Brendan Walsh is riding from John O'Groats to Lands End starting 24th July 2010
Saturday 31 July 2010
Groundhog day
Alarm gone off. Food stuffed inside. Shower.
123 miles. First 100 is flat and then we start to climb up to edge of Dartmoor to finish at okehampton.
We lose the support crew today as they are staying at friends after dropping our bags at the hotel. Hopefully next time we see them will be at lands end.
They have been amazing. Kids have been getting to bed very late and then like today they've been woken early and marched out the door. Liz has pulled off miracles, in particular last night when after us getting in at 10:30 she went back out again to buy breakfast as it wasn't served til 8 here. Contador's support crew was no better than ours.
Please note I can't see blog comments now as I don't have access to laptop. Not fishing (much) but texts still work and have been appreciated.
Time to ride again!
Brendan
Location : Stratford Rd, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4,
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Dog tired
Very long day. Finished at 8:30 after a massive push on the bike. Flat out for about 15 miles so we could get last food order. as hard as I have pushed for that length of time. Stats for day. 115 miles. 8 hours pedalling. 14.4 mph average.
Absolutely shattered. Start again in under 12 hours. 123 miles tomorrow. Lights will be required.
Brendan
Location : Stratford Rd, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4,
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Tea for two
Going up in the world...somewhere.
23 miles to go at 6:20. Kids' dinner will be late tonight.
Brendan
Location : Eldersfield, Gloucester, Worcestershire GL19 4LZ,
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The finishing post
Unfortunately this is at Worcester racecourse. Going to be a late finish.
Location : Grand Stand Rd, Worcester WR1 3,
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Lunch with family
Lovely lunch....bit behind schedule.
Location : Kidderminster Rd, Kinver, Staffordshire DY7 6,
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Friday 30 July 2010
Ready for the off
Lovely night at home (although ended up cleaning bike as it went dark in an effort to stop the chain falling off).
116 miles today - farthest I've ever cycled. That record will be broken tomorrow!
Looking forward to lunch with family, and then a planned "tea and scones" somewhere after Worcester before heading past Gloucester to somewhere near Stroud tonight. Weather looks ok, cross wind by the looks of things.
Oh, and I've gained weight. Unbelievable (well, perhaps that last brownie didn't help). 3 pounds gained over the week!
Brendan
116 miles today - farthest I've ever cycled. That record will be broken tomorrow!
Looking forward to lunch with family, and then a planned "tea and scones" somewhere after Worcester before heading past Gloucester to somewhere near Stroud tonight. Weather looks ok, cross wind by the looks of things.
Oh, and I've gained weight. Unbelievable (well, perhaps that last brownie didn't help). 3 pounds gained over the week!
Brendan
Saturday
Tomorrow's route is the first of the two long rides. It should be flat tomorrow but at 116 miles and our current rate of knots it will be a late finish and probably require over 8 hours of pedalling.
The route is at this link
Meeting family for lunch - planning to also stop for afternoon tea before stopping in Dursley (near Stroud).
Brendan
The route is at this link
Meeting family for lunch - planning to also stop for afternoon tea before stopping in Dursley (near Stroud).
Brendan
Accrington to home
An odd day. Shorter than usual and odd to be cycling some of the roads we know. Iain (from Alton) joined us from Longnor and shared 3 of the toughest hills we've done. Training in the peaks has been useful! For those that know it, we cycled from Longnor along to Onecote and then on to Ipstones. There were a couple of "all out" hills in there.
We then came into Alton. The photo below says it all. I'm very grateful to the people who stood out in the rain to welcome us (and I understand to Judy for organising it). I suspect I didn't get over how welcoming and uplifting sight it was. To all of the kids (I won't name them 'cos I'll mis one of them out .... many thanks - you helped a lot).
Bath has been had. Beer in hand (thanks to whoever bought those!), newspaper bought and other than the need to clean and lube the bike (chain fell of 3 times today) a quiet evening is planned.
Again, thanks to everyone who clapped us in to Alton.
Brendan
We then came into Alton. The photo below says it all. I'm very grateful to the people who stood out in the rain to welcome us (and I understand to Judy for organising it). I suspect I didn't get over how welcoming and uplifting sight it was. To all of the kids (I won't name them 'cos I'll mis one of them out .... many thanks - you helped a lot).
