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LETJOG – Day 58, plus 1: Thursday 15 July – WICK I have been asked by the charities for some reflection on my LETJOG adventure. I will admit to a sense of achievement, but looking back now I feel, at least to some extent, that the whole trip has passed me by in a bitContinue reading “Perfect Day”

LETJOG – Day 58: Wednesday 14 July – WICK to JOHN O’GROATS (22 miles) My final day of walking on my LETJOG challenge! After a fine breakfast with Rachel at the Mackays Hotel I set off out of Wick on the road northwards, past the airport, towards John O’Groats. My route today covered some hardContinue reading “Never Give Up On A Dream”

LETJOG – Day 57: Tuesday 13 July – DUNBEATH to WICK (21 miles) What a lovely start to the day! I was greeted with an ever-changing, and almost inconceivable, mix of early morning sunshine, mist and blue skies, before a very fine cooked breakfast and the super company of Rhona, my host at Inver ParkContinue reading “Right Down The Line”

LETJOG – Day 56: Monday 12 July – HELMSDALE to DUNBEATH (16 miles) The word ‘antepenultimate’ doesn’t get nearly enough use, but today it has its moment. If all goes to plan, then after today I will have but two more days to go on my LETJOG challenge before I arrive in John O’Groats! TheContinue reading “Other Side Of The World”

LETJOG – Day 55: Sunday 11 July – BRORA to HELMSDALE (14 miles) It seems that there is to be a sting in the tail as I enter the final stages of my LETJOG walk along the so-called John O’Goats Trail. I’ve heard a lot of stories now, and to say the path is aContinue reading “This Is The Life”

LETJOG – Day 54: Saturday 10 July – DORNOCH to BRORA (19 miles) A super breakfast to start the day, provided by my super hosts Marelle and Edward: porridge and a ‘Full Scottish’ (grilled, not fried), including haggis. Maybe it’s two weeks of walking the moors, lochs and firths, or perhaps it’s the sea air,Continue reading “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”

LETJOG – Day 53: Friday 9 July – ALNESS to DORNOCH (21 miles) Whether it was hill-fog, drifting down from the wooded slopes above Alness, or a sea fret, the locals could not agree. Either way, the mizzle that had set in whilst I was having dinner last night, and that dampened my stroll backContinue reading “Kathy’s Song”

LETJOG – Day 52: Thursday 8 July – MUIR OF ORD to ALNESS (18 miles) The climate and the light soils of this area provide great country for growing barley, essential of course for making whisky as well as for beer, and these quivering fields have graced my walk today, particularly this afternoon along theContinue reading “Fields Of Gold”

LETJOG – Day 51: Wednesday 7 July – DRUMNADROCHIT to MUIR OF ORD (17 miles) Lots of road walking today, and indeed in prospect tomorrow, as the route that I have scheduled turns unerringly, and reassuringly, northwards, linking the parts of the Great Glen Way I have walked with those of the John O’Groats TrailContinue reading “Bright Side Of The Road”

LETJOG – Day 50: Tuesday 6 July – FORT AUGUSTUS to DRUMNADROCHIT (20 miles) Today has been a day of forest tracks, low white cloud, conifers, and lots of water. The Great Glen Way out of Fort Augustus quickly gains height above Loch Ness on a well-made forestry track through dense evergreen forest, the waysidesContinue reading “Many Rivers To Cross”