Day 14 – Altnaharra to John O Groats – 82 miles (less 6 miles!) And so we came to the final morning of our end to end route… After 13 days of 6.30 am starts, 13 days of fry-ups, 13 days of applying ointments to eradicate saddle sore (enough said), 13 days of early morning briefs Read more about LEJOG – Day 14 – Altnaharra to John O Groats[…]
Day 13: Inverness – Altnaharra – 66 Miles Bleary eyed from the previous day’s LEJOG cycling, the morning saw us navigate through the city of Inverness as we followed Nick and over the Kessock bridge which is where we joined up with the national cycle network. The cycle network continues to follow the main A9 out of Inverness and then lead Read more about LEJOG – Day 13 – Inverness to Altnaharra[…]
Day 12: Glencoe to Inverness – 83 Miles Today’s LEJOG was a day of punctures, punctures and more punctures – little did we know what was to arise as we set off from Glencoe YHA. Yet another first class brief was performed by LEJOG veteran Nick, who informed us of what the day had to offer in terms Read more about LEJOG – Day 12 – Glencoe to Inverness[…]
Day 11: Loch Lomond to Glencoe – 66 Miles We all re-grouped for our morning LEJOG briefing at Loch Lomond YHA and after final adjustments to bikes and riders, we set off along the busy A82 as we followed the early morning commuter traffic. After a few miles we then joined up with a cycle route which follows the Read more about LEJOG – Day 11: Loch Lomond to Glencoe[…]
Day 10: Moffat to Loch Lomond – 83 Miles Another glorious LEJOG morning met us as we all met up at the accomodation for the morning briefing where we were informed that there were 2 options we could take for today’s LEJOG cycle route: Option 1 – Hilly route – which involved an ascent of 2.5 miles where Read more about LEJOG – Day 10: Moffat to Loch Lomond[…]
Day 9: Keswick to Moffat – 77 Miles The Keswick YHA provided us with first class facilities allowing us to do a much needed “bulk” clothes wash and feeding us a full english LEJOG breakfast, ready for us to tackle Day 9, where we would be finally leaving England and cycling into Scotland. The accident John endured on Day 8, had Read more about LEJOG – Day 9: Keswick to Moffat[…]
Day 8: Slaidburn to Keswick – 75 Miles We are halfway through LEJOG! which was reason enough to celebrate..I spoke to a few cyclists who have completed LEJOG and there seemed to be a consistent message that it is best to tackle each day as it comes, however Day 8, according to the route notes, was to Read more about LEJOG – Day 8: Slaidburn to Keswick[…]
Day 7: Runcorn to Slaidburn – 70 Miles Day 7 and our LEJOG route today saw us tackle a lot of urban cycling as we encountered the delights of North West England. First off Warrington and then onto Leigh and Bolton. Cycling through the towns posed a challenge to the navigation, so it was no Read more about LEJOG – Day 7: Runcorn to Slaidburn[…]
Day 6: Clun to Runcorn – 85 Miles After the “short” LEJOG ride yesterday we set off at around 9am to ensure we completed the full 85 miles in good time. The morning ride was possibly one of the fastest routes of the our LEJOG route with hardly any hills to encounter and we were soon Read more about LEJOG – Day 6: Clun to Runcorn[…]
Day 5 – Monmouth to Clun – 57 Miles Today was seen as a holiday, a mere 57 miles lay in front us for LEJOG day 5, however we still had to complete it and this was the first day when my legs began to feel the pain and query the rest of my body on what Read more about LEJOG – Day 5: Monmouth to Clun[…]