LEJOG day 12 : we made it! Yesterday we completed our epic journey from Land’s End go John O’Groats and it’s hard to believe how far we’ve come! We’ve cycled 935.74 miles (1505.9km) in just 12 days and climbed 52283 ft (15936m) which is nearly twice the height of Everest! This time last week only […]
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LEJOG Day 11 – Fort Augustus to Tain
LEJOG day 11 : the day the rain came! Today we cycled 65 miles and actually climbed a little more than yesterday at 3432 ft, heading along Loch Ness and up to Tain. Arriving back at the hotel earlier than any other day at around 3 we actually felt a little guilty, having ‘only’ cycled […]
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 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 […]