A pensioner with impaired vision travels 600 miles every year from England to Scotland with her dog in her saddlebag.Jane Dotchin, believed to be 82, sets off from her home in Hexham, Northumberland, and covers around 15 to 20 miles every day.
She has been completing the annual journey with her dog, Dinky, and pony, Diamond, since 1972. And she is so familiar with the route that she has befriended business owners and community leaders on her way.
During her seven-week journey, the Mirror reports that Jane sleeps in a tent and lives on porridge, oatcakes and cheese.She carries an old mobile phone which has a battery that lasts six weeks - although getting a signal can sometimes be a problem.
Speaking previously, after she received an Exceptional Achievement Award from the British Horse Society, Jane said: "I refuse to go slogging on through pouring wet rain.
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