Ever wondered what would happen if you tried to walk in a completely straight line across an entire country? No? Well i did. I thought about it a lot in fact, and in the winter of 2018/19 I decided i'd give it a go. The country i chose to traverse was Wales. 33 miles of mountains, farmland, lakes, rivers, and forests, and just the right amount of human activity and natural hazards to ensure regular doses of paranoia and pain. If i were to succeed, i would surely be the first recorded person to carry out such a feat, acquiring the accolade of having walked the shortest distance across Wales in the process. Would i make it all the way to the Mawddach estuary at Penmaenpool? and would i actually be able to stay glued to the line at all times? or would i have to sacrifice a few metres in order to avoid being seriously injured, or worse, confronted by an angry welsh farmer?
Ever wondered what would happen if you tried to walk in a completely straight line across an entire country? No? Well i did. I thought about it a lot in fact, and in the winter of 2018/19 I decided i'd give it a go. The country i chose to traverse was Wales. 33 miles of mountains, farmland, lakes, rivers, and forests, and just the right amount of human activity and natural hazards to ensure regular doses of paranoia and pain. If i were to succeed, i would surely be the first recorded person to carry out such a feat, acquiring the accolade of having walked the shortest distance across Wales in the process. Would i make it all the way to the Mawddach estuary at Penmaenpool? and would i actually be able to stay glued to the line at all times? or would i have to sacrifice a few metres in order to avoid being seriously injured, or worse, confronted by an angry welsh farmer? You join me here 3.5 miles in and the bulk of the farmland to get through, the aim being to get through it all.
Ever wondered what would happen if you tried to walk in a completely straight line across an entire country? No? Well i did. I thought about it a lot in fact, and in the winter of 2018/19 I decided i'd give it a go. The country i chose to traverse was Wales. 33 miles of mountains, farmland, lakes, rivers, and forests, and just the right amount of human activity and natural hazards to ensure regular doses of paranoia and pain. This week sees me leave the fields and venture into epic forests and mountains and attempt to cross Lake Vyrnwy in my cheapo inflatable Kayak without a life jacket.
I attempted to cross an entire country in a straight line #3
Ever wondered what would happen if you tried to walk in a completely straight line across an entire country? No? Well i did. I thought about it a lot in fact, and in the winter of 2018/19 I decided i'd give it a go. The country i chose to traverse was Wales. 33 miles of mountains, farmland, lakes, rivers, and forests, and just the right amount of human activity and natural hazards to ensure regular doses of paranoia and pain. If i were to succeed, i would surely be the first recorded person to carry out such a feat, acquiring the accolade of having walked the shortest distance across Wales in the process. Would i make it all the way to the Mawddach estuary at Penmaenpool? and would i actually be able to stay glued to the line at all times? or would i have to sacrifice a few metres in order to avoid being seriously injured, or worse, confronted by an angry welsh farmer?
It's back. It isn't what I had planned, but it's back. The incredible feat of crossing Wales, or even a country, in a straight line is one that as far as I'm aware is yet to be accomplished, and here I am having another stab at it. Join me and Welsh Greg as we attempt to successfully conquer this brand new route, and all of it's inevitable obstacles; hedgerows, barbed wire, forests, and steep mountains, and due to some much more favourable weather and the small matter of a global pandemic, a distinct increase in human presence...
Join me and Welsh Greg 6 miles into the hills of mid Wales as we attempt to be the first people to cross Wales in a completely straight line. Today was all about reaching the stash point. If we didn't, we were screwed. But with 8.5 miles of farmland in our way, it was by no means guaranteed. Today would turn out to be a day of human interaction, but how costly would those encounters be?
Join me and Welsh Greg 13 miles into the hills of mid Wales as we attempt to be the first people to cross Wales in a completely straight line. Having successfully reached the stash point, we now aimed to cross the half way point and position ourselves high up into the forests of the Cambrian mountains. In this action packed episode we attempt to sneak through a whole village, navigate our way up and down steep ravines, through farms and rivers. Our food supplies would become a serious issue, but little did we know a much more serious threat was looming over us...
As promised, the line analysis and pack list video for the Misson Across Wales Attempt 2.