Andy Robinson & Jay Wilson 
Walking the John o’ Groats Trail [EPUB ebook] 
Coastal walking from Inverness to John o’ Groats

Overview map

Key to stage overview maps

Key to stage maps

Route summary table

Introduction

The terrain in more detail

The hazards of the Trail

Transport links

Access considerations

Accommodation

Equipment

Wildlife

Climate and day length

Geology

Using this guide

The John o’ Groats Trail

Stage 1 Inverness to Culbokie

Stage 2 Culbokie to Alness

Stage 3 Alness to Tain

Stage 4 Tain to Dornoch

Stage 5 Dornoch to Golspie

Stage 6 Golspie to Brora

Stage 7 Brora to Helmsdale

Stage 8 Helmsdale to Berriedale

Stage 9 Berriedale to Dunbeath

Stage 10 Dunbeath to Lybster

Stage 11 Lybster to Whaligoe

Stage 12 Whaligoe to Wick

Stage 13 Wick to Keiss

Stage 14 Keiss to John o’ Groats

Bonus tracks

Stage A1 Drumnadrochit to Beauly

Stage A2 Beauly to Dingwall

Stage A3 Dingwall to Alness

Appendix A Useful contacts

Jay Wilson is the founding chair of the Friends of the John o’ Groats Trail. He had the principal guiding role in the creation of the Trail. In 2014, Jay walked from Drumnadrochit to John o’ Groats, looking for a walking route connecting the Great Glen Way to John o’ Groats avoiding A-roads but providing access to accommodation. In 2015 Jay was back, walking from Inverness this time, and talking to local walking groups along the way about developing a marked trail. In June 2016 the Friends of the John o’ Groats Trail was founded as a charity. Later that year, Andy Robinson called Jay and they decided to work together on a guidebook for the new trail, then in its infancy. Since then, they have been walking the Trail and documenting it, and generally annoying each other.