How to join in

Three steps, about two minutes. No devices to buy, no trackers to connect.

1.Open your health app
Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit, Samsung Health — whichever one you already use. Go to the steps chart and change the period to This year (or year to date).
The year has to be visible in the picture. If your app only shows a month, switch it to the yearly view first.
2.Screenshot it and upload
Take a screenshot where the year and your yearly step total are both clearly readable, then drop it in on your walk page. Our checker reads the picture, confirms it's genuine, and converts your steps into kilometres.
One good screenshot is enough. Each new one replaces the last total, so nothing is ever counted twice.
3.Watch your walk trace the coast
Your steps become kilometres, and your kilometres become a place on the map. Members can start from their own hometown; everyone else starts from Dover.
Free accounts can upload once a month. Members can upload once a day.

Where to find your yearly steps

Open your app, then follow these directions. Your screenshot must show the current year and your total for the whole year so far.

Go to Browse → Activity → Steps, then choose the Y (year) view.

Tap your Steps card, open its history or trends, then choose the yearly view.

Menus can vary by phone and app version. Check that both the year and yearly total are readable before taking your screenshot.

Kilometres walked: Your steps × 0.762 metres — an average stride. That's what we plot on the map.
How far round: One full lap of Great Britain's coastline is about 4,781 km, so your percentage is how much of that lap you've covered.
Stage: The lap is split into five coastal stages, drawn from your own start point. The last stage is always The Road Home.
To go: How many kilometres are left before you get back to where you set off.
Daily pace: Your average per day so far — and what you'd need each day to finish the lap by 31 December.

• The screenshot must clearly show the current year and your year-to-date total.
• It must be a health app screen — not a typed-in number, an edit, or a meme.
• The total has to be a real walking year. Anything implausible is declined.
• If we can't read it, we'll ask you to send a clearer one. Nothing is lost.