2016 TGO Challenge Day 12

2016 TGO Challenge Day 12

Tarfside to North Water Bridge (16.75 miles)

Total Trip Miles: 164.5

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Day 12 part 1

Day 12 part 2

We decided to do our whole route roadwalking today to spare both my feet and Kenny's.  Basically the whole morning we were descending as we came out of the mountains into farmland that would eventually lead us to the coast.  Our goal for the day was North Water Bridge campsite by way of Edzell where we knew we could get a hot lunch.

The blue door route -- unfortunately not taken

You can see how high the floodwaters made it this past winter

Farmland

We arrived in Edzell a little late, about 2pm, for lunch.  We also made a stop at the chemist shop to get some supplies to tend to our blister wounds.  We were going to hang around town a bit, but our feet were hurting and we just wanted to get on with the walk to the campsite.

Edzell kitty -- always watching

The final 3 miles or so was on a perfectly straight piece of road.  Part of it went along an old airfield the US military used to use, but is now abandoned.

Long, straight roads

After arriving at the campsite we quickly got our tents set up (and dried out) and hit the showers (seperately).  After that we hung out with the 20 or so other challengers that had come in.  We would all be finishing our crossing the next day!!