22 planned detours (so far)
Apparently 874 miles
wasn’t quite enough...
Land’s End to John o’Groats might be the main mission, but there are places, people and landmarks I want to visit along the way. So every now and then, the route might develop a little... wiggle. 🥾🗺️
- Planned
- 22
- On the way
- 0
- Visited
- 0
Counts come from each detour’s current status. The walk hasn’t started, so nothing has been visited yet.
The detour sketch
A deliberately indirect line north
This is a schematic illustration, not a real map. Pin positions are rough sketch placements, the line is not a planned route, and the boot marker is not my location.
Illustrative map
CompletedIllustrative route aheadDetourUnverified locations are listed, not pinned
Want real geography? The Walk page has a proper zoomable map of Britain. It only pins detours whose locations have been checked (12 of 22 so far). Open the real map
The detour list
Showing 22 of 22 detours
Bonus discoveries
Discovered along the way
Some of the best places will be the ones that were never on the list.
Nothing unexpected yet
Unplanned finds, roadside oddities and places worth remembering will appear here once the walk begins.