DAY 1 – TGOC 2023 – OBAN to somewhere 36km away North ðŸ˜‰

Started at 08:20 with beautiful weather – 16 degrees sunny that felt like 26 degrees. I drank about 3.5 liters during todays hike … and I did not have to go to the toilet 😉

First passed the beautiful Oban Golf course and followed the train tracks towards Connel Bridge.

The 2-car train on its way to Glasgow – I came with the same one yesterday
So many of them ..

Then I crossed the one lane bridge and turned east – beautiful houses. Then the first tough part started … I actually found a path that was not on the map … later that day I unsuccessfully tried to find a path that was on the map.

Connel Bridge

After the initial hill crossing I walked back down to sea-level and passed some stunning camping grounds and also this ancient tree.

Believe me … it was 2,50m in diameter

After almost 30km I had to go up 600 altitude meters … what a killer.

You see the path to the ridge that I had to take … took me quite a long time

After reaching the ridge another 200 altitude meters down to my awesome camping ground.

Apin Peninsula and the island of Lismore

I cooked and went to bed at 20:00 thanks to the Lufthansa eye – blindfold I brought with me .. and slept till 06:30 woken up from the heavy rain 😥

DAY 1 – Summary

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