Bridges, Balls and Briars

We left the Novar Arms hotel after another fantastic Scottish breakfast. The team was looking forward to a change from the previous two day’s, walking on roads and set off in good spirits having said goodbye to two walkers (Eric and Patrick) and welcomed a new one (Angela)*. We were walking from just north of…

Tarmac, Traffic and Trash

Today we left our base camp, the Smoo Cave Hotel in Durness. This had become a second home for many of us having spent 3 nights there. We were royally looked after by Frances and her team. We can wholeheartedly recommend that you visit Smoo Cave Hotel (and indeed the caves at Smoo Cave) when…

Cape Wrath Crusaders

Bill Bryson today returned to Cape Wrath for the first time since he visited to research his book “The Road to Little Dribbling”. As this was the first day of our 30 day walk from Cape Wrath to Bognor Regis we were understandably nervous that the weather was good enough for the ferry to operate…

Walkers Stories – Part 4

Van Man My fellow Bryson Line through-walker, Alex Eichhorn keeps bugging me to write a blog post with my story. He’s right, stories are good, but sometimes I like to forget about “lung cancer survivor walks for charity”.    At least the lung cancer part. Instead, I’d like to write about Van Man, AKA Jeff Hedges,…

Walkers Stories – Part 2

Eric Scoones My Bryson Line walk will be powered by an incredible gift that I received four years ago at Royal Papworth Hospital – a new heart. It still surprises me to say that I’ve had a heart transplant because, until 2011, my health had always been great and I was a fit marathon runner.…