Monthly Archives: July 2011

Here is my Flickr Album for the trip, hopefully more to follow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7795411@N06/collections/72157627154478891/ Let me know if you cannot see it. Alex

  Date: Leg: Miles: Ascent: 10/07/2011 John O’Groats to Tongue 65.5 4,873 11/07/2011 Tongue to Colbokie 74.6 5,162 12/07/2011 Culbokie to Corgarff 70.2 7,195 13/07/2011 Corgarff to Wester Caputh 63.8 5,556 14/07/2011 Wester Caputh to Edinburgh 78.7 5,848 15/07/2011 Edinburgh … Continue reading →

Determined to get an early start but thwarted slightly by the Swan Hotel earliest breakfast being 7:45, and that was a concession, their first offer was 9:00. Got away around 9:40 into a beautiful, sunny, breezy cycling day. The route … Continue reading →

Arrived Land’s End 6pm yesterday, all safe and well. Will post a proper blog entry and some photos later. Alex

Started Cycle: 23 Jul 2011 09:45:50 Google Maps URL: Import URL: http://share.abvio.com/fce5/02d1/4d5b/f57e/Cyclemeter-Cycle-20110723-0945.kml Average: 0.00 miles/h Distance: 0.00 miles Ride Time: 0:01 http://www.cyclemeter.com

Woke up to rain falling outside so had two things to look forwards to, getting drenched again and the big hill up into North Molton right outside the front door. Still, set off at 10:00 and made it up the … Continue reading →

A very mixed day today. Left Chew Stoke around 10:00 which has become our normal leaving time, skirted around the Chew Valley Lake then the first of today’s punishing climbs from Compton Martin up into the Mendips. A few miles … Continue reading →

Had a mammoth night’s sleep last night from 9:30 to 7:00, only interrupted around midnight by a killer bout of cramp in my thighs. Still exhausted but grateful for the rest. Brilliant Falcon House breakfast, then a bit of bike … Continue reading →

Another slow start, got away from the B&B around 10:15 and quickly suffered a failure of route planning. What had looked like a minor road on the 1:50k map was in fact a steep, muddy stoney bridleway which we skidded … Continue reading →

Bit slow getting moving this morning, loading up Steve’s car, packing, looking out the window and seeing how hard it was raining again. Eventually left the Premier Inn outside the Reebok Stadium around 10:00. Took around an hour to skirt … Continue reading →