Day 3: Helmsdale to Tain: Hitting the first wall

After injuring a tendon in my right ankle going downhill on the second day I knew this one would be tough, thankfully the weather seemed to have cleared up so I threw on my QEHB top and started off. I saw some old ruins along the way… it felt like looking in a...

Day 2: Lybster to Helmsdale via fog

After resting up for the night I packed Bessie(the barrel) and donned some jogging flares: The fog closed in, I hoped it would clear before I reached the hills and mountains later on the day’s route.   The long uphill stretches that characterise the roads...

Day 1: A windy start!

Day 1: Starting at John O’ Groats, I had a long road to Lybster (27 miles) as well as some cold winds and winding roads to brave on the way. After heading south the weather took a short breather and showed me some Scottish summer at Wick There were plenty of...

Bodyshocker™ providing Gavin’s fuel over 1200 miles

  Gavin met with Gio from Bodyshocker™ to discuss the nutrition needed on his giant challenge and they really knew their business. Not only were they very helpful with technical knowledge but amazingly offered to provide all the nutritional supplements Gavin will need...