enjoyable solo backpacks was into the heart of the Fisherfield forest.
4 days wandering of my own accord, exploring and enjoying the great outdoors.
On the first evening I met a couple of young guys en-route to Dundonnell from Poolewe, this was the one and only contact during my stay, in fact the only sighting of anyone.
The world seemed a little less crowded somehow!

]]> By: andy http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-33961 andy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:26:43 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-33961 Days without seeing a soul. Bliss! Originally I planned a TGO route this year that was designed to avoid humans, but having to create a route at short notice that has sort of gone by. There are still more than a few solitary days though! Days without seeing a soul. Bliss! Originally I planned a TGO route this year that was designed to avoid humans, but having to create a route at short notice that has sort of gone by. There are still more than a few solitary days though!

]]> By: Peewiglet http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-33950 Peewiglet Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:25:13 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-33950 Hear Hear! And very well said :) Most of my walking's been solo. I enjoy company, but on longer walks I really do value a bit of solitude as well. I think my Challenge this year is likely to be quite a solo sort of affair: the first half of it, at least. Having said that, it's never possible to be sure of how a Challenge will work out. Hear Hear! And very well said :)

Most of my walking’s been solo. I enjoy company, but on longer walks I really do value a bit of solitude as well.

I think my Challenge this year is likely to be quite a solo sort of affair: the first half of it, at least. Having said that, it’s never possible to be sure of how a Challenge will work out.

]]> By: Robin Evans http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/03/08/solo-daydreams/comment-page-1/#comment-33947 Robin Evans Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:43:06 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1760#comment-33947 In the last four years I've largely walked on my own and come to love it. I love the freedom of going at my own pace and camping where I want to. I love not having to consult anyone else. It sounds very selfish, but it a pressurised world to be able to amble through a day is a joy. Last year I spent a whole day without seeing anyone at all. It was a marvellous experience. As you say it makes you appreciate others when you do meet them. In the last four years I’ve largely walked on my own and come to love it. I love the freedom of going at my own pace and camping where I want to. I love not having to consult anyone else. It sounds very selfish, but it a pressurised world to be able to amble through a day is a joy. Last year I spent a whole day without seeing anyone at all. It was a marvellous experience. As you say it makes you appreciate others when you do meet them.

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