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A great adventure walk to John O'Groats. Awesome video. Wow! you've climbed more than tree times the height of Mount Everest. That's an extraordinary achievement. 👍

Fabulous - well done. I've thoroughly enjoyed walking LEJOG vicariously with you :) A well-earned rest for you now

Absolutely brilliant, well done Mark. Time to put your feet up and rest before your long walk home. 1010 miles, incredible. Scotland is just so beautiful, thank you for your lovely videos. 🥳👍

Amazing.. you must do a Q&A video and a review of the route, equipment.. foot care. .this will be so helpful for others . A lovely set of videos, you are a star!

Congratulations. An epic adventure very well presented. Thank you.

Yes congratulations really enjoyed the watch

Well done Mark, its been a blast following your journey! The big question is .... Whats next?

Huge congratulations. Well done and thanks for sharing.

An amazing achievement, absolutely loved watching your journey Mark. thank you!👍👍👌

Well done Mark, it was a pleasure watching these.

Congratulations Mark!! And thank you for sharing your experience. I just returned from my „walk of my life“ from Cologne, Germany to Rome. I am planning to do Land‘s End to John o Groats next. Take care and keep enjoying life.

Congratulations and well done!! Thank you for the videos. According to my calculator we walked the length 21,387 jumbo jets.

Congratulations and very well done thank you for sharing your epic journey with us thoroughly enjoyed your videos

The trip is wonderful of greenery its nice and splendid! Fantastic and relaxing for a walk around! It is so enjoyable to be in there! Like!

At 04:16 are the preserved example of Dragon Teeth, concrete anti-tank obstacles from World War 2

I Am Thankful For by Nancy J Carmody I am thankful for …..the mess to clean up after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends. ​…..the taxes that I pay because it means that I’m employed. …..the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat. ​…..my shadow who watches me work because it means I am out in the sunshine. ​…..the spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking. ​…..all the complaining I hear about our Government because it means we have freedom of speech. ​…..that lady behind me in church who sings offkey ​because it means that I can hear. ​…..lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home. …..my huge heating bill because it means that I am warm. ​…..weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means that I have been productive. …..the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I am alive.

Never doubted that you would make it Mark and even though the weather was a bit inclement on the odd occassion there was never a dull moment - your enthusiasm is infectious !

Joining your journey rather late, I see you're almost at your destination. The beach walk evoking childhood memories of times spent with Grand parents. Charming.

I'm watching from the sanctity of my music room where my PC now lives because i was spending too much time online ! I have really loved the daily dose of informative narrative,dry humour and splendid photography and just watching has been very uplifting for many - and all in a good cause - showcasing this beautiful country which was an absolute delight.The music was well chosen and the length of your videos made it a pleasure to watch every single video and post a few surreal comments to help keep you going - not that you needed it Mark.Best video series/adventure i've ever watched on YT ! Well done Sir it was a pleasure to follow you. xx

No Lejog is complete without a mist poem ! Morning Mist By David Rudder Did you miss the morning mist Were you still asleep I watched it as it rolled on in Whilst you were counting sheep. I know there was a halo It came and disappeared A luminescence of light That slowly reappeared. It was a magic moment A veil of obscurity It felt just like a blanket A second of security. And then the daylight came Sneaking like a thief Here one second then gone All so very brief. Moisture clung to foliage Silver dewdrops fell Quietness soaked the morning Tween the hill and knell. Brown horses stood like sentinels Out on the milky ground Standing there in silhouette Hardly made a sound. I felt the minutes moving Across the earth and sky I watched the mist you missed As it flew on by. Did you miss the mist this morning It rolled like an ocean wave A blanket of opportunity I saw but couldn’t save. Another fine walk !

Hope I'll be able to make a series like u...keep going mark 🖤

A great series but I am intrigued - how do you clean your clothes, you can’t have enough for 70 days?

Mark I have really enjoyed your videos and the catchy tune I have to ask - now the end is in sight - how does this make you feel? How will life be after walking on your own after 71 days? Will you do another epic journey and film every day? It would be worth watching Cheers 👍

Is the accompanying music of your own making

Hi Mark, out of interest as you mention your boots - what do you use? Would be quite interesting to know as far as the kit you've taken, what's worked well and what hasn't? Is there anything you left at home that you wish you'd brought with you?

