Brommers Blisters and Banter – My End to End Hike

MY DAILY BLOG ABOUT TRAINING, PREPARATION AND HIKING MY JOHN O GROATS TO LANDS END SOLO ADVENTURE

About me.

I’m Fiona, 40 years young from a little place called Chorley. As a child I was always dragged up on hikes with my parents and like any kid I would moan up hill, eat my sandwiches at the top and run back down to the bottom excited to get back in the car. My parents loved hiking and still do and are active members of the local ramblers group. I however was slightly older when I got into hiking at the grand age of 26 when I got my first dog Georgie. A labrador cross springer and I soon realised that the only way to calm the crazy dog down was to knacker her out! I needed to walk for miles, and so I did. Luckly where I lived the West Pennine moors where right on my door step. So thats what we did, daily walks up the “Nab” and hikes up Great hill, circulars around Anglezarke reservoirs. Thats where it started, thanks to my crazy ass dog that cost £70 on a whim.

Fast forward to 2020 (no doubt the bit inbetween will come out on my posts)Its that bit during covid, that bit where “are we in lock down, are we out of lock down, where can we breath in public? That bit. I worked in tesco after selling my business, for a bit of easy money (or so I thought) till I got caught there during lock down and had to work instead of sitting on my ass in the easter sun drinking cocktails. ANYWAYYY! Thats where I met Jenny and thats where I was introduced to the Wainwrights. 214 of them, come rain or shine (prayed for shine obviously)

We walked the morcomb bay, the yorkshire 3 peaks, the national 3 peaks, the Ullswater way and the Coast to Coast. We’ve had some great hikes so much so she is now offically my walking wifey.

So now we are in 2024, I’ve got the long distance hiking bug and just got back from an epic journey hiking the Heysen Trail in South Australia. 2 months of “the bush” and “the outback” I didnt want it to end and at the same time I was planning my next hike. JOHN O GROATS TO LANDS END.

So here we are, December 2024 and its time to organise my next adventure. From itinerary, to buying new kit, then the training. Follow my blog, where I’ll go through each stage of my journey with regular updates on my progress.

The Itinary

Once I’d decided on the route and direction I was going to take, I had to decide on the date I was going to start. I wanted the summer, so hopefully, the weather would be on my side, but I wanted to wait until the last frost finished. Also, one of my closest friends is getting married in April, and I could not miss that for the world.

So here it is, my intended itinerary….

JOGT

Day 1 JOG to Keis
Day 2 Keis to Wick
Day 3 Wick to Lybster
Day 4 Lybster to Dunbeath
Day 5 Dunbeath to Helmsdale
Day 6 Helmsdale to Brora
Day 7 Brora to the Mound
Day 8 the Mound to Dornoch
Day 9 Dornoch to Alnes
Day 10 Alnes to Dingwall
Day 11 Dingwall to Inverness
Day 12 rest day

GREAT GLEN WAY

Day 13 Inverness to Abiachan
Day 14 Abiachan to Allsigh
Day 15 Allsigh to Fort Augustus
Day 16 Fort Augustus to south  Laggin.         Day 17 Loch Lochy Munros
Day 18 south Laggin to Gairlochy
Day 19 Gairlochy to Glen nevis

WEST HIGHLAND WAY

Day 20 Glen nevis to Glen co.
Day 21 Glen co to bridge of Orchy wild camp
Day 22 bridge of Orchy to Beinglas
Day 23 Beinglas to Rowardennan
Day 24 Ben Lomand
Day 25 Rowardennan to Drymen campsite.
Day 26 Drymen to Kirkintilloch

GETTING TO THE PENNINE WAY

Day 27 Kirkintilloch to Tramfourhill
Day 28 Tramfourhill to east Calder
Day 29 east Calder to Peebles
Day 30 Peebles to Tweedbank (melrose)
Day 31 Tweedbank (melrose) to Jedburgh

PENNINE WAY

Day 32 Jedburgh to Byrness village
Day 33 Byrness village to Bellingham
Day 34 Bellingham to Greenhead (tree)
Day 35 Greenhead to Alston
Day 36 Alston to Dufton
Day 37 Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale
Day 38 Middleton in Teesdale to Keld
Day 39 Keld to Hawes
Day 40 Hawes to Horton in Ribblesdale
Day 41 Horton in Ribblesdale to Malham
Day 42 Malham to Gargrave
Day 43 Gargrave to Cowling
Day 44 Cowling to Hebden Bridge.
Day 45 Hebden Bridge to Standegde.
Day 46 Standedge to Crowden
Day 47 Crowden to Edale

EDALE TO PRESTATYN

Day 48 Edale to Poynton
Day 49 Poynton to Wilmslow
Day 50 Wilmslow to Comberbach
Day 51 Comberbach to frodsham
Day 52 rest day
Day 53  Frodsham to chester
Day 54 home
Day 55 hospital
Day 56 Chester to flint
Day 57 flint to preststyn

OFFA’S DYKE
Day 58 prestatyn to Bodfari
Day 59 Bosfari to Landegla
Day 60 Landegla to Chirk mill
Day 61 Chirk mill to Llanymynech
Day 62 Llanymynech to Buttinton bridge
Day 63 Buttinton to Brompton crossroads
Day 64 Bromton to Knighton
Day 65 Knighton to Kington
Day 66 Kington to Hay on wye
Day 67 Hay to Pandy
Day 68 Pandy to Monmouth
Day 69 Monmouth to Sedbury Cliffs

CHEPSTOW TO MINEHEAD

Day 70 Sedbury to Portishead
Day 71 Portishead to western supermare
Day 72 Western to Bridgewater
Day 73 Bridgewater to East Quantoxhead
Day 74 East quantoxhead to minehead

SOUTHWEST COSTAL PATH

Day 75 minehead to portlock weir
Day 76 portlock weir go lynmouth
Day 77 lynmouth to combe martin
Day 78 combe martin to woolacombe
Day 79 woolacombe to braunton
Day 80 Braunton to westward ho!
Day 81 westward ho! To clovelly
Day 82 clovelly to hartland quay
Day 83 hartland quay to Bude
Day 84 Bude rest day
Day 85 Bude to boscastle
Day 86 Boscastle to Port isaac.                        Day 87 port isaac to padstow
Day 88 padstow to porthcothan
Day 89 porthcothan to newquay
Day 90 newquay to portreath
Day 91 portreath to st ives
Day 92 st ives to pandeen watch
Day 93 pandeen watch to Lands end!

Fbrommers

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