If the Six Nations countries faced off in a battle of the outdoors? Who’d win?
As we welcome in February, along with it comes the Six Nations rugby tournament. We’re not so much into rugby, but we do love the six nations that take part. So we got to thinking, what if the six nations taking part faced off in a head to head vote with the best of their outdoors on offer? So that’s exactly what we’re going to do:
Throughout the Six Nations tournament, and coinciding with the matches we’ll be selecting an outdoor location / activity that relates to that country and pit them head to head in a vote on our twitter account (@GOoutdoors) just for fun. Winners will be decided by a public vote, and we’ll find out which Six Nation’s country truly is the outdoor champion.
League table
| Win | Lose | Draw | Total Points | |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| France | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Round 1
Scotland vs Ireland ( 4th Feb 2:30pm GMT)
West Highland Way vs Wicklow Way
West Highland Way - Image: Kevin Rae
Wicklow Way - Image: Joe King
– Result: Scotland
England vs France ( 4th Feb 5pm GMT) England Camping vs France Camping
Camping in England - Image: Andrew Bone
Camping in France - Image: Philipendula
– Result: England
Italy vs Wales (5th Feb 2pm GMT)
Faraglioni vs Green Bridge of Wales
Faraglioni - Image: Danny V-Li Teok
Green Bridge of Wales, Pembrokeshire - Image: JKMMX
– Result: Wales
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Round 2
Italy vs Ireland (11th Feb 2:30pm GMT)
Horse Trekking Italy vs Horse Trekking Ireland
Horse Trekking in Tuscany © Copyright Visit Tuscany
Horse Trekking Ireland © Copyright Adrian Hodge
– Result: Ireland
Wales vs England (11th Feb 5pm GMT)
Snowdonia National Park vs The Peak District National Park
Snowdonia National Park
Peak District National Park
– Result: Wales
France vs Scotland (12th Feb 2pm GMT)
Skiing Chamonix vs Skiing Cairngorms
Skiing Chamonix © Copyright Visit Trailsource.com
Cairngorms © Copyright Visit John Mason
– Result: Scotland
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Round 3
Scotland vs Wales (25th Feb 2:30pm GMT)
Ben Nevis vs Snowdon
The Ben Nevis range from Corpach © Copyright The Carlisle Kid
The Snowdon Massif from Glyder Fawr
– Result: DRAW
Ireland vs France (25th Feb 5pm GMT)
Giants Causeway vs Côte de Granit Rose
Giants Causeway
Côte de granit rose
– Result: IRELAND
England vs Italy (26th Feb 2pm GMT)
The Lake District vs Lake Garda
The Lake District. Buttermere © Copyright Les Haines
Lake Garda
– Result: ENGLAND
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Round 4
Wales vs Ireland (10th Mar 8pm GMT)
The Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire vs Great Sugar Loaf, County Wicklow
The Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire - © Copyright John Thorn
Great Sugar Loaf, County Wicklow - © Copyright Christine Matthews
– Result: WALES
Italy vs France (11th Feb 1:30pm GMT)
Skiing Livigno vs Skiing Chamonix
Livigno Town - Photo by Bunny
Chamonix - Photo by Phileole
Result: FRANCE
England vs Scotland (11th Feb 4pm GMT)
West Highland Way vs Trans Pennine Trail
West Highland Way Map - johndarm.clara.net
Trans Pennine Trail Map - lymmvillage.co.uk
– Result: SCOTLAND
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Round 5
Scotland vs Italy (18th Feb 12:30pm GMT)
The Grampians vs The Dolomites
The Grampians - © Copyright K A
The Dolomites - Max Pixel
Result:
France vs Wales (18th Feb 2:45pm GMT)
Vanoise National Park vs Snowdonia National Park
Vanoise Parc National - Antoine.Tipoul
Snowdonia - Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)
Result:
Ireland vs England (18th Feb 5pm GMT)
The Cliffs of Moher vs White Cliffs of Dover
Cliffs of Moher - © Copyright Joseph Mischyshyn
White Cliffs of Dover - © Copyright Alan Duncan
Result:
