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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 25, 20176 min read
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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dave7057
Jul 23, 20176 min read
Day 70: Nevis
Kinlochleven to Fort William. 17.6 miles. Miles to date: 1046.1. Saturday night at Kinlochleven's Ice Factor turned into the send-off The...
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dave7057
Jul 22, 20177 min read
Day 69: Devil
Glencoe Mountain Resort to Kinlochleven. 10.1 miles. Miles to date: 1027.8. I wake at first light. It has not been a good night’s sleep...
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dave7057
Jul 20, 20176 min read
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 19, 20177 min read
Day 66: Climb
Ardlui ferry to Tyndrum. 14.4 miles. Miles to date: 999.6. Any day that opens with an after-breakfast ferry ride across the wild waters...
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dave7057
Jul 17, 20177 min read
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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dave7057
Jul 16, 20176 min read
Day 63: Up
Kilsyth to Killearn. 20.9 miles. Miles to date: 952.8. Sometimes the accommodation makes all the difference. In Allanfauld Farm B&B I...
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dave7057
Jul 14, 20179 min read
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 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 11, 20176 min read
Day 58: Scones
Innerleithen to Peebles. 10.1 miles. Miles to date: 868.2. A few years back I found myself involved in an aggressive scone eating...
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dave7057
Jul 10, 20176 min read
Day 57: Uplands
Melrose to Innerleithen. 19.7 miles. Miles to date: 858.1. When I left well-to-do Melrose this morning I was still trying to work out why...
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dave7057
Jul 8, 20179 min read
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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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
Jul 2, 20177 min read
Day 49: Fell
Dufton to Alston. 20.6 miles. 721.4 miles to date. Cross Fell is not only the highest point in the Pennines at 2,930ft, and the highest...
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dave7057
Jul 1, 20178 min read
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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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 24, 20179 min read
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 19, 20178 min read
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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