Juggling LeJoG...: A very long and difficult hillclimb

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In May 2011 we hope to set off cyling Land's End to John O'Groats. Many people have cycled this epic route in various ways - mostly on single bikes. As we love our tandem- this is what we shall use. LeJoG is considered to be THE run in the UK, although we have and always will have a great love for the NorthSea Cycle Route. But now our attention is on our preparation for LeJoG. Our aim is to enjoy the run and we are not concerned how many days it will take us. We leave that to those who wish to beat records. We shall have a back-up system in the form of our Motorhome. This means that we always have to take a train back, as we steadily continue travelling up north. It took quite a bit of juggling (hence the title of the blog) to make that work with campsites, decent roads, at the same time not being too far away from a railway line. It won't work all the time, which means a B&B for the night and travel back by train/bus/taxi later on. We are very excited about our trip and immensely looking forward to May.

LEJOG ROUTE 2011

LEJOG 2011
Day 1 Land’s End - Carnon Downs 66.5miles
Day 2 Carnon Downs - Lostwithiel 28.72miles
Day 3 Lostwithiel - Okehampton 41.85miles
Day 4 Okehampton - Samford Peverel 46.29miles
Day 5 Samford Peverel - Highbridge 39.17miles
Day 6 Highbridge - Chepstow 50miles
Day 7 Chepstow - Hereford 43.7miles
Day 8 Hereford - Craven Arms 34.78miles
Day 9 Craven Arms - Wem 41.56miles
Day10 Wem - Frodsham 41.4miles
Day11 Frodsham - Eccleston 51.75miles
Day12 Eccleston - Milnthorpe 46.66miles
Day13 Milnthorpe - Windermere 19.14miles
Day14 Windermere - Carlisle 58.81miles
Day15 Carlisle - Dumfries 53.19miles
Day16 Dumfries - Sanquhar 39.84miles
Day17 Sanquhar - Kilwinning 43.95miles
Day18 Kilwinning - Largs 16.03
Day19 Largs - Gourock 16.50miles
Day20 Gourock/Helensburgh - Ardlui 26.77miles
Day21 Ardlui - Connell 44.40miles
Day22 Connell - Fort William 38.22miles
Day23 Fort William - Invermoriston 38.85miles
Day24 Invermoriston - Inverness 31.75miles
Day25 Inverness - Tain 35.83miles
Day26 Tain - Helmsdale 36.40miles
Day27 Helmsdale - Wick 36miles
Day28 Wick - John O’Groats 17.61miles

Juggling LeJoG...

Thursday, 16 June 2011

A very long and difficult hillclimb

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