Backpacking 40km in Scotland with our Dogs | Attempting the Mamores 10

We're gonna go hike up the Mammals Loop. 10 different Munros. It's gonna be like our biggest day ever. I think it's about 38 kilometers of walking, so big day, we've got big bags. But the sun's out and it's blue skies, so gotta go make the most of the good weather. We're in Glen Nevis now, Fort William's just over that way, Ben Nevis is just up behind us. We camped just on the other side of Fort William last night. Stunning, wasn't it? It was such an amazing spot, but the midges! Oh my god, I think they just came back to life from the whole of winter. For the same reason we are, they're like, good weather, let's go eat some tourists. They're all backpacking today. They were vicious. Little bit of a breeze today, so hopefully it should keep them off us. Boys got their backpacks packed, let's go. I'll have a couple more of these. How do you feel, Ollie? Is that good weight? Yeah, good. All right, we're off. We've got our bag. Am I doing the hike or is the bag doing the hike? That was a bad joke. We're going off onto the Memoirs 10, so yeah, hopefully. Wish us luck. I've changed shorts already. I bring this. Probably the biggest quickie ever. What are you doing? What are you doing? When you take your backpack off, it literally feels like you're walking on air. I'm floating gone to refill up our water, and we're going to make a nice little tea and then watch the sunset. Yeah, it looks like it's going to be a really good one because the clouds are kind of like a bit hazy, so you normally get such nice sunset colours then, don't you? It should be good. I mean, it's so beautiful anyway. It's absolutely stunning. It was a really nice walk up and over. Picked off two Munros. Stob Ban, I think it's just up behind the camera. And then tomorrow, we're going to zigzag up that way, see how far we get. But we're 10 kilometres in, so we've got 26 left to go. Yeah, big day tomorrow, I think, and then hopefully the last day can just be a little bit smaller. But the boys are having a great time. They're running around, sniffing everything. The views, the mountains. It's just absolutely stunning, isn't it? Yeah. And there's hardly anyone here on the walk. We passed a couple of people, but it's so quiet. To quote... Billy Connolly? To quote Billy Connolly, Scotland's just unbelievable and there's no bogger here. Nailed it. So we walk. That's where we are now. Then we're going to zigzag up there. Right, first Munro of the day. We're going to leave our bags here, go up, get it and then go back. Yeah, it's like an out and back just to get it. Yeah. I'm not carrying those unless I have to. This is so easy to walk. Ditch the bags, now it's just like... So yesterday we came up that far one. Up there, down there. How's the apple? You absolutely cannot convince me that there's a better apple than a Granny Smith. Golden delicious. Absolutely not. Granny Smith forever. Like, so zesty, tangy, green. Golden delicious is just like piss yellow. You just don't get this kind of crunch with another apple. Give us the best crunch. That's the sound of a Granny Smith. The old shin crack. Number four. And then number five. What are we thinking? So we've decided to sod off Anguirne. It's so hot. It's so hot. We're pretty beat. We need water and we still have to go up that one. So we've decided to sack off that one because it's just so hot and we're so tired. But actually it means that we get to come back for that one, which is pretty epic because look at it. I think the actual Munro is even behind that one, but it'd be cool to come back and like... That is an epic one. Do that with fresh legs. So it's no longer the Mammaws 10, it's now the Mammaws 9. Still plenty for me I reckon. How's the legs feeling? So tired. Did we bite off more than we could chew? I think we did bite off more than we could chew. First overnight hike of the year. It's a big one. Definitely always overestimate how much you can carry. We contemplated just walking down the valley and just joining the West Island way. We still have one Munro left for today and yeah, going into the valley is going to be even longer than that. So on the other side of the Munro, there's a lock which we can camp at, fill up water. It's windy now as well, so all the winches are gone. So that's keeping us going. Here you go. No bagging. I don't know, we saw this somewhere on TikTok or Instagram or something. Someone was like, bring little sweets and we're not really like