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A 1300 mile off-road walk across Great Britain from Lizard Point to Dunnet Head (taking in Land's End to John O'Groats), in two servings: March-June 2018 and April to May 2019

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March 08, 2018

The blog moved here toWordpress and is now completed

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One month to go

February 24, 2018

The usual excitement symptoms are here: a sick feeling that I have too much yet to prepare & that it's a ridiculous thing to attempt. Surely I will get exhausted after 10 days & go home. Blagging it Yet I press on, surely boring everyone I meet with my only conversation topic. I include myself as getting fed up hearing my own repetitions, even as I do it by email. But I want to tell people 'cos I am excited AND I want walking companions to share this with and not go bonkers. Talking to Bethan on the Park Run this morning - her Dad did E2E in 2009. His book title "In Expectation of a Kingfisher" should win an award on its own for originality. Apparently he documented plants & birds he saw en route, doing about 11 miles a day (from March 10th into July, with a trip home!) & blagged coffees from farmhouses. That's what I would call leisurely, sounds great. Recent walks, testing gear : One two hour walk around Sale Water Park, & one 5 hour ...

Arm chair walking

January 11, 2018

Today I have 'completed' the long task of breaking up the route into daily sections of, mostly, 7-9 hours long. A few alternatives have been plotted, particularly in Scotland, to give some poor-weather choices. The result is a plan of 84 days walking, comprising with unfeasible precision: 2111 Km (1311 miles) & 56917 m of ascent. With the odd day of rest here & there, that's going to take a little over 3 months. Slightly scary, but I am looking forward to the trip, mostly keenly felt when doing the food shop in the supermarket. (No more cat food for months!) What next? Set up a sponsorship page , as a couple of people have offered to give donations. Deciding where to place food stashes, if any. Getting the stash boxes, filling them with suitable supplies & putting then in place. Oops - half of February gone! Printing route maps Deciding on what is the main gear, checking it, buying any missing items. Sorting spare gear into packages with mailing ma...