loch | davelejog

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 31, 2017
7 min

Day 78: Shoreline

Tain to Golspie. 23.3 miles. Miles to date: 1184.8. I wake to the cries of seagulls and gold streaked above the Dornoch firth. It has...

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dave7057

Jul 28, 2017
6 min

Day 75: Bridge

Inverness to Evanton. 19.6 miles. Miles to date: 1144.1. What a painfully boring walk. You know it’s not been a good one when the moment...

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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...

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dave7057

Jul 26, 2017
6 min

Day 73: Nessie

Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit. 14.3 miles. Miles to date: 1104.8. The driver of the No. 919 Citylink bus from Inverness to Fort William...

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dave7057

Jul 25, 2017
6 min

Day 72: Commute

Laggan Locks to Invermoriston. 21.4 miles. Miles to date: 1090.5. A usual LeJog day starts with me pulling on the boots and walking into...

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dave7057

Jul 24, 2017
6 min

Day 71: Caledonia

Fort William to Laggan Locks. 23 miles. Miles to date: 1069.1. Around 400 million years ago, at the end of the Caledonian orogeny, the...

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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...

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dave7057

Jul 19, 2017
7 min

Day 66: Climb

Ardlui ferry to Tyndrum. 14.4 miles. Miles to date: 999.6. Any day that opens with an after-breakfast ferry ride across the wild waters...

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dave7057

Jul 18, 2017
5 min

Day 65: Loch

Rowardennan to Ardlui jetty. 12.8 miles. Miles to date: 985.2. Consciousness returns. Radio with news stories that I lost touch with...

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dave7057

Jul 17, 2017
7 min

Day 64: Crowds

Killeath to Rowardennan. 19.6 miles. Miles to date: 972.4. It was a day of two narratives, both working in opposition. On the one hand my...

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