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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 read
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 read
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 read
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 27, 20176 min read
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, 20176 min read
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, 20176 min read
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 20, 20176 min read
Day 67: Buachaille
Tyndrum to Glencoe Mountain Resort. 18.1 miles. Miles to date: 1017.7. In 1956 Philip Rankin had a dream. He would build the first...
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dave7057
Jul 14, 20179 min read
Day 61: Bings
West Linton to Winchburgh. 22.9 miles. Miles to date: 903.3. As the miles and days drop away on the trip north, the things you love – and...
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dave7057
Jul 10, 20176 min read
Day 57: Uplands
Melrose to Innerleithen. 19.7 miles. Miles to date: 858.1. When I left well-to-do Melrose this morning I was still trying to work out why...
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dave7057
Jul 7, 201711 min read
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...
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dave7057
Jul 6, 20175 min read
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...
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dave7057
Jul 3, 20176 min read
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...
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dave7057
Jul 2, 20177 min read
Day 49: Fell
Dufton to Alston. 20.6 miles. 721.4 miles to date. Cross Fell is not only the highest point in the Pennines at 2,930ft, and the highest...
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dave7057
Jul 1, 20178 min read
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 29, 201711 min read
Day 46: Moor
Keld to Middleton-in-Teesdale. 21.9 miles. Miles to date: 678.8. There are two moments each day that give the long distance walker unique...
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dave7057
Jun 28, 20178 min read
Day 45: Water
Hawes to Keld. 13.9 miles. Miles to date: 656.9. Dear British Weather, I had not expected warm, sunny days for the whole of my LeJog...
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dave7057
Jun 27, 20176 min read
Day 44: Droveroads
Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes. 14.3 miles. Miles to date: 643. It's not often that I set off harbouring a general feeling of dread. But...
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dave7057
Jun 23, 20177 min read
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...
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dave7057
Jun 22, 20177 min read
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...
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dave7057
Jun 21, 20177 min read
Day 38: Halfway
Standedge to Hebden Bridge. 17.6 miles. Miles to date: 574.8. Today is the summer equinox. As Britain swelters, winter's approaching....
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