I’m travelling to Lands End today to stay overnight at St. Just youth hostel. We will mostly be staying at youth hostels on our journey which are a strange choice as the combined age of the three of us is 170+. I’m meeting Dad and Mike at Penzance this evening.
I loaded the bike up this morning and have managed to fit all my belongings without having to carry a front bar bag. My bike seems pretty heavy but if I start reducing the amount of luggage it could mean going to the pub in lycra!!!
It’s my 40th year and it was either buy a Harley Davidson or cycle the length of Britain, and as you a can read I’ve chosen the cheap option. I will be joined by my Dad Pete, and his best mate Mike. It will be my first time cycling Lands End John O’Groats. The purpose of my journey is to spend two weeks with my dad, see the length of our wonderful country and raise some money for St Luke’s hospice in Winsford. Starting on the 14th August 2009 I will be blogging our progress.
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- John O'Groats 50mph wind and rain
- We made it!
- Day 14
- Our first view of the north coast of Britain at Be...
- We're very excited to have seen a Golden Eagle
- Middle of nowhere
- Outside the Lairg Community Cafe
- Lycra
- Day 13
- Dormoch Firth
- Beauly
- Day 12
- Loch Ness
- Fort Augusta
- Loch Locy
- Day 11
- Ranoch Moor Summit
- Pete
- Achallader
- Loch Lomond
- The magnificent Highlands
- Loch Lomond YHA and the sun is shining
- Day 10
- Gasgow City Centre
- Cycle path to Glasgow
- The Road from Sanquhar to Craven Arms
- Day 9
- Scotland
- Scotland
- Thirlmere
- Day 8
- Kirby Lonsdale
- King of the mountain
- The Road to High Bentham
- Day 7
- Ribble Valley
- Day 6
- Mike's Blog
- Saying goodbye to Mike at Nantwich
- At home in Sandbach reading the good luck message ...
- Donation
- Shrewsbury
- Day 5
- Wye Valley
- Weight
- Dad and Mike on the Severn Bridge
- Day 4 Street in Somerset to St Briavel
- Severn Bridge to Wales
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Wells Cathedral
- Day 3
- Day 2
- Taxi for Mike
- 25 miles to go
- Dartmoor it's grim down south
- No title
- The River Tamar with Plymouth in the background. 4...
- Fowey in the rain
- Mike and Pete on the River Fal
- Ships on the Fal
- Day 1
- Nearly there
- St Michaels Mount
- No title
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- Lands End in the drizzle
- St. Just
- Martin fully loaded
- Tintagel to Boscastle
- Cornwall
- Goodbye Devon
- Dorset
- Dorset
- Devon
- Route
- Wild garlic
- Food
- Dorset
- Walking
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