The Highland March

[Yompa]

For anyone who's going to be at the game tomorrow, look out for the mother of all Highland March entrances at an away ground...

Highland March 7, the biggest, highest, longest and most challenging Highland March to date, will leave Rugby Park (in pouring rain allegedly) and head north for home. It's 175 miles with almost 26,000ft of ascent and descent making it the equivalent of a marathon plus Ben Nevis every day for a week. The route this year is an absolute belter:

After the game/through the night/Sunday morning - Kilmarnock to Aberfoyle (50 miles)

Monday - Aberfoyle to Killin via Brig O'Turk and Balquhidder(25 miles - mainly offroad)

Tuesday - Killin to Drumochter via Kinloch Rannoch (30 miles - mainly offroad)

Wednesday - Drumochter to Ruthven Barracks via the Pass Of Glen Tromie (25 miles, offroad)

Thursday - Ruthven Barracks to Slochd Summit (20 miles- mainlky offroad)

Friday - Slochd Summit to Inverness (Falcon Square)

Saturday - EVERYONE to meet in Falcon Square at 11:15am where we will hook up with Spud The Piper. Spud will lead the procession down Academy St, past the Innes and on to the Stadium.

The Marchers this year are Yompa, Gringo Jnr, Gringo (all veterans of many HMs), Slater, Dunco and Wumba. Slater and Dunco are back after HM6 so we must have done something right last year! Slater and Wumba are part of Chumba's team who are doing the inaugural Tartan March in August. The Tartan March is an expedition by five Inverness fans back from Oslo to Hampden between the Norway and Macedonia games. This year's Highland March is a sponsorship-free zone and we are promoting the Tartan March instead.

But back to tomorrow... Kilmarnock have been absolutely brilliant in the build up to the game and there will be two pipers on parade tomorrow, one in a Killie top and one in an Inverness top. What we're expecting to happen is that they'll take up their places in the centre circle at around ten to three, then the marchers, including Chumba and Lady Madonna (both Tartan Marchers) will enter the arena and give it laldy... and see when we get to the away end guys, lets show 'em what this game means to us all!!!

Enjoy the game and here's hoping we get the three points that will keep us up.

:( :crazy07: :boldred:

[tm4tj]

Nice one Steve, see you at Killie, and good luck to all the marchers and support team.

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

Best wishes to all involved

[Kingsmills]

Best wishes to all involved

ditto

[HumbersideDude]

Good luck to you all. Hope your not too hungover on the Monday. That hill out of Aberfoyle is a killer.

Will be up to cheer you on on the 23rd :(

[WYNESS101]

Will use be putting updates on the forum to tell us how uses are getting on??? or do we just wait and see how many of yas return back to inverness :(

Edited May 15, 2009 by WYNESS101

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

"Uses" ????

[WYNESS101]

My mistake :(

[Div1309]

good luck to you all. see you at the killie game

[Yompa]

Check the match preview on the official Kilmarnock FC site.

They really have done us proud....

http://www.kilmarnockfc.premiumtv.co.uk/pa...1517726,00.html

[The Mantis]

Feck me, what a schedule. Best of luck to you all.

[Kylef]

I work for FedEx, and deliver to Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Blair Atholl and the surroundings, and also Kinloch Rannoch. If i see you on Tuesday ill give you one hell of a peep! Just so you know who it is mate!

Good lcuk to you all! What a great thing your doing!

[IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER]

Feck me boys - ya forgot to tell me - and I have been in training fer months - feckin gutted.

[ICTBTTH]

good luck guys. How do ye sign up to one of these things then? Reckon i might do it next year

[CaleyD]

Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. Will be doing what I can to keep you all updated on progress during the week. Will see those of you going to the game there tomorrow.

[caleyrule]

Good luck to all taking part would have loved to join in but got exams which meant i couldnt :(

[CaleyD]

Would have been nice to set off on the back of a win...but not to be.

Everyone safely on the road and HM7 officially underway.

[WYNESS101]

You doing the walk CaleyD???

[Iain]

I'm just echoing whats already been said, and wishing all those doing the walk good luck!

Edited May 16, 2009 by Iain

[WYNESS101]

Hope the weather is good for yas :mellow:

[caley100]

Longest ever eh.. day one looks a hard slog and will sort out the feet for sure, Johndo remembers last year and is keeping a low profile, he will walk from the innes to shore street to cheer ya all past ( all 50 yds)

[Mrs Pauliebee]

Good luck guys! Will be thinking of you all!

C'mon Caley!

Mrs PB

[CaleyCanary]

Safe walking troops, and take care of my favourite hippopotamus!

See you in Sneck next Saturday :)

[CaleyD]

The marchers are just over 12 hours in and everyone got through the night safely, although we did have one retire at about the 25 mile mark...Wumba, but not bad going for a new recruit.

They should be about 36 miles in when I next rendezvous with them in just over an hours time.

[maimie]

just had word that the advance party are firmly esconsed in the coach house in aberfoyle and are feeling very much at home with the barmaid in an ict top!

they were met in gartmore by one of the aberfoyle branch of the supporters club (algy) who walked the last 3 miles or so to aberfoyle with them and another is hoping to joing them in the pub (iain)!

well done on a first day!!