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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 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 13, 20176 min read
Day 60: Freedom!
Peebles to West Linton. 12.2 miles. Miles to date: 880.4. This must be some kind of rarified LeJog torture: arriving at lunchtime in a...
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dave7057
Jul 9, 20176 min read
Day 56: Borders
Jedburgh to Melrose. 18.8 miles. Miles to date: 838.4. It was hard, on entering the breakfast room of the B&B, not to notice the strange...
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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
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 14, 201710 min read
Day 31: Grrr
Uttoxeter to Thorpe. 15.6. miles. Miles to date: 492.9. I write this from the hillside hamlet of Thorpe, just ten minutes walk from the...
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dave7057
Jun 9, 20179 min read
Day 26: Hello
Stanton to Long Marston. 18.6 miles. Miles to date: 398. “There must be something in the air,” said the cashier at Blandford Books in...
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dave7057
May 28, 20175 min read
Day 14: Sandwich
Warren Farm to Wheddon Cross. 10 miles. Miles to date: 206.8. One of the common discussion themes among LeJog bloggers is -...
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