Me, hubby, Sophie and Thomas wearing our "JoGLE for Jessica" T-shirts at the Land's End signpost with "JoGLE for Jessica 12th August" added to the signpost

JoGLE for Jessica – Penzance to Land’s End

Our JoGLE for Jessica was almost complete – just one more bus ride to go to reach Land’s End. Sophie was very excited to see it was an open-top double-decker.…

Sophie sitting on the train with her headphones on while hubby looks out of the window at Exeter St David station

JoGLE for Jessica – Glasgow to Penzance

After a day off in Glasgow exploring the city and looking for the Oor Wullie sculptures, it was time to get back on the train and head south. We’d booked…

Me, hubby, Sophie and Thomas by the "End to Enders" sign at John O'Groats

JoGLE for Jessica – John O’Groats to Glasgow

1.35pm on Thursday – arrival at John O’Groats and the start of our JoGLE for Jessica. First things first – the obligatory photo by the signpost and another by the…

Sophie and Thomas (wearing their JoGLE for Jessica T-shirts) on the train to Wick

JoGLE for Jessica – Getting to the start

The bags were packed, the T shirts had been printed and we were ready to start our JoGLE for Jessica. First of all though, we had to get to John…

Hubby with Jessica and Sophie at the End to Enders sign at John O'Groats

JoGLE for Jessica – this year’s summer challenge

Three years ago, we travelled from Land’s End to John O’Groats by bus and train to raise money for Little Hearts Matter. Four days on trains with Jessica and Sophie…

Me, hubby, Jessica and Sophie at the Land's End to John O'Groats Association awards evening with the Jack Adams-Richard Elloway trophy

Me and Mine: January 2017 – A trophy for Sophie

The thing I love most about the Me and Mine project is capturing moments and memories of the four of us as a family.  Looking back each month; seeing the…

LEJOG Day 4 – We did it!

Despite being given directions at the hotel to the bus stop we still managed to completely miss it and had to ask someone else. It turned out we’d walked straight…

LEJOG Day 3 – Perth to Thurso

My hopes of a lie-in were dashed thanks to hubby forgetting to turn his alarm off from the previous day – and Jessica waking up shortly after it went off.…

LEJOG Day 2 – Penzance to Perth

I had hoped for a reasonable night’s sleep ahead of getting the 6.28am train from Penzance but I ended up co-sleeping with Sophie whose dreams clearly featured her as a…

LEJOG Day 1 – Getting to the start

“We’re going on a ‘venture!” Sophie kept saying as we rushed around getting everything ready to set off towards Land’s End – the starting point for our LEJOG challenge. Unfortunately…