people who eat sweets, but we brought them on this hike and honestly it's incredible. No candies. Whenever you're feeling tired. Fruit pasta. They keep you going. We've not got money left though. Gotta save some tomorrow. Can't beat it. Up and up and up. Look where we just came down from. I know. So we're doing all right. We came from. Yeah, beyond that one. Classic us, always thinking that we can do so much more. Under train and overestimate. All the gear, no idea. Almost there. Almost there. The boys have still got so much energy. I'm pooped. I'm so pooped. I'm so tired and the dogs are just like. That's where we're headed. Hyped up with this for two days. Craft, golden, non-alcoholic, athletic brewing. This is the moment we've been waiting for. This is the moment we've been waiting for. I actually forgot that this was in my bag to be There's no wind. Right, let's make some dinner. Okay. So ready for this. Extra large mac and green. Oh, it looks good actually. Doesn't it? Got to camp about half an hour ago, set up the tent, fill up the water. It's a big day today. I think we underestimated how much elevation gain we'd have to do, but we got to where we wanted to camp, which was obviously next to this little loch. But it meant we'd have to skip three Munros to get here. Just because we looked at the time, thought about how much energy we had. Not worth pushing ourselves for it. Maybe we think about doing them tomorrow or we should come back another time. But the views today have just been absolutely stunning. There was one moment where the wind just disappeared and there was so many midges. That was hard work. That's what we were contemplating life at that point. But other than that, we've been like super lucky with the weather. So many people walking past, like looking at the dog's backpack, like, oh, what have you got in here? What's in there? Like every time it's like, it's their own dinner. No, they're not carrying any of our stuff. Yes, they're loving it. Yes, they're having a good time. Yeah. The boys are tired now though. Tired Spaniel. Is that happy Spaniel? Yeah. My feet are sore. You underestimate how much harder it is with the massive bags. We should get better at packing light I think. Yeah. If someone has any ultralight packing tips. We would love to hear them. You always want to become an ultralight enthusiast when you're on a hike carrying a massive bag. You've got the heaviest stuff on, so. Going to Husa. You're their breakfast. I'm their breakfast. Nice Henry. Good boy. Come on Henry. Oh big stretch Henry. Oh Henry. Decided to skip out at Eastern 4 because apparently there's a really nice loop you can do just for those and then today now we can just head straight back to the car. Because we had to skip the Eastern 4 we're now on the slightly less often walked path which means we're doing a bit of wayfinding and having to just figure out where to go but we're aiming for that river so as long as we keep that in front of us we can't go far wrong. Famous last words. If anyone finds this footage and we're like in a bog. If this footage is on YouTube. Email it to my mum. Oh yeah if you're watching this we made it. We're not in a bog somewhere. We're not in a bog. Boys are having a whale of a time. Boys are loving it. So many sniffs. Refreshing. Just had some lunch, had some beans, had a swim. Now we've got I think about 7km just to walk out back to the car. And we've got perfect weather. It's hot, it's sunny, we've got wind so there's no midges. A beautiful stream with swimming places. Life is good. Life is good. Life is so good. I feel like if someone asked me to show a little snippet of Scotland in one place it would be here. Like amazing mountains, little stream, places to swim, a breeze, enough to keep the midges away. Maybe that's not true Scotland but. It's pretty good. If I could bottle a moment it would be right now. Thank you for coming to my inspirational talk. No idea that that was here. Nice little tree at the end of the day. Someone else was just like oh have you gone to the waterfall at the bottom? We were like no. It's the most amazing waterfall I've ever seen. So so cool. It would be so nice to come back here and like swim. But now that I've got to get this backpack off. Yeah let's go get pizza. Pizza pizza. Good boy good boy. Isn't that where the best hikes end on like this gruelling concourse. It's just this endless. In every direction. It just never ends. Come on Wally quick. We made it. Good boy you did so well.