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Jane Smith
Jul 11, 20236 min read
Scotland Day 16 - Drymen to Rowardennan
This has been a memorable day. It started with the first time David and I have been apart in either of our birthdays. FaceTime presents...
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Jane Smith
Jul 10, 20233 min read
Scotland Day 15 - Rest day in Drymen
I started today feeling like I didn't need a rest day, and I'd rather be walking. But that's a better way round than the opposite. It's...
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Jane Smith
Jul 9, 20236 min read
Scotland Day 14 - Milngavie to Drymen
I had an interesting late evening yesterday, with a group of lads in the room next door larking about and playing music loudly. I was...
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Jane Smith
Jul 8, 20232 min read
Scotland Day 13 - Rest day in Glasgow
A delightfully leisurely start to the day, having breakfast and popping back into North Face briefly where I'd bought the third pair of...
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Jane Smith
Jul 7, 20235 min read
Scotland Day 12 - Lenzie to Milngavie
I'm a planner. The planning of this trip has given me a lot of pleasure, both solving the various accommodation conundrums and the...
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Jane Smith
Jul 6, 20236 min read
Scotland day 11 - Castlecary to Lenzie
The forecast was that the rain might not start till 10, so I got up very early (for me!) to be at breakfast by just after 7. Expecting a...
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Jane Smith
Jul 5, 20236 min read
Scotland Day 10 - Linlithgow to Castlecary
It's interesting walking for the Samaritans, having the information poster on my rucksack and their branded T shirt. It generally...
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Jane Smith
Jul 4, 20235 min read
Scotland day 9 - East Calder to Linlithgow
Today was always going to have a difficult start. Farewells are hard, and seeing David drive away, knowing I won't see him for a month...
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Jane Smith
Jul 3, 20236 min read
Scotland Day 8 - West Linton to East Calder
Not such an early start to the walk today, as we had to clear out of the AirBnB that we've had a good three days in. It's great having a...
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Jane Smith
Jul 2, 20234 min read
Scotland Day 7 - Peebles to West Linton
The forecast for today was pretty poor, with a high chance of rain for a lot of the day. But the hours up until 10am were the most...
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Jane Smith
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Scotland Day 6 - Rest day in Peebles
Rest days are really important. They give my legs a chance to have a pause, but also give me time to catch up with all the other aspects...
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Jane Smith
Jun 30, 20237 min read
Scotland Day 5 - Peel to Peebles
We had breakfast this morning in the Still room, where the Traquair House housekeeper would have worked, organising the business of the...
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Jane Smith
Jun 29, 20236 min read
Scotland Day 4 - Melrose to Peel
Readers of this blog last year will remember that one of the biggest challenges for me in doing this sort of walk is the psychological...
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Jane Smith
Jun 28, 20237 min read
Scotland Day 3 - Jedburgh to Melrose
One of the side effects of walking vigorously every day is that I'm ready to go to bed early. Last night was not as early as some, but...
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Jane Smith
Jun 27, 20235 min read
Scotland Day 2 - Pennymuir to Jedburgh
There have been so many ways in which today has been a contrast to yesterday. Just as joyous, but very different. The day started...
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Jane Smith
Jun 26, 20236 min read
Scotland Day 1 - Byrness to Pennymuir
Last night was the best sort of evening, in a friendly and comfortable place, meeting new people who love walking. At Forest View guests...
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Jane Smith
Jun 25, 20232 min read
An end and a beginning
Last summer I had planned to take the journey back from John O Groats very slowly, driving down over three days as a way of decompressing...
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Jane Smith
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Starting again
I stopped walking my Lands End to John O'Groats adventure just south of Byrness, Northumberland in early August 2022. Having been...
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Jane Smith
Aug 16, 20224 min read
A few days later
A bit of a catch up for those who are interested! After making the decision to stop, there was a lot of admin involved in enacting it. I...
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Jane Smith
Aug 11, 20222 min read
Day 64 - the end!
An early blog today to let those people who are concerned know what’s happening at least for the time being. My physio from Bakewell...
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