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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 20, 2017
- 6 min
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 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 14, 2017
- 9 min
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 9, 2017
- 6 min
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, 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 20, 2017
- 7 min
Day 37: Bleak
Crowden (Old House) to Standedge. 14 miles. Miles to date: 557.2. The A62 is a trans-Pennine highway that links Manchester and Leeds....
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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 12, 2017
- 7 min
Day 29: Trust
Nechells (Star City, Birmingham) to Lichfield. 21.8 miles. Miles to date: 456.8. A grim start. Leaving Star City I headed north on the...
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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 6, 2017
- 4 min
Day 23: Edge
Stroud to Birdlip. 15.8 miles. Miles to date: 358. The rain may have blown out, but if anything the wind was stronger as we climbed from...
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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
- 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 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 26, 2017
- 5 min
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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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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