Sam “Storm” Kilmartin

LUSH weekend away with Darren Kilmartin

Stayed at the Brown Cow Inn in Waberthwaite!!

Had 2 days walking: 🚶‍♀️

📍Day 1 - 7.3 miles - started at Ravenglass Station on Ravensglass and Eskdale railway, where we got on a miniature train journey to Beckfoot Bridge station and then walked to Irton station for our train journey back was busy on the train but lucky to get a seat lol 😂

📍Day 2 - 4.7 miles - lovely walk up Plough Fell, Buck Barrow and Kinmont Buck Barrow with our YouTube friend Tony Rogerson (Tony’s Trails) and Charlie the dog 🐾

Total: 12 miles 🤪

Weather was great nice and sunny!! ☀️

Now back home to see our furry babas and getting loads of cuddles 🐈‍⬛

A/BPU British Full Power championships complete ✅

Squat - 140kg
Bench - 80kg
Deadlift - 180kg (World Record) 🤩

💪 Overall Total - 400kg 💪

Such a fantastic day! Retained my title for the British Championship and qualified for the AWPC World Championships 2026 in September 🥳

Over the moon as this was my big aim to get to the worlds this year. Now to push my self one more time to end the year with a PB and hopefully another medal 🥇

Just wanted to thank .pt for supporting me on the day and keeping me right as always 😁

& for supporting back home and throughout the training

Let the hardcore training commence for the next 8 weeks to get ready for the worlds for me and Rich!!!

Let’s go and smash it!!!!! 🤩

It’s official my World Record has come!!!! GET IN !!!!!!

In march 2026, I completed the British Single lift Championships for my deadlift only (my strongest lift) and pulled a whopping 190kg which broke last years world record (which I had set) by 20kg 🤩

Nearly hit 195kg but just couldn’t lock out but I will hit it next time 💪💪

Thanks again to .pt, and for helping me with my training and encouraging me to hit my goals 😁

Something different today than our usual hiking the hills

📍 Alpaca experience day! 🦙

🚶‍♀️Walking 2 alpacas (Dave - brown one) and (Kroston - grey one)
🍰 Afternoon tea
⛰️ Sneaking hike up Fleetwith Pike (our 105th wainwright ticked off) to finish our lovely stress free day!

Absolutely loved today, nice and relaxing enjoying the alpacas and steady walking 🤩

Snowdonia challenge Day 3 - Leg 2

📍Betws-y-Coed to Dolwyddelan ⛰️

No Maximum time however most people finish with 2.5 hours

Distance - 5.2 miles

Ascent - 1432

We did:

🚏 5.8 miles
⏰ 2 hours 56 minutes
⛰️ Ascent - 1460

My feet were absolutely killing me by the end as I went from leg 1 straight into leg 2 without sitting down and eating a quick sandwich on the way 🤩

The whole 3 days was tough but glad I done it and I managed 3 legs out of 6 so did my share, fab team (Carl, Jayne, and Andy) we all did amazing and meeting new people 😁

Group photo at the end and a pin badge for participating fabulous! Well organised event and defo consider doing it next year 🤔

Defo opened my eyes to know my limits lol 😂 but we have a full year to train for it!

Snowdonia Challenge - Day 3 - Leg 1

📍 Hiking Along Afon Lledr ⛰️

Maximum time need to complete it in 3.5 hours

Distance - 6 miles

Ascent - 1515

We did:

🚏 6.8 miles

⏰ 2 hours 36 minutes

⛰️ Ascent - 1247

Absolutely smashed it, so fast and beautiful views 🤩

Straight after I went into the 2nd leg

Day 2 - Leg 1

📍Bethesda via Cil-twllan and Gwenydd ⛰️

Maximum time need to complete it in 4.5 hours

Distance - 7.9 miles

Ascent - 2690

We did:

🚏 8.8 miles

⏰ 4 hours 24 minutes

⛰️ Ascent - 2648

Was amazing and can’t believe I managed it amazing team (Carl, Jayne and Andy) I was with 🤩

Had an amazing weekend away with , Jayne, Andy and Carl 🤩

Stayed in BRYN DEDWYDD FARMHOUSE, Betws-Y-Coed for the RCSL Snowdonia walking challenge ⛰️

3 days (6 legs) completing 40-50 miles of mountain walking 🚶‍♀️

32 teams, 160 civil servants in North Wales. Was amazing to meet new people and participating in the challenge 🤩 might do it next year too 🤩

Posting the legs I completed on a separate post

Nice 11 mile walk up to Blencathra with then back along the threlkeld to Keswick railway route 🚏📍

Happy the clouds disappeared as the hills looked clagged in this morning but the sun ☀️ burned the clouds away so we had lush views and lush weather 🤩☀️

Also my first proper hill walking navigating without Darren (scary lol 😂) least we didn’t get lost which was a bonus but Darren was tracking me just in case haha 😛

Looking forward to the next one!!!!

Very productive day at the allotment! 🌱🪴🍓🧅

First 2 photos are the before and after pictures 📸

Hard work, gonna feel it tomorrow 😳

Can feel my underbody hurting already lol 😂 but we’ll worth it!

🧅 red onions (growing nicely)
🍓strawberries (planted)
🌱 leeks (growing nicely)
✅ greenhouses up
🌱weeds (dug up)
🥔 potatoes (still need to put in)

Got some other stuff and ideas I want to do to the allotment but that’s for a different day! 🤩