The 1,000 Mile Walk

Summary:

The 1,000 Mile Walk is my creation and my personal tribute to the fantastic walking on offer in all of Great Britain. I walked 1,000 miles (1,120 actually) from Faraid Head, a peninsula on the northern coast of Scotland and near to Durness which is the most north westerly village of Scotland to Lizard Point in Cornwall, the most southerly point of England in one continuous journey which took three months to complete. On the journey I sought out some of the best and most spectacular places for walking in our magnificent diverse landscape including dramatic mountains, cascading waterfalls, limestone pavements, enclosed gorges, beautiful lakes and rivers, buildings of incredible beauty and much more besides. And apart from the land we are blessed to share with all the wonderful animals I encountered I lived and absorbed the culture of Great Britain, both past and present, by engaging with people I met on the walk in a land of such diversity. I made the company of a complete range of characters I met on the journey and conversed with people of varying dialects and cultures, enjoying all. I had the most fantastic journey which is covered in all my daily blogs so if you are interested in finding out more then please read them. I sincerely invite you to read my story.

As for the route I spent many hours looking at maps to determine a course in which every day offered the best walking possible in the local environment. Fortunately in Great Britain we have many Long Distance Paths, National Trails, walks, paths and tracks and I tried to utilise as many as possible to plot my course down the length of Great Britain. I set off from Faraid Head near Durness on the north-west coast of Scotland and took advantage of the Cape Wrath Trail to Fort William. Note the trail is not marked and not signed. It showed, many parts were difficult terrain to walk and in parts there were no paths to follow which meant I had to navigate my own course. From my blogs you will note my following of the Cape Wrath Trail was a tough challenge. Once in Fort William and sufficiently recovered I followed the West Highland Way to Glasgow and then I made my way through Glasgow. South of Glasgow I plotted a course through the spectacularand under rated Southern Uplands before I reached the Borders and crossed into England to begin a short journey through the Lake District, on my course bagging a few more Wainwright Fells for my collection. Then the Yorkshire Dales and Pennines were negotiated before reaching the Peak District. Middle England beckoned and by utilising the sadly neglected Staffordshire Way but much better Limestone Way and Heart of England Way I skirted Birmingham to start the Cotswold Way which took me on a wonderful week long walk to Bath. After the old roman centre I walked the West Mendips to Cheddar Gorge and then headed west to the coast of Somerset. The edge of the Quantock Hills was next before I headed for Dartmoor and then Bodmin Moor before making a course south to the coast and eventually reaching Lizard Point. Just like at cool games from or friv games club. You can also try Candy Crush at play-candy-crush.com!

The walk, while a personal one was also in support of the 'Building Better Futures' charity which provides young people from less well off homes a better start in life. I hope, with the help of friends and the Walking Englishman community to raise as much as I possibly can. To support me and contribute to the charity make a donation at my Just Giving page. Thank you.

Stages of the walk:

