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JOHN MERRILL CLASSIC WALK GUIDES 

Britains's most prolithic walker and writer.
The range of books is unprecidented and cover all types of walking.
All walks devised, created, written, printed and published by John Merrill.
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www.daychallengewalks.com

My dedicated site to my first challenge walk see - www.whitepeakchallengewalk.uk
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LATEST BOOKS

TRAVELS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WITH THE RELUCTANT GHOST HUNTER BY JOANNA JACKSON
COWELL

Stories from all over the county.

TRAVELS WITH THE RELUCTANT GHOST HUNTER  BY JOANNA JACKSON COWELL.

Stories from all of Britain.

THE WANDERER BY LINDA WOODCOCK

Nottingham poet, Linda Woodcock, writes about her wandering in Nottingham.


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PHOTO  -  AUTHOR  WALKING  THE  CATHAR'S  WAY I N  SOUTHERN  FRANCE.,  AT THE
MONSEIGNEUR  MONUMENT WHERE 208 CATHAR'S WERE BURNT TO DEATH. IN THE 13TH.
CENTURY.
A LITTLE ABOUT THE AUTHOR,
REVD. JOHN N. MERRILL

So far he has walked more than 228,000 miles on walks here in Britain and in
different parts of the world, wearing out 151 pairs of boots. These walks have
created many records and over 520 books! This is just a small selection of his
unique achievements.

- First person to link together all the islands of the Inner and Outer Hebrides
in one continuous walk, and climbed all the highest peaks en route - 1,003
miles.

- First person to link together all the islands of the Orkneys and Shetlands in
one continuous walk - 963 miles.

- First person to walk the whole length of the west coast of Ireland from Cape
Clear Island to Malin Head and walk around all the islands off the west coast -
1,578 miles.

- First person to link together all the National Parks, major long distance
footpaths and highest peaks of England and Wales - 2,053 miles.

- Longest inland Land’s End to John o’ Groats walk, including major trails and
highest peaks - 1,608 miles.

- First person to walk around the entire shoreline of England, Wales & Scotland
in one continuous walk - 7,000 miles. This included the longest Land’s End to
John Groats walk - 4,200 miles and the longest three peaks walks - 1,400 miles.
Guiness Book of Records holder.

- Walked the Appalachian Trail in USA - 2,500 miles - as a training walk.

- Walked the Pacific Crest Trail in USA in record time 118 days - 3,000 miles.

- Longest walk across America - coast to coast - joining all the National Parks
together, climbing 14,000 ft. mountains, crossing Grand Canyon - rim to rim in a
day and walked across Death Valley unaided - 4,253 miles in under 6 months.

- First person to thru-hike the Buckeye Trail around the State of Ohio - 1,300
miles.

- First person to walk across Europe from Holland, across the Swiss and French
Alps to Nice and around the Mediterranean to Spain and then across the length of
the Pyrenees to Hendaye. - 3,000 miles and 600,000 feet of ascent.

- Walked 7 times via various routes to Santiago de Compostela - from Le Puy;
Seville; Laos, Algarve; Avignon, France; Chartres, France; and El Ferrol, Spain.




- Soled the normal route up the Matterhorn, aged 16.
- Walked across the Austrain Alps - end to end - 700 mkiles.
— Walked and climbed all the mountains in New Mexico - 800 miles.
- Walked the Continental Divide Trail in the USA, from Canada to Mexico.

- Walked many of the lesser trails in America and Canada - Rideau Trail - 240
miles; The Chesopeake & Ohio Canal - 220 miles; The Bruce Trail - Tarbert to
Niagara Falls - 450 miles etc.

- Walked all the GR routes in France, including twice walking the Tour of Mont
Blanc and 3 times to Mont St. Michel via different routes.

- In Asia has completed five solo treks in the Himalayas and walked all the
trails of the Hong Kong Islands - 300 miles.

- Climbed and walked extensively in Norway, including St. Olav’s Way - 400 miles
and a mountain expedition across the Jotunhiemen, crossing 28 glaciers and
climbing all the highest peaks via new routes..

- Completed more than eighty pilgrimage walks in the UK - to Walsingham,
Canterbury, St. Albans, St. Chad etc.

- Walked all the National Trails, many times. Including the Pennine Way, four
times in four months; the Cleveland Way 13 times; Offa’s Dyke - 3 times;
Cotswolds Way - 3 times etc. etc.

- Created and walked the East of England Pilgrimage route - 420 miles - from
Norwich via Ely, Peterborough, Lincoln, York to Durham.

- First walker to have an autbiography - “Walking my Way”.

- First walker to receive an Honary Master’s Degree, from Derby University.

- First walker to go on a Nationwide lecture tour - 40 cities speaking in all
the main venues, such as Sheffield City Hall; Derby Assembly Rooms; Wembley
Conference Centre; Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Birmingham, Manchester,
Edinburgh, Leicester, Nottingham etc.

- First walker to become an ordained multi-faith Minister.

These are just a few of the long walks he has done and he is still walking the
same as ever.





WALK GUIDEBOOKS

All John Merrill books signed by author and dispatched withing 24 hours.

ILLUSTRATED TALKS
BY JOHN MERRILL

2023/4  New talks by Revd. John N. Merrill

These are just a few of my talks.

DISCOVERING MY PAST - “Who am I”? I was adopted through Islington Adoption
Society, London and only recently began discovering and researching my past. It
has been a fascinating journey which incredibly is still unfolding with many
surprises! The talk tells my story and how I learnt of my true origins. A
fascinating and uplifting story with many twists and turns.

PILGRIMAGE FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH 2ND. - Following her sudden death I embarked upon
an unplanned 50 mile walk to see and experience all the sights and sounds.
First, the day after her death walked from Liverpool Street Station to the
Mansion House where the second proclamation of King Charles 111 was about to
take place. Then onto St. Paul’s Cathedral and past Charing Cross Station and
the Eleanor Cross, where her body stayed for 2 days while Westminster Abbey was
prepared, more than 600 years ago for her funeral service. Then onto Trafalgar
Square and The Mall to see and listen to the first proclamation. Fighting the
crowds reached Buckingham Palace and watched flowers being laid in her memory.
Then to Green Park and the floral tributes. Afterwards down Whitehall to
Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. Then back along the Thames to Liverpool
Street. Three days later joined the queue from Tower Bridge to see her coffin,
lying in state in Westminster Abbey. Two days later walked from Staines along
the Thames to Windsor and the Long Walk to see the flowers and signed the Book
of Condolences and light a candle in St. John the Baptist church. Two days later
at the Victoria Monument opposite Buckingham Palace and listened to the service
in Westminster Abbey before watching funeral cortege pass to Wellington Arch. A
remarkable few days.

ESSEX AIRFIELD WALKS - Essex had 15 USA Air force bases and together with the
RAF played a major role in WW2. Today the airfields have been returned back to
agriculture but there is much to see - Control towers, hangars, nissen huts and
many memorials on site and in the nearby church. Explore with John where history
was made.

TURN RIGHT AT LAND’S END - The story of the first walk around the entire
coastline of Brotain.

WALKING TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA.

WALKING MY WAY - The story of walking more than 238,00 miles!

Further details from Revd. John Merrill - Tel. 01992 762776
Email - marathonhiker@aol.com


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