Category Archives: Diary

LETJOG – Day 12: Saturday 29 May – CHEDDAR to BRISTOL (20 miles) As with all great plans, things can go wrong on the ground, and Plan B must come into action. Booking accommodation in the Cotswolds, just as pandemic restrictions are relaxed, at short notice, and during a sunny half term week, has provedContinue reading “At The Zoo”

LETJOG – Day 11: Friday 28 May – BRIDGWATER to CHEDDAR (19 miles) Great to have some walking company! After a good breakfast with Rachel, the three of us, Alistair, Chris and I, set off through Bridgwater for our crossing of the Somerset Levels to Cheddar. Flat, but certainly not boring, with these two forContinue reading “Running In The Family”

LETJOG – Day 10: Thursday 27 May – WIVELISCOMBE to BRIDGWATER (20 miles) And back to the walking. A day of three thirds, of fairly equal distance – first and last, the rolling Somerset countryside, rural pasture and arable farmland, along country lanes and paths flanked with springtime flowers, birdsong, rabbits, and, on several occasions,Continue reading “Come Together”

LETJOG – Day 9: Wednesday 26 May – DULVERTON to WIVELISCOMBE (15 miles) Three very good things happened first thing this morning, and these proved to be portents of a marvellous day! First, surely one of the finest breakfasts in Exmoor, cooked by Margaret at the Winsbere House B&B – and a big thank you,Continue reading “Happy Hour”

LETJOG – Day 8: Tuesday 25 May – BARNSTAPLE to DULVERTON (25 miles) A long, and very lovely day today, alone in nature. The morning overcast but dry, along sunken lanes and tracks, bordered always with bluebells, campion, wild garlic and buttercup, and serenaded throughout by songbirds, particularly goldfinches, in the hedgerows. The afternoon, upContinue reading “Songbird”

LETJOG – Day 7: Monday 24 May – HORNS CROSS to BARNSTAPLE (18 miles) I’m not normally one to complain, but I mean really, come on!! Granted, the Atlantic’s a big ocean, but there must surely be some limit as to the amount of water that can be wrought upon these southwest counties by theContinue reading “Waitin’ On A Sunny Day”

LETJOG – Day 6: Sunday 23 May – BUDE to HORNS CROSS (19 miles) Perhaps it’s the case that the better measure of stamina in an endurance test such as LETJOG lies not in the triumph of one day’s accomplishment, however significant, but more in the collateral after-effects. Certainly, I felt, as I plodded heavy-legged,Continue reading “Running On Empty”

LETJOG – Day 5: Saturday 22 May – PORT ISAAC to BUDE (28 miles) Today might very well turn out to be one of the longest walking days of my whole trek. The LETJOG formula, allocating 30 minutes per brewery visit, is an adjunct to the established Naismith rule (one hour for every three miles,Continue reading “The Long Run”

LETJOG – Day 4: Friday 21 May – ST MAWGAN to PORT ISAAC (19 miles) My first solo walking day. With the strong westerlies at my back, even the rain, unrelenting but light, and the cool conditions, might have proved quite conducive to walking. But the variable gusts and localised eddies, at times, made evenContinue reading “Blowin’ In The Wind”

LETJOG – Day 3: Thursday 20 May – ST AGNES to ST MAWGAN (19 miles) They tell me “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate gear”. Well, I like to think I’ve got all the gear I need (or can carry) with me, for every eventuality. But today we definitely had some trulyContinue reading “On The Beach”