Bath has been had. Beer in hand (thanks to whoever bought those!), newspaper bought and other than the need to clean and lube the bike (chain fell of 3 times today) a quiet evening is planned.
Again, thanks to everyone who clapped us in to Alton.
Brendan
Home!
Got home to a welcoming party. Thanks Judy!
Eating and resting. Full blog post later.
Brendan
Location : Alton, Stoke, Staffordshire ST10 4DA,
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Lunch in buxton
Hopefully we misread the map and the buxton hill was before rathet than after buxton as we've just gone over 1400 feet on a loooong hill.
27 miles to home. Might be there for crackerjack.
Bee hungry all day despite large bowl of cornflakes, croissant, banana and 2 liters of smoothie for breakfast.
Brendan
Location : 80 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester M3 2,
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A change of scenery
Later we go through the peaks including the hill out of buxton but for now things look a little different. Having a cappuccino and Brownie in Manchester.
Location : 80 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester M3 2,
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First mechanical failure
Bottle cage broke. 2 minutes later...
Location : 71 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester M3 2,
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Thursday 29 July 2010
Sweaty man
This was supposed to show Lancaster university in the background. It is there but it is hard to ignore the bloke who's just climbed a big hill.
Location : 1-33 Windsor Ave, Great Harwood, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 4,
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Changed route to Alton
Made some changes to the route to try and get us back through the peaks without unnecessary pain.
Check out the route on this link
We're guessing at arriving in Alton between 4 and 5. That said, we haven't been within an hour of our target time yet!
Brendan
Check out the route on this link
We're guessing at arriving in Alton between 4 and 5. That said, we haven't been within an hour of our target time yet!
Brendan
Big day done
104 miles, 7200 feet of climbing (who am I to argue with Garmin), 7 hours and 40 minutes in the saddle, 10 hours elapsed.
Ride went well - with some big milestones. First, we went past Lancaster University - I could see Bowland college... I'll put up a snap but suspect it is a bit too far in the distance. Lunch at Kirby Lonsdale was odd having spent some Uni days there before.
We then moved on and started to hit the hills. For the first time, I had to do the full effort. At mile 74 a large climb into the Trough of Bowland brought granny gear (my easiest gear). And then I was out of the saddle. Could have done it for longer than I had to but glad I didn't need to. Suspect legs will feel it tomorrow. The trough of Bowland is amazing scenery again which certainly helped.
Jon's parents met us in the Trough, found some water for us and directed us to Dunsop Bridge. Dunsop Bridge is the nearest village to the exact centre of the British Isles. It is also our best guess as to the half-way point of the ride. Yup - we're past half way :-)
Tired, sore legs, but in a good place mentally. Tomorrow, we go home - shorter day (74 miles) through Manchester and then the peaks. Home cooked food and my own bed. Lovely.
Brendan
Ride went well - with some big milestones. First, we went past Lancaster University - I could see Bowland college... I'll put up a snap but suspect it is a bit too far in the distance. Lunch at Kirby Lonsdale was odd having spent some Uni days there before.
We then moved on and started to hit the hills. For the first time, I had to do the full effort. At mile 74 a large climb into the Trough of Bowland brought granny gear (my easiest gear). And then I was out of the saddle. Could have done it for longer than I had to but glad I didn't need to. Suspect legs will feel it tomorrow. The trough of Bowland is amazing scenery again which certainly helped.
Jon's parents met us in the Trough, found some water for us and directed us to Dunsop Bridge. Dunsop Bridge is the nearest village to the exact centre of the British Isles. It is also our best guess as to the half-way point of the ride. Yup - we're past half way :-)
Tired, sore legs, but in a good place mentally. Tomorrow, we go home - shorter day (74 miles) through Manchester and then the peaks. Home cooked food and my own bed. Lovely.
Brendan
Done it.
According to Jon's Garmin we climbed 7200 feet.....all of it behind us
Location : 1-33 Windsor Ave, Great Harwood, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 4,
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Kirkby lonsdale
Some of the people reading this have jumped off this bridge. The rest can laugh at my pose.
Location : Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Cumbria LA6 2AJ,
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New max speed
Clearly not an important statistic but we hit 47 mph today. Family members reading should note it was very safe and I have no intention of beating It.
