The West Highland Way has long tickled my fancy - I had ran the first 53 miles of it back in 2010 in the Highland Fling Race (my firrst ultra) so I was familiar with some of the route, although the more interesting sections lie north of Tyndrum. What better an adventure to have over the long bank holiday jubilee weekend. When planning the trip I thought I’d be able to cover the 96 miles in 3 days relatively comfortably.

I made an unsucessful attempt at a Paddy Buckley Round bak in 2018 (see write up https://robbrooks.run/running/paddybuckly2018/) and it’s been on my radar to have another go ever since but for a number of reasons I’ve never had the chance to go back. A free long weekend in April presented the opportunity to fastpack the route over 3 days - the forecast was dry and relatively warm but windy. Katherine was wanting to do some big miles in preparation for her upcoming Bob Graham Round (which she stormed round in 21 hours 42 mins) so I asked her if she wanted tto come along.

The Cleveland Way https://www.strava.com/activities/6146623708 https://www.strava.com/activities/6151233100 https://www.strava.com/activities/6156197049 https://www.strava.com/activities/6159888102