From St Ninian's Cave across the width of Scotland, towards Lanark, and Lindisfarne

St Ninan's, a new route for 2012, follows from the success of the extreme walking Iona Leg of the previous year. Again, it is a significantly longer walk than the others, and will take 9 days to cross from Whithorn / St Ninian's Bay (on the west coast) to Lindisfarne (on the east coast).

It must be emphasised this will be physically demanding at times, and is for experienced backpackers who want to walk an average of 45km per day. There will be no accomodation pre-booked between St Ninian's and Lanark or beyond, and the pilgrims will sleep and eat as the opportunity presents itself, with bivi-bags / bothies or unplanned camping. A bivvy bag or equivalent is an essential item.

They will stick to the standard Northern Cross format of morning prayer, two stations, evening prayer, though nothing is compulsory. The group will carry a specially made reduced size (small!) wooden cross every step of the way; and there are plans to join with Lanark Leg on later in the week.

The draft schedule is provided below, to give a feel for the distances and terrain expected. Please consider it carefully and contact the leaders to discuss the walk in more detail. Walkers are welcome to join at any suitable point along the route.

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