{"id":3009,"date":"2022-04-24T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stonekicking.co.uk\/?page_id=3009"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:03:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stonekicking.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Adam Lewis and over the summer of 2022 I walked from John o&#8217; Groats to Land&#8217;s End (aka <em>the jogle<\/em>) to raise funds for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Land Trust<\/a>. This website is home for all the details from that trek &#8211; blog, photos, and perhaps more usefully, route information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For anyone thinking about doing it themselves, I thoroughly recommend it. We live in a country with so much amazing scenery and there is something special about walking through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a very long walk doesn&#8217;t appeal then I would <em>really <\/em>encourage you to get out and do your own challenge. You&#8217;re never too old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1Yk9SB0dV1ve2hzbxPI-oL4X-DrtZWZE&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"520\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A few statistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-7b38cc37-54d6-4355-80f7-76263a5ca3c5\"><li>Money raised (including Benefact Group fund-match): &nbsp;\u00a38770 + \u00a3798.75 Gift Aid. So <strong>\u00a39,568.75<\/strong> in total.<\/li><li>Time taken: 69 days.<\/li><li>Days off: 3<\/li><li>Total distance walked: 1382 miles.<\/li><li>Total distance I thought I was going to walk before I started: 1140 miles.<\/li><li>Number of times transport was used: 0.<\/li><li>Average daily distance walked: 20.04 miles.<ul><li>minimum distance in 1 day: 11.9 miles<\/li><li>maximum distance in 1 day: 33.7 miles<\/li><li>days walking 10 &#8211; 15 miles: 5<\/li><li>days walking 15 &#8211; 20 miles: 23<\/li><li>days walking 20 &#8211; 25 miles: 25<\/li><li>days walking 25 &#8211; 30 miles: 11<\/li><li>days walking 30 &#8211; 35 miles: 2<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Total ascent: 108,102 ft. (Everest is 29,031 ft.)<\/li><li>Accommodation: 45 campsites, 8 wild camps, 7 hostels, 3 nights staying with friends, 3 AirBnBs, 1 hotel, 1 backpacker barn.<\/li><li>Go-to snacks: Nuts &amp; raisins, oat cakes, bananas, apples, Cadburys Fruit &amp; Nut, granola slices.<\/li><li>Number of photos taken (on Samsung S10 phone): 2475.<\/li><li>Number of Wetherspoons pubs visited: 11.<\/li><li>Number of times I needed to dig a hole with my The Deuce #2 UL Trowel: 0 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So, why <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Land Trust<\/a>?<\/strong>   I am very interested in Environmental issues and sometimes it is too easy to just be an armchair activist where you complain about the state of things but don&#8217;t actually do anything. WLT have a very pragmatic approach that <em>does <\/em>do something. They help local non-governmental organisations around the world to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/what-we-do\/how-we-work\/land-purchase\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/what-we-do\/how-we-work\/land-purchase\/\" target=\"_blank\">purchase land<\/a> and then work with local communities to ensure vital habitats are protected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why the Jogle<\/strong>? Purely by accident I came across a YouTube video by Liam Brown: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Fphbcthrfk\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Fphbcthrfk\" target=\"_blank\">Backpacking Britain<\/a> and thought, foolishly, I might be able to do that. I think it was the fact that if you really, really cut down on everything, you could get your backpack light enough to carry it over a long distance. For some reason I had always assumed it would have to be 20kg or more and there was no way I was going to be able to manage that. Without food and water, my backpack ending up weighing around 10kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Had I done this kind of thing before<\/strong>? No. But I do walk a lot, I am very stubborn, and I do like a challenge &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>At the age of 7, I completed a 20 mile sponsored walk.<\/li><li>At the age of 26, I hitch-hiked around 13 countries in 9 days for Comic Relief.<\/li><li>At the age of 31, I travelled solo around Africa.<\/li><li>At the age of 40, I travelled solo around South America.<\/li><li>At the age of 44, I attempted to get from the UK to Australia without taking a flight (got as far as East Timor).<\/li><li>At the age of 58, I attempted to find a film worth watching on Netflix that I hadn&#8217;t seen already.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the many of you who donated, thank you so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A few links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">World Land Trust<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\">https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Instagram<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stonekicking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@stonekicking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>JustGiving<\/strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/stonekicking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stonekicking<\/a> (Donations no longer possible here. Please use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.worldlandtrust.org\/donate\/\">WLT<\/a> directly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local newspaper article<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk\/news\/20684964.gruelling-trek-across-entire-country-finally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stroud News &amp; Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Guns N&#8217; Roses<\/strong>: If you need an excuse to visit some 80&#8217;s rock, watch the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg\">video<\/a> and change the word &#8220;Jungle&#8221; to &#8220;Jogle&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gratitious plug<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since completing this trek I have completed a Masters in photography. Part of this was an attempt to&nbsp; encourage people to get out and explore their local area (as opposed to catching a flight to somewhere &#8216;exotic&#8217;). The website is: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aworldclosertohome.org\/\">A World Closer To Home \u2013 Exploring ideas about how we can achieve a sustainable future by looking locally<\/a> with an online gallery at: <a href=\"https:\/\/art.kunstmatrix.com\/apps\/artspaces\/dist\/index.html?timestamp=1770465605825#\/?external=true&amp;language=en&amp;uid=120297&amp;exhibition=14157186\">An incomplete visual guide to health and happiness | Stone Kicker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would be really interesting to hear from anyone who has <em>in any way<\/em> been inspired by my trek. Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: <\/strong>Email address is the same as the Instagram name @gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Adam Lewis and over the summer of 2022 I walked from John o&#8217; Groats to Land&#8217;s End (aka the jogle) to raise funds for World Land Trust. This website is home for all the details from that trek &#8211; blog, photos, and perhaps more usefully, route information. 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