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The trail closure at Interstate 10 meant a challenging journey to get back on trail. There was no simple reroute and re-gaining the trail meant a forty minutes ride into San Bernadino, a long wait at the transit centre and an hour on the mountain bus out to Big Bear Lake (BBL). The mountain…
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Idyllwild had been a great place to take a well earned day off but we’d had to hitch in from the Paradise Café due to a fire closure on the trail from Mile 162. Each year a number of trail sections get closed due to fire, landslip or as in the case of one…
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A brief update from the Bake Shop Cafe in Idyllwild: sitting here in comfort with a hot chocolate and cookies it’s easy to forget the aches and blisters of the last few days. The weather has held a few surprises for us and resulted in some higher mileage days. After an idyllic night camped…
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Leaving Julian was harder than expected, not just because it is always difficult to give up a comfy bed and easy access to good food, but because we’d heard that the section out of Julian would be the toughest yet. Without a water cache, that had been left by a kind trail volunteer, it…
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We set off from the Mexican border at 7:21am on Saturday. The sun was already hot and our starts would get earlier and earlier over the coming days to combat the heat. Our hosts in San Diego had been wonderful. They fed us on Friday, helped with final advice and supplies, and drove us…
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Ok so not totally hike related but while we’re in San Diego doing our final prep for the hike we couldn’t resist the opportunity to take in some cultural sights too. The USS Midway, (above) in the main harbour is an imposing sight on the waterfront. We came in from L.A. on the Amtrak…
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So, we had this idea that it would be great to do a warm up walk to get us in the mood for some california sunshine on the PCT! We dropped the car in Ravenglass on the south-west Cumbria coast, then a train and bus later we found ourselves in Threlkeld in North Cumbria…