Stage	From/ To	Date (2011)	Miles	Kilometres	Ascent (m)	Time taken

1	Faraid Head to Kyle of Durness	20 May	4.5	7.1	90	1.5 hours
2	Kyle of Durness to Rhiconich	21 May	13.0	21.0	353	5.0 hours
3	Rhiconich to Loch Stack	22 May	8.0	12.8	441	7.0 hours
4	Lock Stack to Unapool	23 May	11.0	17.8	668	6.0 hours
5	Unapool to Inchnadamph	24 May	13.2	21.3	1,085	11.0 hours
	REST DAY	25 May
6	Inchnadamph to Knockan	26 May	12.9	20.8	493	6.0 hours
7	Knockan to Drumrunie	27 May	11.8	19.0	660	6.0 hours
8	Drumrunie to Morefield	28 May	8.1	12.9	270	4.0 hours
9	Morefield to Ullapool	29 May	2.8	4.4	95	1.0 hour
10	Ullapool to Corrie Hallie	30 May	14.3	23.2	810	7.0 hours
11	Corrie Hallie to Kinlochewe	31 May	19.6	31.5	1,038	12.0 hours
	REST DAY	01 June
12	Kinlochewe to Strathcarron	02 June	17.1	27.5	684	11.0 hours
13	Strathcarron to Loch na Leitreach	03 June	15.9	25.6	768	9.0 hours
14	Loch na Leitreach to Invershiel	04 June	8.9	14.3	645	6.0 hours
15	Invershiel to Cluanie Inn	05 June	12.4	20.0	538	7.0 hours
16	Cluanie Inn to Invergarry	06 June	23.1	37.2	706	10.0 hours
17	Invergarry to Strone	07 June	19.1	30.7	312	10.0 hours
18	Strone to Fort William	08 June	6.6	10.6	78	4.0 hours
	RECOVERY DAY (INJURY)	09 June
	RECOVERY DAY (INJURY)	10 June
19	Fort William to Lochan Lunn Da Bhra	11 June	5.3	8.5	341	2.5 hours
20	Lochan Lunn Da Bhra to Kinlochleven	12 June	7.5	12.1	282	4 hours
21	Kinlochleven to Glencoe Mountain Resort	13 June	10.1	16.2	750	5 hours
22	Glencoe Ski Resort to Auchtertyre	14 June	19.5	31.4	611	9 hours
23	Auchtertyre to Inversnaid	15 June
24	Inversnaid to Milton of Buchanan	16 June
25	Milton of Buchanan to Hillfoot	17 June
26	Hillfoot to Newton	18 June
27	Newton to Dalserf	19 June
28	Dalserf to Lanark	20 June
29	Lanark to Biggar	21 June
30	Biggar to Drumelzier	22 June
31	Drumelzier to St Mary's Loch	23 June
32	St Mary's Loch to Over Phawhope	24 June
33	Over Phawhope to Langholm	25 June
	REST DAY	26 June
34	Langholm to Longtown	27 June
35	Longtown to Carlisle	28 June
36	Carlisle to Caldbeck	29 June
37	Caldbeck to Keswick	30 June
38	Keswick to Nab Scar, Rydal	01 July
39	Nab Scar, Rydal to Staveley	02 July
40	Staveley to Sedburgh	03 July
41	Sedburgh to High Birkwith	04 July
42	High Birkwith to Airton	05 July
43	Airton to Oakworth Moor	06 July
44	Oakworth Moor to Hebden Bridge	07 July
45	Hebden Bridge to Diggle	08 July
46	Diggle to Glossop	09 July
47	Glossop to Peak Forest	10 July
48	Peak Forest to Hartington	11 July
49	Hartington to Eaton Dovedale	12 July
50	Eaton Dovedale to Rugeley	13 July
51	Rugeley to Lichfield	14 July
52	Lichfield to Nether Whitacre	15 July
53	Nether Whitacre to Chadwick End	16 July
54	Chadwick End to Stratford upon Avon	17 July
55	Stratford upon Avon to Chipping Campden	18 July
56	Chipping Campden to Winchcombe	19 July
57	Winchcombe to Birdlip	20 July
58	Birdlip to Painswick	21 July
59	Painswick to Dursley	22 July
60	Dursley to Hawkesbury Upton	23 July
61	Hawkesbury Upton to Wick	24 July
62	Wick to Bath	25 July
63	Bath to Compton Martin	26 July
64	Compton Martin to Axbridge	27 July	9.7	15.6	428	4.0 hours
65	Axbridge to Burnham on Sea	28 July
66	Burnham on Sea to Bridgwater	29 July
67	Bridgwater to Wellington	30 July
68	Wellington to Tiverton	31 July
69	Tiverton to Morchard Bishop	01 August
70	Morchard Bishop to South Zeal	02 August
71	South Zeal to Stowford	03 August
72	Stowford to Five Lanes	04 August
73	Five Lanes to Churchtown	05 August
74	Churchtown to Indian Queens	06 August
75	Indian Queens to Truro	07 August
76	Truro to Gweek	08 August
77	Gweek to Lizard Point	09 August

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