Julie and I will be hiking from John O’Groats to Land’s End in the UK during the northern summer of 2022. The journey of nearly 2,000 kilometres will take about two and a half months, a week or two longer than when I hiked the other direction in 2010. We will stay in B&B’s, hostels and pubs, so will not be carrying camping gear, though we will each have an emergency bivvy sack just in case we can’t find somewhere to stay.

John O'Groats to Land's End - Day 008 - Inverness

Day: 008

Date: Wednesday, 08 June 2022

Start:  Inverness

Finish:  Inverness

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her run this morning

Total Kilometres:  239

Weather:  Cool and overcast with occasional very light spitting rain.

Accommodation:  AirBnB

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Breakfast sandwiches

  Lunch:  Ham rolls

  Dinner:  Kebabs & chips, chocolate/sticky date puddings

Aches:  Dave - sore feet.  Julie - can’t get enough exercise.

Highlight:  A day off after a solid week of hiking.

Lowlight:  Our AirBnB host needed us out of the building for a few hours in the middle of the day, so Dave had to abandon his plans to spend the day with his feet up and went for a hobble round the busy town.

Pictures: No pictures today

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

Not much to report apart from what is covered above.


Dave spent much of the day catching up on various admin tasks and emails with his feet up while Julie went out for a run early and then a walk later.


It was a dreary day in Inverness, but busy with locals and with plenty of tourists having a look around the historic town..


Tomorrow we begin our journey down The Great Glen Way to Fort William.  A friendly Dutch hiker we met yesterday, who was nearing the end of his trek from Land’s End to John O’Groats, said The Great Glen was a highlight of his trip so we are looking forward to it.


Hopefully, Dave’s feet will have improved a little.

 

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