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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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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 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 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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Jul 3, 20176 min read
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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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Jun 23, 20177 min read
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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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Jun 14, 201710 min read
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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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Jun 13, 20179 min read
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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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Jun 12, 20177 min read
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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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Jun 9, 20179 min read
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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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Jun 4, 20178 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 19: Plod
Glastonbury to Midsomer Norton. 18.1 miles. Miles to date: 278.4. When you find a place you like, take a break. That’s my thinking on...
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Jun 2, 20175 min read
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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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May 30, 20175 min read
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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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May 29, 20175 min read
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