Garry and Marie walk South to North

     We started from Land’s End on May 3 rd 2025, full of enthusiasm and apprehension and finished at John o'Groats on August 9 th 2025, weathered, weary but full of pride. Garry has walked   1112 miles through trails, bogs, lanes, fields and roads. I’ve walked   nearly 38% of the miles, a total of 421 miles, largely walking small sections each day whilst being the support vehicle for collecting and dropping Garry at the start and end of the routes.   We have walked through 25 different counties and districts/burghs (a different system in Scotland). We have stayed in 28 different places, mostly Airbnbs, but also a hotel, a ‘micro-lodge’, at a family member’s house and home. 40 nights have been in Scotland and   60 nights have been in England. We’ve had 13 rest days and 86 walking days.     Thank you to the following people who have walked with us at some point along the journey; Craig, Paul and Anita, Isaac, Sarah (on 3 occasi...

                                                      Lands End to John o'Groats complete! Winding back to yesterday evening, Garry and I had a stroll around Wick harbour.        Much later in the evening, a surprise visitor, Will, arrived in Wick after 15 hours of train travel from London. I've never seen Garry so surprised! A later night than originally planned before the final walking day! This morning, I dropped Garry and Will at Nybster where they began walking northwards along the A99. Me and Alfie headed to park up at John o'Groats.       We met in John O'Groats village and walked together to Duncansby Head, which is the true north easterly point of mainland UK, with some incredible sea stacks. It was pretty windy there!        From Duncansby Head, we walked back towards John O'Groats vil...

                                                   Another windy day! We parked the car in Reiss, near Wick Golf course and set off  with the plan of walking along Reiss beach / Sinclair's Bay together. Initially we walked a small section on the A99 to reach the farm track towards the beach. As we started walking down the farm track, two dogs appeared, one more 'protective' looking than the other, so me and Alfie retreated back to the car and Garry continued on his merry way.                                              As me and Alfie were walking back to the car, we hastened our pace so we could dive into a gateway as the largest load I've ever seen on the road was coming towards us. It was some subsea7 equipment being transported at about...

The day started with sunshine and a little less wind than yesterday.  I dropped Garry at The Old Smiddy Inn in Thrumster, drove back to Wick to drop the car off and then me and Alfie walked out on the A99 to meet him. There was a pavement for a half a mile so the walk was possible with Alfie today. Signpost to the south, showing all the places we have been through. The north signpost has been damaged by Storm Floris on Monday evening.                 Garry walked along the A99 towards Wick, once again on and off the verges when the traffic came along. He passed Loch Hemprigg on his left, followed shortly afterwards by a variety of farm animals. After 2.5 miles Garry met with me and Alfie and we walked back together towards Wick.                                               As we were walking, we heard a whistle and a s...