Tramplite's Travels

Have you noticed I've not been hiking much recently? Perhaps it was my absence from social media? Most likely you didn't notice at all! But I have been absent, and my last big hike was in Norway ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2023/05/where-have-i-gone.html

By accident, I came across a website by Bill Jack called the 5 Degree Challenge . Here a route is described following the 5 Degree West Line of Longitude from the southern tip of the Cowal Penin...

https://www.tramplite.com/2021/09/5-degrees-west.html

My second real hike of the year was supposed to be the big one, nothing too major but given all that’s gone on in 2020 still a good hike. I would start on the Isle Of Arran and walk the coastal...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/09/isle-of-arran-and-2020-still-sucks.html

Normally a hike like this wouldn't make the blog, I don't blog much and I save what little I do for the longer and more “interesting” trips. However, as we all know 2020 hasn't been a normal ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/07/the-long-wait.html

*THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2020 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TRIP ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/02/coast-to-coast-triple-crown-scotland.html

*THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2020 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TRIP ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/02/norway-end-end-2018.html

*THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2020 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TRIP ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/01/wainwrights-and-outlying-fells.html

*THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2020 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TRIP ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/01/scotland-by-bike-and-kayak-2017.html

*THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2020 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TRIP ...

https://www.tramplite.com/2020/01/norway-to-scotland-by-foot-and-bike.html

 *THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2019 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TR...

https://www.tramplite.com/2019/12/continental-divide-trail.html

*THIS IS ONE OF MANY TRIPS THAT DIDN'T GET POSTED WHEN I ALL BUT ABANDONED THIS BLOG BACK IN 2015. IT'S NOW 2019 AND I'M ADDING IN THAT MISSING CONTENT IN A MORE PHOTO-BASED BLOG POST, THIS TRIP...

https://www.tramplite.com/2019/12/fixie-foot-tour-report.html

For the last few years the blog side of this site has been missing and that's purely down to my laziness! I really don't enjoy writing blog posts, they take way too much time and others do it fa...

https://www.tramplite.com/2019/12/time-to-bring-back-blog-sort-of.html

**SOLD** This is a rare opportunity to get the latest 2019 Tramplite Backpacker shelter, with no wait! I have new, slight 2nd quality, outer complete with 1st quality inner that I'm offering at...

https://www.tramplite.com/2019/03/new-2019-tramplite-shelter-for-sale.html

Unfortunately gear production will be slower than normal for the foreseeable future due to family illness. Those orders already accepted, and allocated time-slots, will be honoured but might be...

https://www.tramplite.com/2018/12/tramplite-gear-update-dec-18.html

Original Tramplite Tarp (discontinued), UK Lake District TRAMPLITE GEAR IS CURRENTLY CLOSED AND WILL NOT REOPEN UNTIL TRADING WITH THE EU BECOMES VIABLE AGAIN. HISTORY Tramplite shelters...

https://www.tramplite.com/2018/11/original-tramplite-tarp-discontinued-uk.html

The Lake District is a National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern England. Famous for its outstanding beauty, Lakes, Fells (mountains) and the writings of William Wordsworth, Beatr...

https://www.tramplite.com/2018/04/lake-district-wainwrights-and-outlying.html

This years adventure is a little different from my norm and a mixture of hiking and cycling. Starting 1st June I will hike from the tip of northern Norway, for around 2900km, down to the sou...

https://www.tramplite.com/2017/04/norway-to-scotland-hike-and-bike.html

2017 50L grey pack TRAMPLITE GEAR IS CURRENTLY CLOSED AND WILL NOT REOPEN UNTIL TRADING WITH THE EU BECOMES VIABLE AGAIN. My first major Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) item was a pack and I've n...

https://www.tramplite.com/2017/01/2017-50l-pack-my-first-major-myog-item.html

RUCKSACK SIZING  Measuring your torso length correctly is critical so I can build you a properly fitting backpack. You will need a helper to do this accurately and get them to repeat the mea...

https://www.tramplite.com/2017/01/torso-measuring-guide.html

After getting the all-clear last week to do anything other than running, or heavy hiking, I’ve decided to go away on the bike for a while and ease the foot back into outdoor action. Hiking isn...

https://www.tramplite.com/2015/08/fixie-foot-tour.html

Sometimes hikes just don’t turn out as planed and unfortunately that’s been the case with the CDT. Regrettably I’ve been back in the UK for 3 weeks, with a fractured foot, after only c...

https://www.tramplite.com/2015/08/cdt-early-exit.html

There are many products out there that promise to make life better. Mostly they fail or cause more problems than they solve, but just occasionally you find one that really does what it promises....

https://www.tramplite.com/2015/05/compass-caddy-first-look.html

The Scottish Trail, or Scottish National Trail to give it its full name, is a 865km hike, end to end, through Scotland that will take somewhere between 4-6 weeks. Starting at the end of the Pen...

https://www.tramplite.com/2015/05/scottish-trail-report.html

I like gadgets, I always have. It’s a weakness and I often carry  many. A device that measures windspeed, temperature, pressure and humidity serves little real purpose on the trail yet I ofte...

https://www.tramplite.com/2015/05/windoo-3-review.html

My 2015 hikes have been planned for a while but I’ve just never got around to updating the blog, sorry! This should be a great year and because it has been almost 7 months since my last trip I...

https://www.tramplite.com/2015/03/2015-hikes.html