JOGLE Awards

A few people have asked me to list my favourite experiences of the journey, so in response to this request, I have set out my personal favourites in a handful of categories.

It's been impossible to whittle down the contenders to a top three, so I've bottled out and listed all of the contenders in chronological order.

Best Accommodation (excluding family and friends!):

1. Impala B&B, Wick
2. Culgower House B&B, Loth
3. Rowardennan Youth Hostel
4. Green Shadows B&B, Drymen
5. Buchanan Galleries Premier Inn, Glasgow
6. Marchbankwood B&B, Beattock
7. Stowe View B&B, Knighton
8. Black Dog Inn, Black Dog
9. Number 59 B&B, Okehampton
10. East Raddon Farm B&B, Lewdown
11. Townhouse Rooms B&B, Truro
12. Ship Inn, Mousehole

Best Meals (excluding family and friends!):

1. Culgower House B&B, Loth
2. Fiddler's Rest restaurant, Drumnadrochit
3. Eagle Barge Inn, South Laggan
4. Cobb's Bistro, Fort William
5. Crianlarich Hotel, Crianlarich
6. Rowardennan Youth Hostel
7. Clachan Inn, Drymen
8. Panoramique restaurant, Liverpool
9. Prego restaurant, Monmouth
10. Mamma Mia restaurant, Chepstow
11. Black Dog Inn, Black Dog
12. East Raddon Farm, Lewdown
13. Blue Haze restaurant, Porthleven
14. Ship Inn, Mousehole

Best Walks:

1. John O' Groats to Wick
2. Brora to Golspie
3. Inverness to Drumnadrochit (Great Glen)
4. Kinlochleven to Inveroran (West Highland)
5. Crianlarich to Rowardennan (West Highland)
6. Carnforth to Garstang (Lancaster Canal)
7. Chirk to Llanymynech (Offa's Dyke)
8. Hay on Wye to Llanthony (Offa's Dyke)
9. Okehampton to Lewdown (Two Castles)
10. Porthleven to Mousehole (South West Coast)

Best Views:

1. Orkney isles from John O'Groats
2. Brora beach
3. Kinlochleven from West Highland Way
4. Buachaille Etive Mor and Glen Coe from West Highland Way
5. Loch Lomond from Conic Hill
6. Glasgow from my 18th floor hotel room
7. Lakeland fells from Penrith
8. Wirral peninsula and North Wales from Panoramique restaurant, Liverpool
9. 360 degree view from Moelydd, Offa's Dyke
10. Llanthony Priory from Offa's Dyke
11. St Michael's Mount from South West coast path

Heroes and heroines:
1. Calum from Craigdon Mountain Sports in Inverness for fixing my boot
2. Lynda for being my first walking partner and for lightening my heavy load
3. Donna from Cotswold Outdoor, Liverpool for making my replacement boots so comfortable
4. The staff at the Wetherspoons Central hotel, Shotton for kindness and generosity to a hot and thirsty walker
5. Derek from Newcastle on Clun for being a Good Samaritan to two hot and very thirsty walkers when the local pub didn't open
6. Russell George (Welsh MP, not me!) for giving his time to meet up
7. Sylvia from East Raddon Farm, for accommodating me with open arms, despite a double booking
8. Family and friends who provided accommodation, meals, transport, washing facilities, kit handovers and other services
9. All who joined me on the walk, most of whom left in a worse physical condition than they arrived (sorry!)
10. All the B&Bs, pubs and shops that provided free lunches and drinks
11. My family

Comments welcomed on any of my choices!