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

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Two milestones were passed today, I left Cornwall behind and entered
the rolling countryside of Devon, and I passed the 100 mile mark.
There's not a great deal to say about today except the sun shined
wonderfully all day, a bit too much on my shoulders, and the scenery
was pleasant if unremarkable. Most of the day I walked quiet country
lanes with hardly a car passing each half hour. After a foundering
start this morning where I backtracked more than a mile to find a shop
and an inexplicable awful nights sleep I ended up making good progress
heading east from Bude and finishing in Great Torrington. A cheap B&B
and a big rice and chicken dinner at an Indian restaurant will
hopefully set me up for another good day tomorrow. I have a theory
that last nights poor sleep and my lethargy this morning were down to
undereating so have eaten like a horse all day. We'll see tomorrow if
it helps!

Daily stats
Start - Bude
Finish - Great Torrington
Miles - 23 (excluding shopping detour)
Miles to go - 892

That's all folks ;-)

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