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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”

LETJOG E2W – Day 32: Wednesday 15 May – YOUGHAL to MIDLETON (16.9 miles) With some whiskey in the jar and a trace of blue in the sky, what a perfect way to spend a day walking in Ireland! Things did not start quite as well, with the early forecast of ‘light rain showers’ manifestingContinue reading “Whiskey In The Jar”

LETJOG E2W – Day 31: Tuesday 14 May – DUNGARVAN to YOUGHAL (19.7 miles) It was with some relief that I drew back the curtains in my Dungarvan room this morning to see that the deluge of rain that I had heard falling during the night had at last relented. Apparently the town’s car parkContinue reading “Tuesday Morning”

LETJOG E2W – Day 30: Monday 13 May – KILMACTHOMAS to DUNGARVAN (14.8 miles) What a difference a day makes! Yesterday warm sunshine, today horizontal driving rain and mist, making the first four hours of my trek a trudge in the wet, cocooned and blinkered within my waterproofs. I thought, as I left Cian andContinue reading “Alone Again (Naturally)”

LETJOG E2W – Day 29: Sunday 12 May – WATERFORD to KILMACTHOMAS (12.7 miles) If this Blog heading sounds rather dramatic, and perhaps with an unintended hint of finality, it is simply meant as a thank you to Nicola and Cian for welcoming a hitherto stranger into their household for three days, and for allContinue reading “The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance”

LETJOG E2W – Day 28: Saturday 11 May – NEW ROSS to WATERFORD (18.4 miles) I am writing this ‘the morning after’ a very full day and evening, from the home of my amazing hosts Cian and Nicola, here in Butlerstown just west of Waterford. Yesterday began with an early telephone interview into my trek,Continue reading “Breathless”

LETJOG E2W – Day 27: Friday 10 May – WELLINGTONBRIDGE to NEW ROSS (14.1 miles) This is a day of thanks, and I will begin with Ellen at The Haven Lodge near Clongeen, just north of Wellingtonbridge, where I stayed last night – thank you for an especially fine breakfast this morning, that set meContinue reading “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own”

LETJOG E2W – Day 26: Thursday 9 May – ROSSLARE HARBOUR to WELLINGTONBRIDGE (22.4 miles) My first day in Ireland, and I awoke this morning to spring in the air, which translated nicely into my step once I got walking. It has been about seven years since I was last in Ireland – on aContinue reading “Walk Away”

LETJOG E2W – Day 25: Wednesday 8 May – FERRY CROSSING from FISHGUARD to ROSSLARE (9.0 miles) When first planning this LETJOG E2W challenge, my logic in choosing the Fishguard to Rosslare ferry route – as opposed to Pembroke to Rosslare or, much further north, Holyhead (on Anglesey) to Dun Laoghaire (near Dublin) – isContinue reading “The Irish Rover”

LETJOG E2W – Day 24: Tuesday 7 May – FISHGUARD to ST DAVIDS HEAD (22.7 miles) I explained yesterday that I had added today’s walk to my LETJOG E2W schedule quite recently. It just did not seem right to walk all the way from Great Britain’s eastern extremity at Lowestoft then only to stop shortContinue reading “Sitting On The Edge Of The Ocean”