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Tuesday 28 May 2024 I have had the Bank Holiday weekend to adjust back to ‘normal’ life now and to start the process of assimilating the experiences of my LETJOG E2W adventure. In many ways I feel that all I have done is to scratch the surface of some of the regions that I haveContinue reading “North South East And West”

LETJOG E2W – Day 40 (plus 1): Friday 24 May – TRALEE to CORK (by Train!) and my flight HOME Writing this last daily Blog of my LETJOG E2W trek on the train from Tralee to Cork, I am enjoying watching the Irish scenery flashing past me, ahead of my flight home this afternoon. ManyContinue reading “I’ll See You In My Dreams”

LETJOG E2W – Day 40: Thursday 23 May – DINGLE to DUNMORE HEAD (15.0 miles) Where to start? Perhaps with the ending – I made it today to the westernmost point of Dunmore Head, where the waves of the Atlantic Ocean break upon the sharp rocks of the pointed headland, and where there is noContinue reading “The Voyage”

LETJOG E2W – Day 39: Wednesday 22 May – INCH to DINGLE (16.8 miles) It is sometimes said that ‘it never rains, it pours’, and on the Dingle Peninsula today that maxim certainly held true. My penultimate walk was a waterproofs on/ waterproofs off kind of day, having been though everything from light drizzle throughContinue reading “A Storm Breaks”

LETJOG E2W – Day 38: Tuesday 21 May – CASTLEMAINE to INCH (13.9 miles) This was the day that I stepped out onto the Dingle Peninsula, and that I first reached the Atlantic Ocean, on the last leg of my LETJOG E2W adventure. I shall remember the day for those reasons, and the thrill ofContinue reading “Into The Mystic”

LETJOG E2W – Day 37: Monday 20 May – KILLARNEY to CASTLEMAINE (14.3 miles) Today has been a day when everything has come together. I am aware of the maxim of not wanting to tempt fate, but on this short walking day I have had a fabulous ramble in fine sunshine, through gentle rolling pastures,Continue reading “Flying Without Wings”

LETJOG E2W – Day 36: Sunday 19 May – MILLSTREET to KILLARNEY (20.6 miles) A short Blog today, as I am camped out in the reception area of the hotel that I stayed in last night, due to a lack of wifi in my digs tonight, a noisy sports bar. In short, I have madeContinue reading “The Wild Rover”

LETJOG E2W – Day 35: Saturday 18 May – TOWER to MILLSTREET (25.4 miles) With a high mileage and a climb up to a 430-metre col through the Boggerah Mountains, today’s was a testing hike indeed, taking around nine hours. It was possibly the most challenging day of my LETJOG E2W walk so far –Continue reading “This Is The Day”

LETJOG E2W – Day 34: Friday 17 May – CORK to TOWER (9.3 miles) After the excesses of yesterday a short walking day was in order for today, giving me the chance to lie-in, recover from the Bruce Springsteen concert last night, and to consider my potential walking routes for the coming days as myContinue reading “Forty Shades Of Green”

LETJOG E2W – Day 33: Thursday 16 May – MIDLETON to CORK (17.2 miles) I first started planning this LETJOG E2W walk in concept about a year ago, and certainly by last autumn I had set out in some detail (on the Ordnance Survey App) some potential daily walking routes for the England and WalesContinue reading “A Rainy Night In Soho”