Hiking the length of Britain | post trail Q&A (pt.1): safety, budget, foot problems, resupply, cows

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In this video, I'm answering your questions about my 1600mi long thru-hike across Britain and I'm talking about my budget, the challenges of thru-hiking with a dog, safety as a solo hiker and more.
Stay tuned for part 2 where I'll be talking about my gear and what I loved and what I replaced.
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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:04 My JoGLE route
03:10 Which trail would I walk again?
04:14 Our itinerary
05:04 Budget: How much did I spend?
06:00 Booking accomodation
06:57 Finding food, resupply
10:02 Drinking water
11:39 Dealing with cows
13:46 Did I feel safe hiking solo?
15:41 Foot problems
17:23 My hiking shoes; blisters
20:12 Challenges of hiking with a dog
24:37 Filming and editing on trail
25:21 Post trail depression
26:53 Hiking trails/wildcamping in Germany
28:52 What's next? My plans for 2024

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24 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 66

@jasoncook2043 17 дней назад

Keep up the great content

@ellihikes 10 дней назад

Thank you so much for the kind words and your support, that means so so much 🥰

@pauls3666 2 месяца назад

Informative video, thank you Elli. Can I ask you to maybe consider doing a dedicated video just on your quilt? I found Gramxpert through you and I’m going to order! Very few videos out there on their products so it’d perform well for you I’m sure! I’d like more info on stuffed volume, compressed volume, actual comfort limits when wearing different clothes, thoughts on length/width, using two joined etc Thanks! Happy hiking 😊

@ellihikes 2 месяца назад

Yes, I can do that for my next review video. But just to answer some of your questions: they have a detailed description on their website that explains what length/width to choose, what the volume of each filling option is etc and I found their info spot on. I have the regular width and the short length (went with their info and chose the option based on that). For the temperature rating it's not a precise thing as I think there are no EN ratings for quilts. I have Apex 233 and with a thermal baselayer it's totally fine up to around -1°C. If it's colder, I use another layer like a fleece and that has been fine for up to -3/-4°C which matches what they say in their website.... they are just two brothers doing everything by themselves, if you have any questions before ordering, you can just email them - they are so helpful and can give you detailed advice :)

@pauls3666 Месяц назад

@@ellihikes thanks for the info, much appreciated! There isn’t much GramXpert content out there so it’d be a good one to do. Happy hiking! 😊

@paulhuggan-cammack2928 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Ellie, that's really useful information, particularly as I plan to do the walk myself next year 😄

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, really happy that you've found the video useful :)

@elinaranes4357 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for taking the time to answer all our questions👍 It was very interesting and informative😊 A Merry Christmas to you and Otto I hope you have a peaceful celebration with your family🎄

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Elina :) I really appreciate you following our adventure and always leaving lovely comments :)

@Four_Furry_Paws 7 месяцев назад

Fantastic video Elli. Thank you for taking the time to do this. So much helpful information. An amazing achievement, brilliant to do it all with Otto as well! Thank you 😊

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Aww, thank you so much! Your kind and supportive words really mean so much. Thank you for following along :)

@blogpackinglight 4 месяца назад

You’ll love the TGO Challenge. I’ve done it four times and it’s very special. Hope all your plans come together.

@ellihikes 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much!! I'm already really excited for it :)

@chrishiking8818 7 месяцев назад

Truly total respect to you Elli, all the planning and working around Otto. Really enjoyed your video and nice to see you both looking well. Can't wait for the next adventure. Take care both 🌷

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much Chris :) Always happy to read your comments, thank you for the kind words :)

@wackyswanderings3627 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Ellie, once again, massive well done big thumbs up and every best wish for the future. To quote 'kinging it' Rule your own world👍❤️. Well done. Dave aka wackyswanderings

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Dave :)

@Crazy-s8s 7 месяцев назад

Enjoyed watching this video so much Ms Elli😃 Otto is so lucky to have you with the care and planning you do taking his needs into account❤️ Enjoyed hearing your thoughts and enlightening comments on the different aspects of your epic journey on this one👍🏻 Looks like your fingers healing up nicely, that injury concerned me the most due to the potential of infection. Looking forward to following along with your future adventures Ms Elli😃 In case you aren’t back on here before, Wishing you & otto A Very Merry Christmas & A New Years too. Stay safe, take care & see you next time👍🏻🙏🏻😃😊

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for always leaving so lovely and supportive comments :) Really happy that you're following along, that means so much! See you next time, not going into Christmas break yet ;)

@OurSpectrumAdventures 7 месяцев назад

It was awesome to meet you on the Great Glen Way! Watching your videos has been amazing and inspirational... thank you! Please keep in touch, it would be great to meet up again and for a chat this time in the in the sry. Take care. Ian (and Eve)

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Aww, thank you so much! It was really nice to cross paths with both of you 😍 thank you so much for the kind words :)

@alexmills8313 4 месяца назад

Stumbling across a beautiful vegan backpacker that seems very kind/friendly and loves dogs, definitely got an instacrush.

