{"id":27655,"date":"2024-02-05T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=27655"},"modified":"2024-02-05T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:47:12","slug":"epic-us-hike-and-wonderous-assynt-win-monthly-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/epic-us-hike-and-wonderous-assynt-win-monthly-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic US hike and wonderous Assynt win monthly prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 got off to a great start with loads of people posting their trip reports and walk experiences on the Walkhighlands forum. Each month two winners share \u00a3150 Highlander vouchers to spend on outdoor gear.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JMT1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JMT1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JMT1-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JMT1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January&#8217;s winning report, by Eduardo, takes us back to 2008 to tackle one of the great US trails &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=122605\">the heat of life in the handful of dust &#8211; John Muir Trail<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a fantastic write up and a great read on a driech Scottish day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/assynt-800x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/assynt-800x306.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/assynt-320x123.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/assynt-200x77.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/assynt.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u00a350 runner up prize goes to Anne C for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=122315\">The Wonder of Ben Mor Coigach<\/a>, the stunning scenery of the north west of Scotland captured in this post had the team yearning for a trip to Assynt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to everyone for posting &#8211; for a chance of winning February&#8217;s prizes just post a trip report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/index.php\">Walkhighlands forum<\/a>, it doesn&#8217;t have to be an epic multi-day hike or a mountain day, we love hearing about your mini-adventures and rambles from the back door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 got off to a great start with loads of people posting their trip reports and walk experiences on the Walkhighlands forum. Each month two winners share \u00a3150 Highlander vouchers to spend on outdoor gear. January&#8217;s winning report, by Eduardo, takes us back to 2008 to tackle one of the great US trails &#8211;\u00a0the heat of life in the handful of dust &#8211; John Muir Trail\u00a0&#8211; a fantastic write up and a great read on a driech Scottish day. The \u00a350 runner up prize goes to Anne C for\u00a0The Wonder of Ben Mor Coigach, the stunning scenery of the north<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/epic-us-hike-and-wonderous-assynt-win-monthly-prizes\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27660,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27655\/revisions\/27660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}