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DAVE WALKS LEJOG
Photo diary of a 1,269 mile walk of a lifetime
Land's End to John o'Groats,
15 May – 4 August, 2017
By David Felton
Highlights
Walking blog
dave7057
Aug 4, 201710 min
Day 82: The End
Wick to John o'Groats. 22.3 miles. Total walk length: 1268.9 miles. I did it. At just after 3pm I rounded Duncansby Head – the furthest...
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dave7057
Aug 3, 20178 min
Day 81: Near
Dunbeath to Wick. 25.1 miles. Miles to date: 1246.6. If ever there was a walk of two halves, this was surely it. For the first 13 miles I...
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dave7057
Aug 2, 20177 min
Day 80: Clearance
Helmsdale to Dunbeath. 16.5 miles. Miles to date: 1221.5. I'm up at 5.30 and out the door by 8. I'd vowed to get earlier starts on my...
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dave7057
Jul 1, 20178 min
Day 48: Canyon
Langdon Beck to Dufton. 12.9 miles. Mile to date: 700.8. There’s only one navigational rule for those who travel from Land’s End to John...
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dave7057
Jun 24, 20179 min
Day 41: Rockin'
Kirkby Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale. 19.4 miles. Miles to date: 628.7. Mention the Three Peaks and a few years back most people would...
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dave7057
Jun 19, 20178 min
Day 36: Kinder
Edale to Crowden (Old House). 17.3 miles. Miles to date: 543.2. The first day of the Pennine Way is a test. If you complete day one –...
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dave7057
Jun 16, 20174 min
Day 33: Dove
Thorpe to Miller's Dale. 22 miles. Miles to date: 514.9. Maybe you need days like Wednesday to appreciate the great things about LeJog....
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dave7057
May 26, 20175 min
Day 12: Pressure
Clovelly to Barnstaple. 23 miles. Miles to date: 174.8. I knew today would be long, but not that it would so tough. I left Clovelly...
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dave7057
May 25, 20175 min
Day 11: Time
Hartland Quay to Clovelly. 11.2 miles. Miles to date: 151.8. I am writing this from one of the strangest villages I've ever visited. A...
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dave7057
May 24, 20174 min
Day 10: Retreat
Bude to Hartland Quay. 17 miles. Miles to date: 140.6. I don’t know whether it was the benefit of rest, the fine weather, the adventurous...
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dave7057
May 22, 20176 min
Day 8: Beeny
Boscastle to Bude. 18.1 miles. Miles to date: 123.6. By the end of today's walk the battery on both my camera and phone (which is my GPS)...
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dave7057
May 21, 20174 min
Day 7: Clunes
Wadebridge to Boscastle. 19 miles. Miles to date: 105.5. Today was a looong day. With clifftop highs, and thicket lows. It all began with...
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dave7057
May 20, 20173 min
Day 6: Camel
Mawgan Porth to Wadebridge. 17 miles. Miles to date: 86.5. If today's walk had been back-to-front it would have been a fine day. As it...
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dave7057
May 19, 20174 min
Day 5: Light
Perranporth to Mawgan Porth. 17 miles. Miles to date: 69.5. Another early start saw me set off across the big sands of empty Perran...
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dave7057
May 18, 20173 min
Day 4: Coves
Portreath to Perranporth. 12.38 miles. Miles to date: 52.5. What a great walk! Not just because of the weather (blue skies, sunshine, sea...
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dave7057
May 17, 20173 min
Day 3: Sand
St Ives to Portreath. 16.94 miles. Miles to date: 40.12. If you are walking a 16.94 mile day then you are allowed to eat fried bread for...
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dave7057
May 16, 20174 min
Day 2: Flowers
St Just to St Ives. 17.19 miles. Miles to date: 23.18. Today's walk, linking St Just – the nearest town to Land's End – to tourist mecca...
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dave7057
May 15, 20172 min
Day 1: Start
Land's End to St Just. 5.99 miles. Miles to date: 5.99. It didn't exactly start well. After two weeks of sunshine – and the annual UK...
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