@ellihikes 4 месяца назад

😅😊😇

@cheekuenbird38 7 месяцев назад

I am so happy to see both of you ❤Otto so happy in his bed. You look so well 😍. Many Christians and Happy New Year x 💖

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Aww, thank you so much :) yes, that's his favorite place 😊😍

@alangauld6079 6 месяцев назад

The TGO challenge is great fun, I did it twice back in the 1980s and there is a great community feeling on the walk. The Scottish borders are a greatly underappreciated area, Galloway in particular is very quiet but full of great hiking terrain. The Southern Upland Way is on my ToDo list along with the St Cuthbert's Way running south to Lindisfarne. Finally, the other trail you should consider is the Cape Wrath Trail from Fort William to Cape Wrath in the northwest, you can add it on to the end of the WHW for a 350+mile adventure. I also recommend pre-pending the Kelvin walkway from Fort William to Milngavie - around 12 miles from the city centre out following the River Kelvin and then the Allander Water. I never understood why they didn't just include it in the WHW!

@ellihikes 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your experience :) I'm really looking forward to the TGO Challenge, so excited to meet fellow hikers there :) As for the Southern Upland Way: planning it for this year. The borders really are beautiful, I was so surprised when I hiked there last year on my JoGLE. The CWT is definitely on my list too (did a part of it last year on my JoGLE), but I want to take Otto with me when hiking while he's still young and I feel like the CWT would be too much for him with boggy sections and river crossing where I would need to carry him which is hard for me and sometimes not very safe. But definitely on my list if I would hike solo without Otto....

@JonnoDoesStuff 7 месяцев назад

Great vid, Elli. Planning on completing LEJOG next year and your videos have been a great help with planning. I REALLY loved the PW, sorry to hear it didn't click for you. Maybe I got lucky with the weather. Look forward to seeing your next adventure. Congrats to you and Otto!

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the kind feedback, I'm glad it provided a bit of help :) I think I underestimated the PW and somehow found it quite challenging. Also I only realised later on that I was eating not nearly enough and was losing quite a bit of weight. So maybe it was more of an energy deficit too, because it was very beautiful but somehow I found it very hard a lot of the time....

@JonnoDoesStuff 7 месяцев назад

@@ellihikes Well you had walked however many miles beforehand so it's understandable you'd be tired :)

@stephenvicary9243 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Elli, a very informative blog as always 👍🏻 Some very useful ideas & tips 🤔 Im sure you’ve researched these, but a couple of through hikes worth looking at here in the UK are The Hadrian’s Wall Path, only 85miles/135K (very different than the Coast to coast path) and The Pembrokeshire Coast Path, 186 miles/299K ! I think you could do them with ease. “A stroll in the park” for you and Otto. Really looking forward to your next adventures 😃

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much :) The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is definitely on the list too, I've had the Cicerone guide book of it sitting on my shelf since before covid 😅😊

@peteswift1658 7 месяцев назад

Well done, I enjoyed watching your trip from the start. Have you thought about doing a compilation of Otto rolling about and being happy?

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so so much, I'm glad that you're enjoying the videos :) I'm actually working on something like that 😅😉 stay tuned, there will be something for all the Otto fans 😍

@THE-RIVER-RAT 7 месяцев назад

HI Elli and Otto. Great video very interesting. I see you still have a plaster on your finger, hopefully it will be better soon. So you say you're going to be in Scotland in MAY well if you're anywhere near Loch Lomond again look out for me as I'm planning a 10 day kayaking trip, so if you see a kayak on the Loch give us a wave ! As always take care and a big Woof woof for Otto ✌️😋 Looking forward to seeing your next adventure

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much :) My finger healed up ok, but still looks very weird, hence the plaster 😅🙈 Wow, kayaking on Loch Lomond sounds incredible :) I think I should try it some time too, would be a great change of perspective :) Definitely will keep an eye out!

@AB-qp6yj 5 месяцев назад

Picking dog up is interesting strategy but pissibly very dangerous for you .General advice in uk is to let dog off lead and ket it run. The cows we int catch the dog and take their attention off you. Cows with young are particularly protective..

