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John o'Groats to Land's End Walk 2013

On 21st June 2013 myself and friend Tim set off from John O'Groats on a 1,185 Mile walk to Land's End. This is my blog of our journey.

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Saturday, 27 July 2013

Day 36 - Tewkesbury to Stroud - 30 Miles

I finally lost patience with my phone today and bought a new one as we passed through Gloucester.  I now look forward to being able to take photos again and I will make extra sure not to get it wet.
Glocester was a lively place, there was a wedding going on in the town centre with lots if music and dancing.   However,  we couldn't stay around for long as we needed to cover a lot of miles.  We had previously left behind the river Severn which had been our companion for the last few days and we have now picked up the Cotswold Way. The Cotswold Way has a bad reputation as a long distance footpath because it is designed to take in every hill and point of interest, rather than just getting from A to B, so we will need to check the route very carefully to make sure that we don't go on any unnecessary detours.
We didn't quite miss the rain today,  it quickly blew in as we arrived at Kings Stanley and by the time we had walked back two miles in the direction we had just come to get to the only available B&B, we were drenched.   Thankfully my new phone was dry, still boxed and bagged inside my rucksack.
I won't mention my phone again...unless it breaks.

One walker for sale, high mileage, needs attention. 

Statistics
Distance: 29.9 Miles
Moving Time: 9 Hours 21 Mins
Cumulative Distance: 842.24 Miles

View the route for day 36 here.

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