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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
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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dave7057
- Jun 8, 2017
- 5 min
Day 25: Race
Birdlip to Stanton. 21.4 miles. Miles to date: 379.4. There were nearly four seasons in a day. I started out in rain, found shelter until...
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dave7057
- Jun 5, 2017
- 6 min
Day 22: Marathon
Old Sodbury to Stroud. 26.7 miles. Miles to date: 342.2. Over the past few days I've been staying with friends and family. First Mark and...
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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...
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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...
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dave7057
- May 31, 2017
- 7 min
Day 17: Battle
North Pellerton to Glastonbury. 20.1 miles. Miles to date: 260.3. I knew today was not going to be great. And it wasn't. It was...
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dave7057
- May 30, 2017
- 5 min
Day 16: Quantocking
Williton to North Petherton. 19.4 miles. Miles to date: 240.2. After 16 days on the road I have got my pre-flight routine down to a fine...
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dave7057
- May 29, 2017
- 5 min
Day 15: Wet
Wheddon Cross to Williton. 14 miles. Miles to date: 220.8 I didn’t sleep well. There were three different things going bang in the night....
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dave7057
- May 27, 2017
- 5 min
Day 13: Inland
Barnstaple to Warren Farm. 22 miles. Miles to date: 196.8. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I was sweating my way along the South...
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dave7057
- May 25, 2017
- 5 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, 2017
- 4 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, 2017
- 6 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, 2017
- 4 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, 2017
- 3 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 18, 2017
- 3 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, 2017
- 3 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, 2017
- 4 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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