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Day 118: Keiss to John o’ Groats
We did it! After almost four months, we completed our aim of walking from end to end! The walk today was mainly along cliff tops, quite overgrown at…
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Day 117: Wick to Keiss
Our penultimate day! We set off from Wick, looking first for a post office to get my form stamped, but once again the post office was closed. (Fortunately…
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Day 116: Whaligoe to Wick
The weather improved today, as did the trail and my enjoyment of it! The path was clear and well marked, with fewer barbed wire fences to cross. There…
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Day 115: Lybster to Whaligoe
Today was a grey day. It had rained heavily overnight, and so from the start we were walking through very wet vegetation. After about an hour my boots…
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Day 114: Dunbeath to Lybster
We left our shepherd’s hut and crossed fields to rejoin the trail, in sunshine once more. The trail was again on the seaward side of the fence, and…
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Day 113: Berriedale to Dunbeath
Today’s landscape was similar to yesterday, as we struggled on overgrown paths. However there were fewer ravines to cross and much of the walk was on the seaward…
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Day 112: Helmsdale to Berriedale
The John o’Groats Trail is a relatively new long distance path and, unlike the SW Coastal Path, is not maintained or as well signposted. Today’s walk involved hills…
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Day 111: Rest Day
Our last rest day, before our final week walking! It was good to relax in Helmsdale, a village with plenty of history. We visited the Heritage Centre and…
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Day 110: Brora to Helmsdale
It was raining when we left Brora, and we started our route on yet another golf links. (David prevented me from walking on the beautifully manicured grass, instead…
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Day 109: Golspie to Brora
Today was the shortest walk of our journey so far, but exciting nonetheless: we saw an enormous colony of grey seals, basking on the rocks or bobbing up…
WALKING WITH GRAMPY 