Brendan
Location : Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Cumbria LA6 2AJ,
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I spot hills
Hour and half done. Going well, hills in the distance
Location : Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Cumbria LA6 2DF,
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Wednesday 28 July 2010
Big day today - Thursday
Most "ascent" of any day today.
Check out the "summary" on this.... link
The map page shows our route which looks like another fantastic day.
Brendan
Check out the "summary" on this.... link
The map page shows our route which looks like another fantastic day.
Brendan
How the day breaks down
This has fascinated me so I hope it is of interest to someone else.
The foolishness of how I get through the day is surprising. Here is what I do.
We start the day by riding for 1 1/2 hours before our first break. I often need to stretch after 20 minutes, but my first target for the day is that break. I can honestly say I hardly think at all about the rest of the ride. I know I can ride that 1 1/2 hours, so I do.
We then look at how far we have ridden, take a view on when lunch is, and break up the time. Let's say we are going to break in 75 minutes this time. Relieved that it is less than the last one, I ride for that 75 minutes. I start to have an eye on lunch. Note, I hardly look at all at distance on my cycle computer - that would be horrible - I just cycle for time.
Lunch we like to take at over half way, so next we ride to lunch and that is normally a physical place that we are aiming for - which is refreshing change on the mind.
After lunch, I consider how far I have to go. Let's say it is 45 miles. Now, I know I can ride 45 miles. I've done it loads of times so I feel a sense of relief and confidence. We tend to break 2-3 more times, so now I'm doing less than 15 mile rides which is around an hour a go. Which is ok.
Clearly there is some horrible logic in this but I have done this on each of the last 4 days. And it is easy on the mind and if something is hurting then there isn't too long to go before you get to stop.
Madness really.
Brendan
The foolishness of how I get through the day is surprising. Here is what I do.
We start the day by riding for 1 1/2 hours before our first break. I often need to stretch after 20 minutes, but my first target for the day is that break. I can honestly say I hardly think at all about the rest of the ride. I know I can ride that 1 1/2 hours, so I do.
We then look at how far we have ridden, take a view on when lunch is, and break up the time. Let's say we are going to break in 75 minutes this time. Relieved that it is less than the last one, I ride for that 75 minutes. I start to have an eye on lunch. Note, I hardly look at all at distance on my cycle computer - that would be horrible - I just cycle for time.
Lunch we like to take at over half way, so next we ride to lunch and that is normally a physical place that we are aiming for - which is refreshing change on the mind.
After lunch, I consider how far I have to go. Let's say it is 45 miles. Now, I know I can ride 45 miles. I've done it loads of times so I feel a sense of relief and confidence. We tend to break 2-3 more times, so now I'm doing less than 15 mile rides which is around an hour a go. Which is ok.
Clearly there is some horrible logic in this but I have done this on each of the last 4 days. And it is easy on the mind and if something is hurting then there isn't too long to go before you get to stop.
Madness really.
Brendan
Slow up hill, drafting down hill
Another amazing day.
We left Edinburgh, through Princes Street, past the castle and picked up the A7.
Rather than follow the A7 all day we detoured off on a "rural" route. It was stunning right through the Borders. It was however a day of climbing for 6 or 7 miles (not steep, just long, steady hills) followed by long winding down hills. The climbs were ok - legs are tired but the hills didn't test them too much. The borders was a mix of high moorland and then heavily forested areas. We rode often for an hour or so without being passed by a car and seeing few houses.
Now, the main fun for the day was breaking our drafting and overtaking record. We can draft each other down hill by one of us riding quite close behind the one in front and so being shielded from the wind (there is never a doubt that we have a headwind!). The one behind, without pedalling, will accelerate and can then pop out the side and overtake (imagine formula one but with two tired blokes trying to find an excuse for not pedalling all the way down hill).
Today, we manage to - remember without pedalling or using brakes - overtake each other 20 times down a hill. This provoked much giggling and punching of the air. We would have hit 25 if the sheep hadn't kept getting in the way.
As you will see from a previous picture, we crossed the border into England today. We had a celebratory wee in no-mans land (having marked our territory through much of Scotland), took a picture and then made our way to Carlisle.
Tomorrow is our hilliest day - through the Trough of Bowland.
Thanks for texts/messages - much appreciated.
Brendan
We left Edinburgh, through Princes Street, past the castle and picked up the A7.
