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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 31, 20177 min read
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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dave7057
Jul 28, 20176 min read
Day 75: Bridge
Inverness to Evanton. 19.6 miles. Miles to date: 1144.1. What a painfully boring walk. You know it’s not been a good one when the moment...
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dave7057
Jul 26, 20176 min read
Day 73: Nessie
Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit. 14.3 miles. Miles to date: 1104.8. The driver of the No. 919 Citylink bus from Inverness to Fort William...
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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 15, 201710 min read
Day 62: Tarmac
Winchburgh to Kilsyth. 28.6 miles. Miles to date: 931.9. I was swimming against the tide and gradually losing buoyancy. That’s how it...
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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 8, 20175 min read
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 5, 20176 min read
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
Jun 2, 20175 min read
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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dave7057
May 29, 20175 min read
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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dave7057
May 20, 20173 min read
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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dave7057
May 19, 20174 min read
Day 5: Light
Perranporth to Mawgan Porth. 17 miles. Miles to date: 69.5. Another early start saw me set off across the big sands of empty Perran...
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dave7057
May 16, 20174 min read
Day 2: Flowers
St Just to St Ives. 17.19 miles. Miles to date: 23.18. Today's walk, linking St Just – the nearest town to Land's End – to tourist mecca...
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dave7057
May 15, 20172 min read
Day 1: Start
Land's End to St Just. 5.99 miles. Miles to date: 5.99. It didn't exactly start well. After two weeks of sunshine – and the annual UK...
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