LEJOG day 9 : along the coastline and into the Highlands! So today we cycled 75 miles, climbing 2533ft which took us up beyond Glasgow and into the Highlands! Every time I peddle I am heading further north than I have ever been before and we are still constantly amazed by how far we have […]
LEJOG Day 8 – Dumfries to Irvine
LEJOG day 8! Oh hello hills 👋 I hadn’t missed you! Today we cycled 77.7 miles and climbed 3837ft, crossing from Dumfries & Galloway into East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and North Ayrshire! Today the hills were back with a vengeance, making me feel like all I said earlier in the week about getting stronger on them and […]
LEJOG Day 7 – Lake District to Dumfries
LEJOG day 7. Less miles, more milestones and some reflections! So today was the big day, our day to cross the border into Scotland!! It’s my first visit and aside from getting here on the Hogwarts Express, what better way is there to arrive than by bike? Today we ‘only’ covered 65 miles and climbed […]
LEJOG Day 6 – Preston to the Lake District
LEJOG Day 6! We’re halfway there with 479 miles covered in the last 6 days on the bike, taking us from Land’s End on Sunday morning to the north east of the Lake District where we are staying tonight. Today we cycled 79.5 miles from Preston, through the edge of the Yorkshire and then Westmorland […]
LEJOG Day 5 – Telford to Preston
LEJOG day 5! 85 miles, 2881 ft of climbing and three counties! We have now cycled 403 miles in 5 days and got all the way to The North from the bottom of Cornwall just using our own legs. How amazing is that?! Today we were treated once again to bright sunshine and blue skies […]
LEJOG Day 4 – Quedgeley to Telford
LEJOG Day 4! What a day! 3 counties, 79.5 miles, and 4213 ft of climbing and we’re now in Shropshire! It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come in just 4 days and all powered by our own legs (and copious amounts of cake!). Today started with the BEST surprise, a completely unexpected visit from […]
LEJOG Day 3 – Wellington to Quedgeley
Day three was a tough day on the bike. I’d heard before the trip that Devon and Cornwall would be some of the toughest days and having got through all those hills I thought that it would be a little easier from then on. It turns out I was a little wrong, the hills certainly […]
LEJOG Day 2 – Liskeard to Wellington
Day 2 took us through more of Cornwall, Devon and into Somerset, getting us started on the tradition of taking photos of county signs which continued for the whole trip. It was also our biggest day of climbing, with 6240 ft of elevation gain, and 6 hours of pedalling. The big focus of the day […]
LEJOG Day 1 – Land’s End to Liskeard
Day 0 – Oxford to Cornwall Though not a cycling day, day 0 was a big day on the trip. Even after Sarah and Tracy’s suggestions to drastically reduce my packing, my bag still didn’t seem to be as big as remembered by the time I had stuffed it full of ice packs, and enough […]
Reading Half Marathon – headwinds, hills and head game
Another morning waking up before the alarm, I think this a combination of pre-race nerves and light mornings (I’d never realised quite how much light my curtains let in when I lived at home!) We got up and dressed, easy on race morning with a set outfit, and hurried downstairs for a fail-safe cinnamon and […]