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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
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Jul 20, 20176 min read
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Jun 30, 20177 min read
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Jun 16, 20174 min read
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May 24, 20174 min read
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Walking blog


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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Aug 3, 20178 min read
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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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Aug 2, 20177 min read
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Day 79: Fishing
Golspie to Helmsdale. 20.2 miles. Miles to date: 1,205. The day starts well. My B&B owner asks if I’m walking LeJog in my uni summer...
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Aug 1, 20178 min read
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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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Jul 31, 20177 min read
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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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Jul 27, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 25, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 24, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 18, 20175 min read
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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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Jul 17, 20177 min read
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Day 55: Cuthbert
Kirk Yetholm to Jedburgh. 17.5 miles. Miles to date: 819.6. Today’s walk had something of an Enid Blyton feel. If the Famous Five had...
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Jul 8, 20179 min read
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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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Jul 1, 20178 min read
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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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Jun 19, 20178 min read
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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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Jun 18, 20176 min read
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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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Jun 3, 20176 min read
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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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May 26, 20175 min read
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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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May 25, 20175 min read
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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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May 24, 20174 min read
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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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May 22, 20176 min read
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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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May 21, 20174 min read
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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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May 20, 20173 min read
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