Ive finished! Ive walked 1200 miles in 7 weeks and 4 days! Ive walked along roads, through fields, along rivers, over moors and over mountains. Ive had all sorts of weather from scortching hot to bitterly cold, gale winds, fog, thunder and lightening, but on the whole I think Ive been very lucky with the weather! Its been very hard mentally and physically at times but also very enjoyable and life enhancing. The wildlife and scenery have been amazing and I was even lucky enough to see an otter and just yesterday a seal. I will continue with the blog during my recovery time in Orkney as I know some people are interested to see the amazing sights of these islands. My thanks to everyone that has followed my blog for your encouragement and your generous donations to Naomis House Childrens Hopsice. It gives me great pleasure to know my efforts will help to support such a worthy cause.


LEJOG - Lands End John O Groats

Thanks for visiting my blog... This expedition has been two months in the planning and training and will hopefully be two months in the execution. I will endeavour to entertain you with a few tales and interesting pictures of my trip as I travel the length of Great Britain in my Lejog challenge... so please call back and send me messages of support to boost my tired legs!

I am collecting sponsorship for Naomi's House childrens hospice. Naomis house provides support and respite care to people under the age of 18 who are unlikely to live in to adulthood. They have two facilities in Hampshire costing 45 million per year to run, serving sick children in seven counties. They are 93% funded by charitable donations.

You can sponsor my trek at http://www.justgiving.com/Malcolm-Woodford

Sunday 13 June 2010

Our group of Penine Way challengers left Greenhead together yesterday
at 8am eager to get our first glimpse of the wall. It had been good to
have some company in camp for the last couple of days but with some
reluctance I was going to have to leave Stuart and Dave, the postal
workers from Crawley, and Steve and Phil the maintenance engineers
from Nottingham, to their own challenges and press on ahead. We walked
together to the first remains of the Wall and then I said my goodbyes.
I had 25 miles to cover over some very up-and-down terrain so I
lengthened my stride and pushed hard for Bellingham. I followed the
wall for about 12 miles before the Penine Way turned north. A short
detour to visit the roman fort half a mile further on and to have some
lunch and I struck northward again. In contrast to the ups and downs
of the wall the path going north was relatively flat and passed
through forest and open moor. By the middle of the afternoon I knew I
was going to make Bellingham by 5.30pm so eased up on the pace and
enjoyed a couple of 20 minute breaks. The weather had been good and my
legs have been getting very accustomed to their task so that a 25 mile
day on tough terrain no longer causes me to struggle. I stocked up on
supplies in Bellingham and broke camp early this morning. As I sit in
the only cafe for miles typing this at 1pm I already have 15 miles
under my belt; today may be one of those very rare 30 milers! I'll let
you know tomorrow...
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