Looks not to be a heavily used path , I priced up a pod for the night

) Guillemot by John Hegley ( a poem for anyone walking along the cliffs that might be lucky enough to see one or two) I’m a guillemot I use my skill a lot I get the fish out of the wet I eat my fill a lot. I live on ledges vertical edges eating-wise, I do not know what veg is Don’t give me sherbet give me a turbot my appetite for fish I cannot curb it. Here’s lines more in the manner of George Herbert: The fish, it swimmeth, unaware and, rumbled, down I tumble to my prey, to pluck it forth, my instinct, I obey, from water to the stifling air, I’ll whip the little whipper-snap away. I’m a guillemot, so you don’t thrill a lot? Well, listen humans, very soon you will a lot. Did you know that I can go so deep I’ve been seen from the porthole of a submerged submarine, sixty meters under? I don’t think so. Miss it and blink so I come in hard and I’m able to sink so. I’m a guillemot I know the drill a lot I drill into the drink and get the drink and not the ink upon my quill a lot. I don’t do nesting, when I’m resting I can sleep while I am standing on one leg, and so it doesn’t roll off when I stretch my wings or stroll off I’ve got an egg that’s eccentrically weighted so it rolls around in circles and doesn’t fall over the edge of a cliff. I do my perchin and my researchin then underneath I go I’m no sea-urchin I’m a guillemot I do my speccy reccy from my rocky window sill a lot I am homeless but I’m not gormless, I can go so quick it’s almost like I’m formless I’m a guillemot I find the fishes tend to lose one-nil a lot, but I take only what I need I’m not a greedy bird. I am sustainable. Self restrainable. I am a guillemot. I don’t eat Trill a lot. I’m a guillemot. Am I not?

If you have an inquisitive ' Butterfly ' mind then you can never be bored - combine that with with naturism also means that you are able to face just the bare facts ( although Mrs Twiglet,an academic,reminds me there are no 'facts ' just current levels of understanding which is constantly changing,and that's a fact ! ). You have a great mix of interests which is very eclectic and an appreciation of the space you are inhabiting at any moment in time.My best shot at enlightenment was at a Zen Seminar years ago studying Hsuan Sung investigating the nature of the mind.Sitting quietly i suddenly blurted out " The essence of mind is intrinsically pure,but mine's like a farmyard - it's full of manure ". Sadhu ! Enjoy the day.

' Ed in Brora - feet firmly on the ground Mark my words,this geezer's really sound. Can't remember if that's Keates or Shelley Perhaps i heard it on the telly ? So dozy doh and dozy dotes He'll soon be in John O Groats He won't drive you round the bend Walked all the way from ...Where ? LANDS END !

beautiful Scotland x

What i really like about your approach to videography is the way that you quite often stand back in the background and take footage of a very similar looking walker to yourself - same height - same build - same jaunty demeanour strolling along in the distance looking like they haven't got a care in the world - just enjoying the moment they are in.I think you should introduce yourself to them - you've obviously got lots in common ! Amazing how they've kept pace with you virtually from day one.

Let’s take a walk in the woods Let our eyes, dazzled by screens and bright lights, Relax to the gentle green of leaves And the soaring magnificence of pillared trees. Let our ears, deafened by traffic and blaring music, Relax to the peaceful hum of insects And the scurrying of small creatures in the undergrowth. Let our noses, stifled by smoke and acrid fumes, Relax to the fragile fragrance of flowers And the scents of plant-life growing all around. Let our mouths, numbed by sugars and fake flavours, Relax to the fresh taste of blackberries And tiny tongue-bursts of wild strawberries. Let our hands, hardened by plastic and metal, Relax to the rough beauty of bark And the softness of grass where we sit and rest. Let our minds, busy with hopes and fears, Relax to the ancient peace of the forest And the cycle of nature, which holds us too. Reverend Robert Beard

Yes as a matter of course ! Got that off to a tee.

Find myself watching for our local weather , and Scotland, the beard is growing

300 years can have quite an impact on people's social habits and beliefs - i think Dornoch has very lively bingo nights and whist drives nowadays which helps to subdue and quell the pyromaniacal tendencies - i looked up events in Dornoch but couldn't see any evidence of witch related hobbies or clubs.

900 Miles ! I'm walking down this track, I've got tears in my eyes, Trying to read a letter from my home. If this train runs me right I'll be home tomorrow night. I'm nine hundred miles from my home. And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow.

nice walk this morning watching from Bristol N,H, usa thanks for sharing

We spent many years walking the SWCP and more in a series of roundish walks

Hi mark 😄

No Lands End to John O'Groats walk is complete without at least one Haiku to round off the day ! “Quick Steps” - A brief haiku about walking Amidst nature’s grace, Footsteps tread upon the earth, Walking brings peace home.

How can it be two months already? Although I'm already looking forward to, 'Day 142, Penzance to Lands End' :)

Absolutely delightful episode man!

A poem to celebrate day 60 Sir ? Rummage,rummage - ahhh here we are,just the job ! “An Ordinary Day,” by Norman MacCaig I took my mind a walk Or my mind took me a walk- Whichever was the truth of it. The light glittered on the water Or the water glittered in the light. Cormorants stood on a tidal rock With their wings spread out, Stopping no traffic. Various ducks Shilly-shallied here and there On the shilly-shallying water. An occasional gull yelped. Small flowers Were doing their level best To bring to their kerbs bees like Ariel charabancs. Long weeds in the clear Water did Eastern dances, unregarded By shoals of darning needles. A cow Started a moo but thought Better of it-And my feet took me home And my mind observed to me, Or I to it, how ordinary Extraordinary things are or How extraordinary ordinary Things are, like the nature of the mind And the process of observing.