When you look at a map of the UK, it’s absolutely staggering – all the estuaries, rivers, the ups and downs. I’m fascinated by that, and over the past 18 months, I have trained hard and personally mapped out my own 4,200-mile route around the coast of England, Wales and Scotland, setting up a satellite navigation system to guide me around it.  My route around, will include a total elevation of 57,000 meters – almost the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest from sea level, every week for the seven or so weeks of the trip. 

Starting from Putney Bridge on Sunday 18 May 2025, I will cross the bridge to the South Bank of the Thames and turn left to follow the river through Southeast London to the north Kent coast, round Dover and along the south coast to Land’s End. 

From Land’s End, I will follow the coast to Bristol and round the Welsh coast to Liverpool. From here I will head north via Dundee along the West coast of Scotland to Cape Wrath; crossing the top of Scotland to John O’Groats I then bear south by way of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Norwich to Southend on the north bank of the Thames. From there I will follow the north bank back towards Putney Bridge, via the site of the Rare Dementia Centre in Woburn Square, to complete my journey.

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