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The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2025
The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2025 – a glorious walk from Shiel Bridge on the west coast of Scotland to Kinnaber Links near to Montrose on the east coast of Scotland. I started TGOC 2025 at Sheil Bridge on the west coast of Scotland and reached Kinnaber Links on the east coast, to the north…
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Circuit O Torres Del Paine, Chile – 2025
Torres Del Paine is a 1800 Sq KM (700 Sq Miles) National Park in Southern Chile. It is approximately 51Deg South which is the same latitude as Vancouver and Cornwall. Just the other side of the equator. The winter and summer temperatures are colder than the corresponding latitude in the northern hemisphere. However the difference…
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Camino de Santiago Francés
The Camino de Santiago is a hiking trail in the North West of Spain. One of the many that end at Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrims started using these routes after the bones of Saint James were found in Santiago de Compostela some 1000 years after the good man was beheaded. The legend goes that after…
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The Terracotta Warriors – Xi’an, China
This month we have a double bill. Yesterday we shared our trip to Angkor Wat. Today we share our trip to visit see the army of Terracotta Warriors which were discovered by farmers in Xi’an, China while digging a well back in 1974. Today the excavated fragments are being meticulously pieced back together by a…
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The Temples of Angkor Wat – Cambodia
For Chinese New Year 2014 which was late January, we did something that had been on our family bucket list for a very, very, long time. We went to Cambodia to visit the Angkor Wat Temples. That trip was triggered by the fact that after being in Asia for nearly 20 years, my wife, Susan…
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San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Happy Easter from BajanThings. This was the trip I did to Argentina just before Christmas. God willing in May I will be doing my favourite coast-to-coast walk from the West coast of Scotland to the East coast of Scotland which is about 320 km – The Great Outdoor Challenge 2024. In December 2023 I returned…
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The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2023: Mallaig to Portlethen
My TGOC (The Great Outdoor Challenge) 2023 started in Mallaig and ended 14 days later in Portlethen. It was approximately 300Km with a climb of +6,000 meters. A low level and easy route. I plotted an easy route as the memories of the aborted crossing of TGOC 2018 were fresh when I made it. This…
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St. Bees to Robin Hood Bay – In the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright
It’s time for another coast to coast walk. In November 2019 the world heard about a virus in China that was causing great concern to some doctors who spoke out. At first little was known as the Chinese Authorities were giving the impression that they had it under control and it was nothing to worry…
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Kai Tak airport, Hong Kong – the Bajan connection
Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong closed on 6th July 1998. Landing at Kai Tak was a one-of-a-kind experience for pilots and passengers alike. It was breath-taking. With mountains on the port [left hand] side as you flew through a very distinct urban corridor of medium rise buildings bound by high rise buildings on either side,…
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The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2019
The Great Outdoor Challenge celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019. It was conceived by Hamish Brown as a self-supported backpacking crossing of Scotland. Roger Smith was the editor of the TGO Magazine and he supported the idea when Hamish approached him. There are no categories or prizes. Everyone gets the same T-shirt, thanks to Berghaus…
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International travel, expeditions, hiking and trekking exploits overseas.