Archive

Here you’ll find every day of the journey, plus a few additional posts.

Note: all posts were written in 2017 although the journey itself was summer/autumn 2016...

Justin’s John o’Groats to Land’s End walk: background and training
A last taste of civilisation (19th July 2016)
Dunnet – Done it! (20th July 2016)
Arrival at the beginning (21st July 2016)
Justin vs Moss of KILL-imster (22nd July 2016)
The Flow Country (23rd July 2016)
Knockfin Heights (24th July 2016)
March to Loch Choire (25th July 2016)
The Crask Inn (26th July 2016)
The Long and Winding Road (27th July 2016)
Don’t Bothy Me (28th July 2016)
To the West Coast (29th July 2016)
Going South (30th July 2016)
Here Comes the Sun (31st July 2016)
Cara’s 21st Birthday (1st August 2016)
Feast at Cluanie Inn (2nd August 2016)
To a warm bothy (3rd August 2016)
Caledonian Canal (4th August 2016)
Rest day 1 (5th August 2016)
Ben Nevis (6th August 2016)
Wet (7th August 2016)
A little less commoditised (8th August 2016)
Sunshine, rainbows, and service stations (9th August 2016)
To a bunkhouse (10th August 2016)
Leaving the Highlands (11th August 2016)
Leaving the West Highland Way (12th August 2016)
Family (13th August 2016)
More canals (14th August 2016)
Into the Scottish Borders (15th August 2016)
Drovers’ road to Peebles (16th August 2016)
Sunburn on the Southern Upland Way (17th August 2016)
Rest day 2 (18th August 2016)
One month! (19th August 2016)
To England! (20th August 2016)
Rest day 3 – Spithope Bothy (21st August 2016)
Hello YHA (22nd August 2016)
Hadrian’s Wall (23rd August 2016)
Old railways (24th August 2016)
High point (25th August 2016)
A Pennine Journey (26th August 2016)
Bank Holiday Weekend (27th August 2016)
After the Storm (28th August 2016)
Bank Holiday (29th August 2016)
Wuthering Heights (30th August 2016)
Pub Crawl (31st August 2016)
Hungover (1st September 2016)
More than a marathon (2nd September 2016)
Edges and Estates (3rd September 2016)
Leaving the Peak District (4th September 2016)
Staffordshire (5th September 2016)
Blackberries (6th September 2016)
Birthplace of Industry (7th September 2016)
Wenlock Edge (8th September 2016)
Rest day 4 – Wilderhope Manor (9th September 2016)
Craven’ a little class (10th September 2016)
Bore da! Into the Welsh Hills (11th September 2016)
Thank God for churches (12th September 2016)
Lightning (13th September 2016)
Wild boar (14th September 2016)
Rest day 5 – St Briavels (15th September 2016)
Bristol Channel (16th September 2016)
Levels (17th September 2016)
Cheddar (18th September 2016)
Walking in the dark (19th September 2016)
Into Exmoor (20th September 2016)
Hostel to hostel (21st September 2016)
The Hunt (22nd September 2016)
To the coast (23rd September 2016)
Devon coast (24th September 2016)
Cream tea (25th September 2016)
Up and down (26th September 2016)
Tintagel (27th September 2016)
Camel (28th September 2016)
Sand (29th September 2016)
Cornish coastal marathon (30th September 2016)
Lighthouse (1st October 2016)
The End (2nd October 2016)
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