Rather than follow the A7 all day we detoured off on a "rural" route. It was stunning right through the Borders. It was however a day of climbing for 6 or 7 miles (not steep, just long, steady hills) followed by long winding down hills. The climbs were ok - legs are tired but the hills didn't test them too much. The borders was a mix of high moorland and then heavily forested areas. We rode often for an hour or so without being passed by a car and seeing few houses.
Now, the main fun for the day was breaking our drafting and overtaking record. We can draft each other down hill by one of us riding quite close behind the one in front and so being shielded from the wind (there is never a doubt that we have a headwind!). The one behind, without pedalling, will accelerate and can then pop out the side and overtake (imagine formula one but with two tired blokes trying to find an excuse for not pedalling all the way down hill).
Today, we manage to - remember without pedalling or using brakes - overtake each other 20 times down a hill. This provoked much giggling and punching of the air. We would have hit 25 if the sheep hadn't kept getting in the way.
As you will see from a previous picture, we crossed the border into England today. We had a celebratory wee in no-mans land (having marked our territory through much of Scotland), took a picture and then made our way to Carlisle.
Tomorrow is our hilliest day - through the Trough of Bowland.
Thanks for texts/messages - much appreciated.
Brendan
5 miles to england
No signal all day. Going well plenty to post tonight.
Brendan
Location : Arniston, Midlothian EH23 4,
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Tuesday 27 July 2010
Off to england
Not getting much luck with internet connections so another phone post.
Carlisle today with big moment as we cross border. Can't remember route but recall a slightly hilly day ahead.
We had a great moment yesterday as we crossed the forth road bridge. I'll try and post a photo.
Aerobically I've been fine each day. Legs are tight and sore at times but better than I was expecting. Sudocrem is doing a reasonable job on pressure points!
We head south for most of the day. Weather forecast for rain...not a big deal as waterproof and overshoes working well.
Brendan
Location : 1-4 Station Rd, Bridge Of Earn, Perth and Kinross PH2 9,
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In pizza express
Great ride today but bit of a rush getting ready to go out..so short post for now.
All good, tired but not overly so. 7 hours ride today 15 Mph average, 104 miles total...one more than expected thanks to a detour! We appear to need 2.5 hours of lunch/stops so days are longer than expected but breaks work well.
Pizza has arrived!!
Brendan
Location : 1-4 Station Rd, Bridge Of Earn, Perth and Kinross PH2 9,
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Already forgotten where this is
Location : 1-4 B935, Bridge Of Earn, Perth and Kinross PH2 9,
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Late lunch day 3
Amazing ride so far. Route took us on bike trail for much of the time.....some a bit rough but mostly perfect.
Sun out we peaked at 1500 feet before a long long downhill.
Had a snack by Blair castle ( is that where Madonna got married?) Then came down through pitlochry. Stunning scenery. Best bit of route so far.
Trusted route took us via the top Perth scenes...the bus station, train station, two charming blocks of flats and the local park before we headed out to bridge of earn where we are lunching.
Somehow late for lunch, this may have to do with regular stops required as liquid takes its normal path back out.
40 miles to go...pizza express already booked for dinner.
Brendan
Location : 1-4 B935, Bridge Of Earn, Perth and Kinross PH2 9,
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Monday 26 July 2010
Starting day 3
Good night's rest and prepping for day 3. Off to lube the bike....rain and chains are not a great combination.
Route reset last night to avoid a9. Jon could have shaken hands with a lorry driver as he thundered past at 70mph yesterday so we've minimised that exposure.
Lunch is planned for a farm shop in bridge of earn, just the other side of 60 mile mark.
Weather looking okay with some showers forecast. Gusty wind should be across us rather than into us.
About to eat porridge and full cooked breakfast. We may be rewriting the nutritional manuals at the end of this.
Brendan
Location : Curley's Ln, Newtonmore, Highland PH20 1,
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Day 2
Left aviemore after lunch into a storm. Teeth chattering we cut our powder for our drinks bottles in front of two confused locals. Not sure that cocaine is usually mixed with lemon and lime so I think we would have survived a stop and search.
We went off route to avoid the a9 dual carriage and got onto a wonderful route through lakes and forests with mountain backdrop. Rain stopped, sun came out and we then baked on the climb to dalwhinnie.
