top of page
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
- Jul 27, 2017
- 6 min
Day 74: Fairytale
Drumnadrochit to Inverness. 19.7 miles. Miles to date: 1124.5. There was a moment on today's walk when I was sitting in the sun drinking...
241 views
dave7057
- Jul 23, 2017
- 6 min
Day 70: Nevis
Kinlochleven to Fort William. 17.6 miles. Miles to date: 1046.1. Saturday night at Kinlochleven's Ice Factor turned into the send-off The...
235 views
dave7057
- Jul 7, 2017
- 11 min
Day 54: Scotland
Byrness to Kirk Yetholm. 25.4 miles. Miles to date: 802.1. At around 10.30am in the remote Coquet Valley I passed through a nondescript...
306 views
dave7057
- Jul 6, 2017
- 5 min
Day 53: Forest
Bellingham to Byrness. 16.2 miles. Miles to date: 776.7. There is something Hansel and Gretel about Byrness (pron. Burnuss), stopping...
230 views
dave7057
- Jul 3, 2017
- 6 min
Day 50: Highest
Alston to Greenhead. 15.7 miles. Miles to date: 737.1. Here’s a fact for you: the market town of Alston, where today’s walk started, is...
212 views
dave7057
- Jul 1, 2017
- 8 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...
284 views
dave7057
- Jun 24, 2017
- 9 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...
258 views
dave7057
- Jun 23, 2017
- 7 min
Day 40: Wish
Cowling to Kirkby Malham. 17.5 miles. Miles to date: 609.3. You should be careful what you wish for, of course. Yesterday I said to...
236 views
dave7057
- Jun 22, 2017
- 7 min
Day 39: Brontë
Hebden Bridge to Cowling. 17 miles. Miles to date: 591.8. Today I did something naughty. I abandoned The Pennine Way, that has guided me...
202 views
dave7057
- Jun 19, 2017
- 8 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 –...
307 views
dave7057
- Jun 18, 2017
- 6 min
Day 35: Heat
Miller's Dale to Edale. 11 miles. Miles to date: 525.9. It has been a day of two halves. For the first, Reb, Max and I took it as easy as...
287 views
dave7057
- Jun 16, 2017
- 4 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....
317 views
dave7057
- Jun 13, 2017
- 9 min
Day 30: Uttoxeter
Lichfield to Uttoxeter. 20.5 miles. Miles to date: 477.3. The market town of Uttoxeter was my goal for today. Uttoxeter is known for its...
297 views
dave7057
- Jun 12, 2017
- 7 min
Day 29: Trust
Nechells (Star City, Birmingham) to Lichfield. 21.8 miles. Miles to date: 456.8. A grim start. Leaving Star City I headed north on the...
405 views
dave7057
- Jun 4, 2017
- 8 min
Day 21: U-turn
Bath to Old Sodbury. 18.4 miles. Miles to date: 315.5. Today was a tale of two long distance footpaths; one a pleasure to follow and...
332 views
dave7057
- Jun 3, 2017
- 6 min
Day 20: Relics
Midsomer Norton to Bath. 18.7 miles. Miles to date: 297.1. Somewhere between weeks two and three - probably after turning right at...
291 views
bottom of page