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I've recently retired and I've been doing long distance walks for some years now - this one is the biggest yet though.

Saturday, 25 June 2011

The final day...or is it?

Hi All!

That's it then!  Lands End to John O'Groats in 60 days.


On and on and on and on and on and .....


17 miles on the last day from Wick to John O'Groats and and it was tough physically and psychologically.  The wind was blowing and it was cold too and you can see the road ahead of you stretching for miles and miles.  It's one of them, "Will this road ever end?!" 
...on and on and on and Oooh!  The Orkneys!
It does of course.  As you crest a hill just outside John O'Groats the views open out and there in front of you are the Orkney Isles.

Cute!
One particularly interesting thing I did see today was a Stoat!  You hardly ever see one out and about.

It is hard to accept that I've now completed the challenge.  Thank you all for your support.

Please, please don't forget to make a donation for Alder Hey if you haven't already

I know people have really enjoyed the blog, clicking on links and seeing pictures of things along the way.  I'm going to be staying up in Scotland for another few days now making the most of the opportunity of being here and exploring some more points of interest. 


So, I thought I'd also continue with some more posts on this blog about the things I see - things like the most Northerly point, a few of the islands around here and so on.

I've got loads of photos and stuff to upload too so I'll get around to posting them soon.

So do check back and see and learn more stuff about our wonderful country.

Thanks all!  Blog soon!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well done Dad. We'll never look at the BBC weather map the same again, nor I'm sure will you!

Alder Hey Children's Hospital said...

Thanks for the great effort Ray, we all enjoyed reading about your journey. Best wishes from all at Alder Hey!

Anne Bangay said...

Well done Ray - especially as you survived the 'special' weather we have here in Lancashire. A monumental effort and some spectacular photos. I hope Anne Marie has arranged a few extra special memento evenings so you can camp out in the back garden - especially when it's blowing a gale and stair-rodding down! Well done again. Anne and Brian and all the sick children at Alder Hey xxx

Anonymous said...

Well done mate! One in a million! See you soon. Genno.