Bloke tries to walk/kayak/swim across Wales, in a straight line…

I’m obviously have a bit of a rule-taking personality, as I get very tense watching him throw himself over fences and hoof across fields.

Also if you are a fan of illegal trespassing peril, Brave Dave’s Big Fat Freight Hop is worth a look.

Entertaining, but I see he got turned round at immigration the next time he tried to enter Canada and is now banned from Canada and the USa.

These guys attempted to cross Scotland in a completely straight line.
Middle of lockdown to make things spicy.

Started near Dunmore, and then went via Cowie (what were they thinking!), motorway services and into the Touch Hills. I thought I knew the area like the back of my hand but some bits had me looking at the map.

I watched that latest attempt 4 Day 1 vid the other night. The majority of it is in areas where I have been on the bike or running close to where we live.

He certainly hypes up the ‘danger’ of being found.

The farm where crossed with the MX tracks is open land with a BW across it and various paths. Ive gone wrong on there before and had a friendly chat with the farmer.

Also been running up some of the valleys where he was and never been questioned.

The bit I dont agree with is the crawling through hedges and over fences. If everyone did it they would be knackered.

Thats the straight line bit though dunc

There was a bit where he “dangerously” crosses a garden in the first Wales attempt, and you can see his footprints from when he did it previously. Assuming he forgot to switch the gopro on!

Fair play though. Just looking at a map, I couldn’t do the 10k from home to work in a straight line.

Hadn’t heard of Storror so watched the first part, oh dear!! So much faffing with a big group though and such a shame that there doesn’t appear to be any ladies doing similar, why not??

Can’t wait til the second episodes, hope we’re not forced to wait a whole week.

I think (massive sweeping generalisation alert) women have a higher self preservation level so are less keen to throw themselves off stupid things in stupid places. When I have seen women do parkour they tend to be more focused and considered and while technically better a touch less dramatic.

I’m impressed with anyone doing anything in a straight line like this though I do sometimes wince as hedges and fences are trampled.

The Scotland one was interesting – when caught, in the Stirling council area (loved a reckless conduct charge), I expected the worst. However the police backed off, presumably because Tom was working at the time. I know a few folk who pulled that one and am kicking myself for not “writing a guidebook” at the time of the postcode lottery in 2021.
He did get into hot water however with the railway crossing at Cowie.

Since then Scotland has been done, with a nearby line, which contained the utter horror of a long traverse of the Carron Valley forestry. Ouch!

As for the fences and hedges – I’m the mellowest of landowners, but try that on me and I would go the full Hoogstraten. Not on!

Now caught up although awaiting Geowizard’s episode no. 3. Great stuff, really enjoy these but do grimace when they’re squeezing through/climbing over hedgerows as there’s no attempt to do it as considerately as possible. But THAT FARMER, good grief!!

Roll on next week.

And he just couldn’t resist running across Wales, accompanied by a couple of ultrarunners. Check out that weather, blimey!