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Land's End - John O'Groats

As the crow flies it is over 600 nm from Land's End to John O'Groats, but factor in all the wiggly bits and it is considerably further. This is an interesting record route as it can vary between salt and/or freshwater, as the paddler sees fit. The rules are simple; start at Sennen Cove and finish at John O'Groats (or go in 'reverse') paddling a continuous route between. Open water or Inland - sea, rivers, lochs or canals - that's up to you. Of course you could also close the loop with a cycle ride back home...

Note: UK Circumnav trips are not shown here.

Land's End - John o'Groats

Route Distance: ~730 nm / 1352 km
Prevailing direction: S >> N

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1	Dir
1		K1M	Glyn Brackenbury	32	20-May-13	Sennen Cove	John o'Groats	Mega Viking	--		Website
2		K1M	Roy Beal	56	20-Jul-21	John o'Groats	Sennen Cove	Fulmar (Ply - hand made)	--		Route	N >> S
3		K1M	Nick Arding	65	25-Jul-13	Sennen Cove	John o'Groats	Rockpool Taran	--		Facebook
4		K1M	Andy Murphy	91	15-Jul-19	Sennen Cove	John o'Groats	NDK Explorer	--

4 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

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Comments

Nick Arding : (25-Jul-13)
Nick originally set off from Totnes with Lee Pooley, with an aim to circumnavigate the UK. Unfortunately Lee had to withdraw through injury. Nick continued solo to North Wales where he was joined by his intrepid wife, Phillipa; Nick and Phillipa then continued to John o'Groats. From the start the Team had been undertaking beach cleans, raising awareness of pollution along the UK Coastline, they continued this as they made their way to John o'Groats. Note: Where Glyn B made use of various waterways on his attempt, Nick (and Phillipa) stuck to open water for the most part (other than the Crinan Canal) - a distance of around 900 nm.

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Glyn Brackenbury : (20-May-13)
Glyn Brackenbury initiated the benchmark trip from Land's End to John o'Groats using an interesting route that mixed inland canals and rivers with the open sea, as well as crossing Scotland via the Caledonian Canal.

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Andy Murphy : (15-Jul-19)
Originally Andy Murphy set out with Steve Watts. Steve retired 6th June.

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Land's End - John o'Groats
4 completions -- 4 solo + 0 team + 0 escorted
4 paddlers in total (4 solo / 0 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~730 nm / 1352 km
Prevailing direction: S >> N
Recorded Start Points:

• John o'Groats (1)
• Sennen Cove (3)




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