T-3 Days

I thought it would be helpful for those of you who are not familiar with the hike to give you some background information.  The hike we are doing circles  Northern Ireland, we start and end in Belfast and will travel in a counter-clockwise direction.  The entire trek is 1000 km; with some sections travelled by public transportation as they are lesser quality  sections.  The actual walking or "quality" sections totals 700 km.  We expect to hike 25 km on average each day.

The trip was inspired by Will Ferguson's book "Beyond Belfast:  A 560 Mile Walk Across Northern Ireland on Sore Feet" with a title like that how could you not take on the challenge?  The trail itself has changed since Will Ferguson hiked it in 2000 but the concept is the same, a walk around the entire region of Northern Ireland. 

Full details and in depth trail descriptions can be found on the official Walk NI website.