Stats for the day.... 60 miles, 13.5mph (them hills), 3000 calories out and thanks to a Brownie at lunch time a similar amount in.
Terrible 3g connection so can't upload photos on laptop. Hopefully better in Edinburgh.
100 miles tomorrow via Perth.
For family readers....kids doing great, climbed a mountain today.
Brendan
Location : Curley's Ln, Newtonmore, Highland PH20 1,
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We went off route to avoid the a9 dual carriage and got onto a wonderful route through lakes and forests with mountain backdrop. Rain stopped, sun came out and we then baked on the climb to dalwhinnie.
Stats for the day.... 60 miles, 13.5mph (them hills), 3000 calories out and thanks to a Brownie at lunch time a similar amount in.
Terrible 3g connection so can't upload photos on laptop. Hopefully better in Edinburgh.
100 miles tomorrow via Perth.
For family readers....kids doing great, climbed a mountain today.
Brendan
Location : Curley's Ln, Newtonmore, Highland PH20 1,
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Cairngorms
three attempts at an action shot and I finish up looking like I'm falling.
Location : 11 Grampian Rd, Aviemore, Highland PH22 1,
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Lunch in aviemore
After a full breakfast at tesco (we declined to join the locals in drinking irn bru with it) we set off from sea level to climb into the cairngorms. Hills were not too steep, so fairly long climb to the summit at 1330 ft. Got off the busy a9 and took in some wonderful scenery.
Still raining but wind has dropped. Forecast for tomorrow looks good.
Lunching In aviemore which is only at 700 ft. 25 miles to go which has left today feeling very short.....not a bad thing.
Brendan
Location : 11 Grampian Rd, Aviemore, Highland PH22 1,
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Sunday 25 July 2010
Day 1
Having woken Friar Tuck (remember Mardi Gras from last night) to let us into his room where our bikes were we set off for the day. (2 bowls of conflakes and a full scottish breakfast had been consumed by this stage).
A nagging headwind for what seemed like 90 of the 103 miles made it a toughish day but we made good progress - averaging 15 mph, so cycling for around 7 hours. I will try and upload a phone snap to give some feel for the terrain. Truly stunning with some time passed trying to spot dolphins while not running into the back of Jon's bike.
While proud of the day's achievements we passed people who appeared to be carrying their life's belongings to Land's End. One woman in particular was riding with a tent, two panniers, a front bar bag into a headwind up a 13% hill.
A very pleasant lunch (steak pie!) was had while watching the grand prix. Food is becoming ever more important in my life.
Tomorrow, a short day up into the Cairngorms. Lunch to be taken in Aviemore.
We're now off to have dinner looking out at Loch Ness.
Brendan
A nagging headwind for what seemed like 90 of the 103 miles made it a toughish day but we made good progress - averaging 15 mph, so cycling for around 7 hours. I will try and upload a phone snap to give some feel for the terrain. Truly stunning with some time passed trying to spot dolphins while not running into the back of Jon's bike.
While proud of the day's achievements we passed people who appeared to be carrying their life's belongings to Land's End. One woman in particular was riding with a tent, two panniers, a front bar bag into a headwind up a 13% hill.
A very pleasant lunch (steak pie!) was had while watching the grand prix. Food is becoming ever more important in my life.
Tomorrow, a short day up into the Cairngorms. Lunch to be taken in Aviemore.
We're now off to have dinner looking out at Loch Ness.
Brendan
Saturday 24 July 2010
6 months of planning and....
Well, a suprising start to the trip. Our arrival at John O'Groats led to a buzz of activity. Having been in the car for 11 hours, we darted to the toilets to perform our Wonder woman impressions and change into lycra. The toilet attendant (20p to go the loo at John O'Groats) advised us that the signpost was not there as it was owned by the photographer and he took it down as it used to get nicked.
We improvised in front of a cafe sign.
We then met some guys who were driving to Lands End in an Ocado van in 24 hours. He went to the back of his van "I have something for the kids" he said. Offering two model Ocado vans to Euan and Neve he advised these were now "as rare as hen's teeth". Jon asked him if he could have one for his two kids....and two more hen's teeth arrived.
We set off. 17 miles, bit of a headwind, amazing scenery. Lovely.
We arrived into Wick at 9am to be received by a bagpipe band marching up the street. I have no idea how they knew we were coming.
