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ELLIOT McGRATH, aged 15, shares his experiences of hiking along Hadrian’s Wall Path


Backpacking for teenagers

By ELLIOT MCGRATH
Posted on 14 April 2018

I’ve been camping many times with my dad Simon who works for The Camping and Caravanning Club. And we’ve been on several long hikes, which has included getting to the summit of some great mountains including Ben Nevis. But up until recently I had never really combined the two by going on a backpacking trip.

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