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Walking Land's End to John O'groats When I Walk, I Bounce Walking Land’s End to John o’Groats Mark Moxon Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 You are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work under the following conditions: Attribution. You must give the original author credit. Non-commercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. • For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work. • Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author. When I Walk, I Bounce Page 2 Copyright © Mark Moxon Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above. This is a human-readable summary of the Legal Code (the full licence), which is shown at the end of this work. When I Walk, I Bounce: Walking Land’s End to John o’Groats, v1.0, November 2005 Cover Photograph: The pavement to Black Hill, Crowden to Standedge, Northern England When I Walk, I Bounce Page 3 Copyright © Mark Moxon Contents Foreword ....................................................................... 8 Map .............................................................................. 11 Southwest England..................................................... 12 Land’s End to Penzance ........................................... 12 Helston...................................................................... 16 Penzance to Pengoon Farm ...................................... 24 Pengoon Farm to Truro ............................................ 29 Truro to Tregolls Farm............................................. 35 Tregolls Farm to St Breward.................................... 46 St Breward to Trecollas Farm .................................. 49 Trecollas Farm to Launceston .................................. 56 Launceston to Bridestowe ........................................ 62 Bridestowe to South Zeal ......................................... 68 Okehampton ............................................................. 76 South Zeal to Crediton ............................................. 87 Crediton to Tiverton ................................................. 96 Tiverton to Taunton................................................ 103 Taunton to Street .................................................... 119 Street to Midsomer Norton..................................... 126 Midsomer Norton to Bath....................................... 135 The Midlands ............................................................ 140 Bath to Old Sodbury............................................... 140 When I Walk, I Bounce Page 4 Copyright © Mark Moxon Old Sodbury to Cam............................................... 149 Cam to Painswick................................................... 159 Painswick to Gloucester ......................................... 164 Gloucester to Tewkesbury...................................... 169 Tewkesbury to Worcester....................................... 179 Worcester to Bewdley ............................................ 183 Bewdley to Pattingham .......................................... 192 Pattingham to Penkridge ........................................ 200 Penkridge to Abbots Bromley ................................ 203 Abbots Bromley to Air Cottage ............................. 212 Air Cottage to Waterloo Inn................................... 220 Waterloo Inn to Edale............................................. 227 Northern England..................................................... 236 Edale to Crowden ................................................... 236 Crowden to Standedge............................................ 247 Standedge to Hebden Bridge.................................. 253 Hebden Bridge to Lothersdale................................ 262 Lothersdale to Kirkby Malham .............................. 271 Kirkby Malham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale............. 277 Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hawes............................ 286 Hawes to Keld ........................................................ 292 Keld to Baldersdale ................................................ 297 Baldersdale to Middleton-in-Teesdale ................... 302 Middleton-in-Teesdale to Langdon Beck............... 315 Langdon Beck to Dufton ........................................ 321 Dufton to Alston..................................................... 327 When I Walk, I Bounce Page 5 Copyright © Mark Moxon Alston to Haltwhistle.............................................. 335 Haltwhistle to Bellingham...................................... 339 Bellingham to Byrness ........................................... 347 Southern Scotland .................................................... 351 Byrness to Jedburgh ............................................... 351 Jedburgh to Melrose ............................................... 354 Melrose to Peebles.................................................. 362 Peebles to West Linton........................................... 369 West Linton to Edinburgh ...................................... 376 Edinburgh to Linlithgow ........................................ 381 Linlithgow to Kilsyth ............................................. 388 Kilsyth to Drymen .................................................. 397 Drymen to Rowardennan........................................ 403 Rowardennan to Inverarnan ................................... 409 Inverarnan to Tyndrum........................................... 416 Tyndrum to Kings House ....................................... 422 Kings House to Kinlochleven ................................ 428 Kinlochleven to Fort William ................................ 432 Northern Scotland .................................................... 436 Fort William to South Laggan................................ 436 South Laggan to Alltsigh........................................ 447 Alltsigh to Drumnadrochit...................................... 453 Drumnadrochit to Inverness ................................... 459 Inverness to Dingwall............................................. 465 Dingwall to Alness ................................................. 472 Alness to Dornoch .................................................. 475 When I Walk, I Bounce Page 6 Copyright © Mark Moxon Dornoch to Brora.................................................... 482 Brora to Helmsdale................................................. 487 Helmsdale to Dunbeath .......................................... 493 Dunbeath to Wick................................................... 502 Wick to John o’Groats............................................ 505 Further Reading ....................................................... 510 Copyright Notice....................................................... 512 When I Walk, I Bounce Page 7 Copyright © Mark Moxon Foreword Walking for a couple of weeks is one thing, but walking across an entire country for three months is another thing altogether. I walked from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the summer of 2003 and I rate it as one of the most interesting experiences of my life. I had my ups and downs and had to dig deep to make it, but there’s no doubt this is one of the biggest challenges there is. It’s something I’ll never forget. One of the great things about walking from Land’s End to John o’Groats is that you can take absolutely any route you like. There are books that suggest sensible routes, and I highly recommend Andrew McCloy’s route guide The Land’s End to John o’Groats Walk, but ultimately the walk is completely down to you. You can stick to A-roads for the entire trip if tarmac is your thing, or you can choose a more scenic route that incorporates some of the most breathtaking walking this country has to offer, as I did. The most difficult thing about walking across Britain is coping with the huge distance involved. I walked 1111 miles in 89 days (that’s 70 walking days and 19 rest days) and I averaged just under 16 miles per walking day. For the first month my body ached and When I Walk, I Bounce Page 8 Copyright © Mark Moxon strained, and I nearly gave up just two weeks into the walk when I screwed up a tendon in my right foot; during the second month my body coped much better, and I began to entertain the possibility that I might actually finish the walk; and during the third month my body basically fell apart, worn out by the gruelling distances and constant pounding along Britain’s roads and paths. I limped into John o’Groats, kicked off my boots, dumped my pack and sighed the biggest sigh of my life. But was it worth it? Most definitely. I’m enjoying that fact that I’ve walked from Land’s End to John o’Groats far more than the walk itself. As a way of creating wonderful memories, crossing the country on foot is pretty hard to beat. The travelogue for this walk and much more can be found at my personal website at www.landsendjohnogroats.info, where you can also find walking tips, a photo library and further free books for you to download. If you enjoy reading this book, then I’d be delighted if you would sign my website’s Guestbook. I’ve released this book and its companions via a Creative Commons Licence, which means you are free to distribute it to everyone and anyone, as long as you distribute it on a non-commercial basis and make no changes to it. If you know someone who might like this When I Walk, I Bounce Page 9 Copyright © Mark Moxon book, please pass it on; I make no money from it, but I do enjoy the thought of people reading
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