We then proceeded to weave in between Robin Hood, the Grim Reaper, the bloke from the GoCompare adverts most of whom were walking backwards with a camera in their hands. Turns out last night was the inaugural Wick gala - imagine a Mardi Gras in the Highlands. Alcohol had been consumed. One suspects alcohol had started to be consumed at roughly the time we left Alton. Most people appeared disappointed in our costumes.
Fine athletes that we are, we had a chinese takeaway and that was the end of day 0.
Today, we're off to Inverness. 100 or so miles and as we had to drive the whole route here yesterday, I know we have two long 13% climbs and one 10% climb.
Plenty of photos have been taken - i'll get some up this evening.
Brendan
We improvised in front of a cafe sign.
We then met some guys who were driving to Lands End in an Ocado van in 24 hours. He went to the back of his van "I have something for the kids" he said. Offering two model Ocado vans to Euan and Neve he advised these were now "as rare as hen's teeth". Jon asked him if he could have one for his two kids....and two more hen's teeth arrived.
We set off. 17 miles, bit of a headwind, amazing scenery. Lovely.
We arrived into Wick at 9am to be received by a bagpipe band marching up the street. I have no idea how they knew we were coming.
We then proceeded to weave in between Robin Hood, the Grim Reaper, the bloke from the GoCompare adverts most of whom were walking backwards with a camera in their hands. Turns out last night was the inaugural Wick gala - imagine a Mardi Gras in the Highlands. Alcohol had been consumed. One suspects alcohol had started to be consumed at roughly the time we left Alton. Most people appeared disappointed in our costumes.
Fine athletes that we are, we had a chinese takeaway and that was the end of day 0.
Today, we're off to Inverness. 100 or so miles and as we had to drive the whole route here yesterday, I know we have two long 13% climbs and one 10% climb.
Plenty of photos have been taken - i'll get some up this evening.
Brendan
The start
12 hours of driving and then...
We're off!
Location : John O' Groats, Wick, Highland KW1,
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Wednesday 21 July 2010
The route with links...
Here is the route in detail. This is the precise route we intend to follow with maps.
You can click on the course name to see a map and summary (profile) of the route.
The current exercise is one in thinking about day 1 rather than look at the profile of day 8.
Brendan
You can click on the course name to see a map and summary (profile) of the route.
| Course Name | Distance | Amount of climbing |
| Day 0 JOG to Wick | 17.03 miles | 574 feet |
| Day 1 Wick to Inverness | 104.13 miles | 3,845 feet |
| Day 2: Inverness to Dalwhinnie | 58.30 miles | 2,700 feet |
| Day 3 D'w to Edinburgh | 100.08 miles | 3,094 feet |
| Day 4 Ed to Carlisle | 93.75 miles | 4,373 feet |
| Day 5 Carlise to Accrington | 101.19 miles | 5,299 feet |
| Day 6 Accrington to Alton | 77.55 miles | 4,491 feet |
| Day 7: Alton to past Dursley | 116.04 miles | 2,838 feet |
| Day 8: Dursley to Okehampton | 123.72 miles | 4,721 feet |
| Day 9: The end | 98.72 miles | 4,544 feet |
The current exercise is one in thinking about day 1 rather than look at the profile of day 8.
Brendan
Sunday 18 July 2010
Day 3 - Dalwhinnie to Ediburgh
I have high hopes for the 30-40 miles of downhill shown on this route.
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=151574
I'll post day 2 up when John changes the route to not add 45 miles on for a detour around Loch Ness. :-)
You can imagine that day 2 involves the pain that gets the 30 miles of downhill on day 3.
Brendan
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=151574
I'll post day 2 up when John changes the route to not add 45 miles on for a detour around Loch Ness. :-)
You can imagine that day 2 involves the pain that gets the 30 miles of downhill on day 3.
Brendan
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Plan for day 1
We may have already ridden from John O'Groats to Wick on day 0 (after the 10 hour drive!). We now plan to ride through to Inverness on that first day. Our detailed route is here....
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=151557
That should show you the map - click on summary to see that this is a non-hilly day.
As I know detailed plans, I'll put them on the site.
Brendan
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=151557
That should show you the map - click on summary to see that this is a non-hilly day.
As I know detailed plans, I'll put them on the site.
Brendan
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