MY LANDS-END-TO-JOHN-O-GROATS (LEJOG) was an adventure that, though I didn’t know it, had been on the cards for a while. My environmental journey began more than six years ago and my walking journey more than eight, but that they would come together in a long walk across the entire length of our country was not something I foresaw.
That suggestion came from my husband. Initially, I was resistant. Nature is where I go to escape from the rigours of environmental activism. It felt like I would have to give up the last place where I could find peace. Yet the more I thought about it, the more sense it made. What better way to inspire others to engage with the climate crisis than on foot and in person?
Soon I was planning to walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, visiting environmental projects along the way. And before long, the planning, and talking, was over. I stepped off the bus at Land’s End and realised that this was it. It was time to walk the walk.
FIRST STEPS
My adventure didn’t get off to the most auspicious of starts. I’d identified a potential camp spot about a mile from Land’s End, but I