@ellihikes 5 месяцев назад

Yes, I'm aware of that... The thing is with Otto being a rescue he has had quite a bit of trauma and would very likely just freeze, lie down with the risk of being trampled. Picking him up worked well for me so far and it seems like he disappears for them. But of course I would put him down hoping he would run if cows would come so close that it would get dangerous....

@JCJ7754 4 месяца назад

I'm interested to trying Heul as an alternative to conventional trail meals, one of my bug bares is the texture, how does this compare, great videos 👍

@ellihikes 4 месяца назад

I really like the texture tbh, it's similar to real food for a lot of the meals. The pasta dishes have real pasta, little pieces of tomato, bacon, bolognese etc. depending on the dish. The chili has beans... the curries have a bit less texture, so a bit more the texture of mashed potatoes...

@davidcressey 7 месяцев назад

Well done Elli... you have really helped with my planning for my Lejog in 2025. Im also registered for the TGOC, so may see you at some point :). Well done again to you and Otto and all the best on your future hikes

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Aww, thank you so much - really happy to hear this :) As for the TGO: no way, that's so cool :) Did you already send your route in? Would be great to see you somewhere along the way :)

@davidcressey 7 месяцев назад

@@ellihikes Hi Elli, no not yet. I think i will probably go from Mallaig to Montrose, via the Lairig Ghru. Some beautiful scenery along that route :)

@Daytona2 7 месяцев назад

Great stuff, cheers, Elli 👍 YES!! to the TGO - it's become a kind of under the radar institution (not very well known, classic). Many people walk it every year so know each other. If there's one event that deserves a documentary video, it's this. How did you hear about it ? The fact that Offa's Dyke was a favourite in spite of the rain says a lot ...and the fact that the Pennine Way wasn't, even though you had dry weather says more 🤔 A separate vid for the PF makes perfect sense, since you're now an expert 👍and for the gear review The other trails sound fascinating!😁

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much :) I actually don't even know anymore how I found out about it, it was a few years ago. I was registered for the TGO in 2020 (before I even had Otto), but then that obviously got cancelled. Re the trails: So true, I didn't even think about it that way! I think I just underestimated the PW, it was very hot and quite challenging. Also it was during a time where I didn't eat enough and lost quite a bit of weight (but didn't realise that at the time), so maybe just not enough energy and probably found it harder than it actually was..... As for Offa's Dyke, I think I was distracted by how beautiful and varied it was and somehow forgot that some parts were also quite tough :)

@Daytona2 7 месяцев назад

@@ellihikes You're well informed 👍😄 Ouch, the PW really did catch you out, then 😟

@Shep139 7 месяцев назад

Really interesting video Elli. Looking forward to you kit review. On which note we were wondering how much weight you had to carry? Best wishes with your future plans Steven & Heather

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, I'm glad you've enjoyed the video :) My base weight (incl. Otto's stuff and all my electronics for filming and editing) was about 8,8kg which I was very happy with. You can find my entire gear list here: lighterpack.com/r/itw64b

@katrinkruger5837 6 месяцев назад

Hallo liebe Elli, immer wieder schön deine Videos zu sehen und so inspirierend. Du hast ja deine Entscheidungen bezüglich Job angeschnitten und ich bin total neugierig, wie du alles unter einen Hut bekommst, bzw. dich und deine zukünftigen Reisen finanzierst. Ich bin selber ein paar Monate in Europa dieses Jahr wandern gewesen und weiß, was das unterwegs doch auch einfach kostet. Mal abgesehen von Ausrüstung. Ich hoffe, die Frage ist nicht zu persönlich - Lebensmodelle anderer Menschen finde ich immer spannend und bereichernd. Viele Grüße aus Thailand und morgen einen hoffentlich ruhigen Rutsch für dich und vor allem Otto. Katrin

@ellihikes 6 месяцев назад

Liebe Katrin, Entschuldigung für die späte Antwort, ich habe mir über den Jahreswechsel ein paar Tage "frei" genommen :) Dankeschön für das liebe Feedback, das freut mich wirklich ganz arg :) Ich würde gerne mittelfristig von meinen Videos und dem Wandern leben (vielleicht Guides rausbringen, auch ein Blog ist definitiv in Arbeit). Da bin ich noch nicht, aktuell verdiene ich mein Geld vor allem über die Wintermonate mit Kunstworkshops, die ich seit ein paar Jahren gebe (vorher neben meinem Hauptjob, jetzt sozusagen als Haupteinnahmequelle). Dazu lebe ich ziemlich minimalistisch (zuhause, aber auch auf Tour), habe kaum Fixkosten, sodass ich mit wenig auskomme.... Aber ja, etwas mehr finanzielle Sicherheit wär nicht verkehrt ;), daran arbeite ich mit Hochdruck. Liebe Grüße nach Thailand in die Sonne und ein gutes neues Jahr :) LG

@graemekeith5172 7 месяцев назад

You should do a hike with Muddy Bootlaces, that would be so much fun.

