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It has to be official !! This west coast of Scotland has got to be the wettest place on the planet. In the last 13 days there has only...

I walked the 200 meters back up the hill to the hostel, to put my rubbish in the bin but also to thank Ruth for her hospitality and to...

I didn't wake John, I was up and away before 9am and I knew he would have to pass me on the road to get to Achmelvich. We had planned to...

I managed to stir sleeping beauty at 9am so we'd had breakfast and I was on my way by 10am, still a late start but better than 11am....

The trouble with falling behind when writing these blogs, I'm moving through so many places, meeting so many people, after a few days...

There was a visitor book in the Bothy so having exhausted the conversation with John and there not being a telly to watch, I read through...

After a couple of nights wild camping, I needed a shower and a kit wash so the campsite in Durness was my target for the day. The walk,...

As the end of my sixth month on the trail approaches, I've been reflecting over these past few days on the journey so far. For the first...

Doug had kindly offered to show me around his Lodge in Thurso, before we went down to the British Legion for the Armed Forces Day...

The last ferry back to John O' Groats docked just before 7pm, I was undecided as to whether I'd get going and wild camp up the coast or...

Those of you that have been kind enough to read these blogs, you will already know that I am passionate about being a Freemason. I have...

There's no way to dress it up. The train journey from Lincoln to Helmsdale is a complete pain in the arse.... Michelle dropped me off at...

As this journey progresses, I'm becoming a true believer in fate. Things have been happening which I could never have planned and these...

The week I spent on the island was a bit mixed up. I walked most days, each day getting a bus back to where ever I'd finished the...

It was last December, at our annual Christmas outing to United Grand Lodge, when I was invited to walk the coast of The Isle of Man. I...

I woke up just after 6am, on a Sunday morning !!! 🫣 to the sound of a frenzy of activity around the carting track. It was race day so...

The unplanned and unexpected day off had me feeling refreshed and ready to rock. Pants and socks washed, 2 great nights sleep in the...

I pitched up watching the cloud formations changing as the sun set. The colours were incredible and every time I looked back they had...

Studying the maps over breakfast, I knew I was in for a lot of road walking today. Over the Kessock bridge from Inverness onto The Black...