<b>Day 44</b><br>On the last morning of the last day of the NMYP May Marathon effort it fell to James Beale to complete the last few miles and ensured the team reached the John O'Groats signpost (pic) to complete their "virtual" team effort of running from Lands End to John O'Groats.<p><b>Strange Fact 44</b><br>The settlement takes its name from Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who once plied a ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, which had recently been acquired from Norway by King James IV. Local legend has that the "o' Groats" refers to John's charge of one groat for use of his ferry, but it actually derives from the Dutch de groot, meaning "the large". People from John o' Groats are known as "Groaters.<p><b>Shout out to...</b><br>The whole team of 29 runners who totalled some 906.7 miles .. averaging 31 miles each day over the last 44 days to run the "virtual" length of England and Scotland as a team. A fantastic achievement by everyone, well done you all did amazing. Now your running shoes are well and truly broken in keep running (safely) or look out for the next NMYP challenge I'm sure James as an idea or two up his sleeve ... Finally good luck to anyone going back to school next week. "Stay Safe Everyone", it has been a pleasure tracking your progress over the past 6 weeks.