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

We actually did, she came to visit me when I hiked the coast path after she had already finished her JoGLE hike 🥰

@safasilvana9313 5 месяцев назад

Das mit de Kühen macht mir Sorgen für den C2C. Schön zu sehen, dass du solche gute Erfahrungen gemacht hast☺️ mein Hund könnte ich wohl nicht einfach tragen😅

@ellihikes 5 месяцев назад

Ja, das mit dem Tragen hilft irgendwie schon, für uns funktioniert das total gut. Wobei mich die Wanderung definitiv auch entspannter gemacht hat, einfach weil wir soooo viel durch Kuhherden gelaufen sind. Irgendwie erscheint es mir so, als wären Kühe auf National Trails oder größeren Trails generell entspannter, weil die mehr an Menschen gewohnt sind, weil immer welche durchlaufen. Das hoffe ich zumindest für den C2C ;)

@suewheeler5795 7 месяцев назад

You would be a brilliant guide. Have a nose at the Dartmoor Way.

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

I definitely will check it out :) There are so many beautiful places and Dartmoor is one of the areas where I only drove through but never hiked before :) Thank you so much :)

@suewheeler5795 7 месяцев назад

@@ellihikes There is also something called the two moors way which covers Exmoor and Dartmoor. Dont forget you can camp in permitted areas on Dartmoor so less sneaking around. But lots of bogs and cows! 😀

@irislengfellner1529 7 месяцев назад

Auf deinen Winterhike in D bin ich schon gespannt. Wäre der Nord-Süd Weg auch was für dich?

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Vielen lieben Dank :) Über den NST habe ich tatsächlich auch schon nachgedacht, aber meistens zieht es mich dann doch eher etwas mehr in die Ferne. Aber wäre durchaus auch etwas für mich, vielleicht in Etappen :)

@Whatsisface4 5 месяцев назад

Hi Ellie, can I ask, did you have a problem with ticks? Do you have a strategy for dealing with them?

@ellihikes 5 месяцев назад

Yes, I had a few very horrible days in Scotland in April where I apparently pitched in tick hotspots 😂 After that it was fine and didn't have any problems in Wales/England (only on one stretch on the SWCP). I wore long pants, tucked into my socks and always made sure to check myself at night in the tent. And I learned to not pitch the tent directly but to put down a tissue and look for ticks first before setting up the tent 😂 On some really bad days I used some smidge (midge repellent that also claims to work for ticks) on the inner tent. That really helped and prevented at least some of them of getting into the tent :)

@Whatsisface4 5 месяцев назад

@@ellihikes Thanks for the reply.

@stewarthollingsworth200 7 месяцев назад

Hi Ellie,,I would recommend the South Downs way ,,Winchester to Eastbourne,,100 miles wonderful hike ,plenty off camp sites to pitch up ,fantastic scenery it would be easy for you Ellie ,,take care Stewart Wiltshire ⛺️🏃‍♀️👍

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much :) I actually already did the SDW last year after Otto and I finished the coast path and still had a couple of days left :)

@stewarthollingsworth200 7 месяцев назад

Hi Ellie just wanted to know . What was the total weight off your rucksack when you started the SWpath ,,you have Amazing determination and strength,,myself I came back from doing Minehead to Newquay in August this year like you I wild camped and had BB to get a good sleep to recharge yourself,,I am going ack in May or June to do another 200 miles I am so looking forward to it can’t wait I carried 16 kilos and I struggled for a while but loved every minute of it but to much weight to carry just bought a lighter tent and Nature hike down sleeping bag should make a difference godbless take care Ellie just subscribed to you but watched lots off your videos just to say Ellie Wiltshire has some fantastic walks hikes I live not far from Stonehenge Stewart ⛺️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

@ellihikes 7 месяцев назад

My baseweight (with electronics for filming and Ottos stuff) was 8.7kg. With food and water I never carried more than 12kg max. My kit list: lighterpack.com/ Thank you so much for following along :)