LANDS END TO JOHN O’GROATS IN FIVE DAYS

According to Strava I tend to ride most of the time as they call it in their roster ride analysis, as a lone wolf. However I do ride with others occasionally and this ride was the first very long distance ride I’d done with someone else. In some riders terms I’m quite new to cycling,…

Day 5 – Kingussie to John O’Groats

I’m writing this on the train, waiting to depart Wick. Another tired and aching start, this time a little later as the last days distance was only about 161 miles. We’d bought breakfast the day before at the local co-op. With a coffee, 2 doughnuts, a pain au chocolat and a croissant consumed, we were…

Day 4 – LEJOG – Lockerbie to Kinghussie

Tired legs, swollen hands and sore feet and bums literally crawl out of bed. After yesterday’s start we both knew the drill. Getting on the bike would hurt.. at least to start with. The roads yesterday were pretty good, today as we got on the road again, they were terribly worn, big gaps in the…

Day 3 – LEJOG – Middlewich to Lockerbie

After arriving at the hotel late last night and rushing dinner down, we didn’t manage to get to bed until around 11pm. With an early start planned for the morning, not ideal as it meant time for tired muscles to recover was severely reduced. We both agreed to avoid this happening again by being rigid…

Day 2 – Bridgwater to Middlewich

It’s almost 10pm and we are sat in harvester in Middlewich, waiting for some vital calories to arrive. It’s much later than we’d hoped to be sitting down for dinner. Another extremely hot day saw both of consuming vast amounts of liquid to try and keep hydrated. Eight plus bidons each plus 4 cokes and…

Day 1 – Lands End to Bridgwater

An early start this morning, not helped by the fact I set the alarm for 16:15 instead of 4:15. Quickly bolted down 4 weetabix while my lovely wife made me a coffee. Jay had said we’d just as well cycle to the start, some 7 miles from our hotel. I agreed but hoped we wouldn’t…

Day Minus 2 – Bike fully loaded test

After much faffing, should I or shouldn’t I take this or that, I’ve now got the bike ready. Bikes been cleaned (to my standard), new chain, cassette, puncture resistant tyres and the rear wheel serviced with new bearings and free Hub and it’s time to go for a test run. Below is an explorer link…

LEJOG in Five

LEJOG in Five The challenge Lands end to John O’Groats, an iconic bike ride for cyclists in the UK, traversing the length of the mainland of the British isles. It’s been done by thousands if not hundreds of thousands of cyclists before. Routes vary and there is is much debate over whether it’s best to…