JOGLPRoute & GPX
Everything you need to walk this route: GPX files of the route, where we took a train or bus and why, and the tracks of every day we walked.
GPX
- The route (complete)1,766 km · Every track segment is a continuous walking stretch. In between are recommended train or bus journeys.
- The route, walking only1,864 km · Includes the walking options through Glasgow and from Chepstow to south of Bristol.
- Our walked track (all days)1,638 km
Standard GPX 1.1 without extensions (for OsmAnd, Komoot, Garmin and others). Contains no health data. Routing of sections we did not walk: BRouter with OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Sections we did not walk
- John o' Groats Trail (Ardgay → Alness) · 47.8 km
- Kelvin Walkway + Clyde Walkway (Milngavie → Hamilton) · 47.7 km · option instead of train/bus
- Ironbridge Gorge → Wenlock Edge → Craven Arms → Knighton · 92.2 km
- Severn Bridge → Clifton → Dundry (Chepstow → südlich von Bristol) · 50.8 km · option instead of train/bus
Getting there and back
Where we took the train or bus
Ardgay → Alness
Our way: Bus, because Lorenz's ankle was hurting.
Recommendation: Not walked by us. Filled in along the John o' Groats Trail. (47.8 km)
Milngavie → Hamilton (River Clyde)
Our way: Train Milngavie → Glasgow → south to the River Clyde. Rest day in Glasgow on 15 July.
Recommendation: Recommended: take the train. On foot this is a full day of city and suburbs only.
Ironbridge (Ost) → Knighton
Our way: Train, because Lorenz was ill.
Recommendation: Not walked by us. Filled in on waymarked footpaths. (92.2 km)
Chepstow → südlich von Bristol
Our way: Train Chepstow → Bristol. Locals advised against walking through the industrial area. After the rest day (10 August), bus out of Bristol.
Recommendation: Recommended: take the train. The walk passes through industrial areas; locals advise against it. Recommended: bus out of Bristol.
Our track per day
- Day 1 10.2 km
- Day 2 29.4 km
- Day 3 27.2 km
- Day 4 33.3 km
- Day 5 32.6 km
- Day 6 10.0 km
- Day 7 37.5 km
- Day 8 31.2 km
- Day 9 27.7 km
- Day 10 30.1 km
- Day 11 44.9 km
- Day 12 28.2 km
- Day 13 38.7 km
- Day 14 30.3 km
- Day 15 44.9 km
- Day 16 41.9 km
- Day 17 35.0 km
- Day 18 40.4 km
- Day 19 31.0 km
- Day 20 34.5 km
- Day 21 32.4 km
- Day 22 32.5 km
- Day 23 37.8 km
- Day 24 30.4 km
- Day 25 30.9 km
- Day 26 36.5 km
- Day 27 40.7 km
- Day 28 35.8 km
- Day 29 24.9 km
- Day 30 38.8 km
- Day 31 35.1 km
- Day 32 45.9 km
- Day 33 35.5 km
- Day 34 35.3 km
- Day 35 10.8 km
- Day 36 29.0 km
- Day 37 38.8 km
- Day 38 38.7 km
- Day 39 29.3 km
- Day 40 36.8 km
- Day 41 36.0 km
- Day 42 35.9 km
- Day 43 35.9 km
- Day 44 38.8 km
- Day 45 37.9 km
- Day 46 36.5 km
- Day 47 40.7 km
- Day 48 36.9 km
- Day 49 24.0 km
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