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 060 - Barnstaple

Day: 060

Date: Saturday, 30 July 2022

Start:  Barnstaple

Finish:  Barnstaple

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her afternoon run/walk

Total Kilometres:  1662

Weather:  Mild and overcast with occasional drizzle.

Accommodation:  Guesthouse

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Pastries

  Lunch:  Egg mayonnaise baguette/Chilli chicken baguatte

  Dinner:  Fish & chips/Sausage & chips, Strawberry trifle.

Aches:  Nothing significant

Highlight:  None really

Lowlight:  None really

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

Another day off, another Parkrun.  This time the Barnstaple Parkrun which was at nearby Rock Park beside the River Taw.  We walked down from our guesthouse in plenty of time to walk a few kilometres around the park in the drizzle before the Parkrun started at 9:00am.  Although we both ran OK, Dave is starting to wonder whether running off no training is really a smart idea at his age.


After the run and the usual chat with some friendly fellow runners, we walked into the centre of Barnstaple, which was quite busy as the shops opened, to buy some new bootlaces for Dave and some baked goods for breakfast before walking back to our accommodation.


Later, we made use of a nearby and much-needed laundromat and in the afternoon Julie went for a 15km run while Dave spent time on his laptop catching up on some admin and rehabbing his body.
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