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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


Jul 20, 20176 min read
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Jun 30, 20177 min read
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Jun 16, 20174 min read
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May 24, 20174 min read
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Walking blog


Day 82: The End
Wick to John o'Groats. 22.3 miles. Total walk length: 1268.9 miles. I did it. At just after 3pm I rounded Duncansby Head – the furthest...
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Aug 4, 201710 min read
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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 79: Fishing
Golspie to Helmsdale. 20.2 miles. Miles to date: 1,205. The day starts well. My B&B owner asks if I’m walking LeJog in my uni summer...
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Aug 1, 20178 min read
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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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Jul 31, 20177 min read
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Day 77: Countdown
Evanton to Tain. 17.4 miles. Miles to date: 1161.5. With a walk as dull as today's the most you can hope for is a swift and merciful end...
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Jul 30, 20175 min read
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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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Jul 28, 20176 min read
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Day 74: Fairytale
Drumnadrochit to Inverness. 19.7 miles. Miles to date: 1124.5. There was a moment on today's walk when I was sitting in the sun drinking...
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Jul 27, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 26, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 25, 20176 min read
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Day 71: Caledonia
Fort William to Laggan Locks. 23 miles. Miles to date: 1069.1. Around 400 million years ago, at the end of the Caledonian orogeny, the...
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Jul 24, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 23, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 22, 20177 min read
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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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Jul 20, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 19, 20177 min read
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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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Jul 18, 20175 min read
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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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Jul 17, 20177 min read
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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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Jul 16, 20176 min read
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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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Jul 15, 201710 min read
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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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Jul 14, 20179 min read
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