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

Tuesday, 11 May 2010


Day four
Four days on the road and I decided to take an easier day of it today
and let my body catch up and adjust to the daily task. I left the
campsite at half eight this morning and made the short walk in to
Padstow. A pasty and a banana later and I was on the ferry across the
estuary to Rock, nice to be travelling without the legs having to
move! Setting my sites lower for today I decided to go only as far as
Tintagel and to stay in the youth hostel there where I could recharge
my batteries as well as the iPhones. Today's pictures are of the view
from the youth hostel which perched close the the cliff edge and is
idyllic especially with the sun shining as it is, and of a little
fella I nearly stepped on on the path down here. This is only the
second Adder I've ever seen in UK and he sure made a lot of loud
hissing considering his size. The phone reception here is weak so I'm
not sure if this will post today or not. I'll leave it there as
there's dinner still to cook and shower and sleep to have. I'll start
early tomorrow and try to het some miles under my belt. I've been
travelling slower than I'd hoped but I think I hadn't really recovered
from last weekends 100 miles training walk and my left ankle is very
stiff.
Daily stats
Start - Padstow
Finish - Tintagel
Miles - about 15 I think though haven't checked properly
Feeling - good
That's all folks ;-)
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