You might have wondered how I am going to make sure my mobile phone is always charged if I am relying on GPS with Viewranger on my mobile for navigation. Firstly, I have bought three spare batteries - not something you can do with an iphone but simple with Samsung and secondly and perhaps more importantly I will be carrying a Goal Zero Guide 10+ Adventure Kit which includes a Nomad 7 (7 watts) solar panel. I intend to carry this attached to my rucksack and just hope that we get some sunshine. It seems to work although I am not sure that it will fully charge a completely empty phone battery but when I tested it in Kenya earlier in the year but it did increase the charge by up to 50% after just a few hours in the sun.
Training is going well with over 50 miles walked in the past fortnight and I am now carrying 35 lbs (15.8 kgs) which is more than I plan to carry on the walk so hopefully I will be used to the weight on the day. Next milestone is a walk up Snowdon next week carrying the 35 lbs.
I also didn't mention that diaries of some of my other trips can be found on the walkopedia website and in particular the GR5 on http://www.walkopedia.net/walks/display-walk.asp?WalkID=610 .
