Saturday, October 18, 2025

Tongue to John O'Groats: Land's End to John O'Groats

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The last blast - it was hilly, steep, wet and headwind-toiling, and quite a finish as we worked our way along Scotland's wild far North ...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Alness to Tongue: Land's End to John O' Groats 15

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As the four of us set off from Alness, Neville said that this woudl be the best days cycling of the whole trip - I think he was right. It wa...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Aviemore to Alness: Land's End to John O'Groats 14

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  The posse, about to set off from Aviemore! Dave and Neville (who went all the way to the top with us), Graham and Hannah who were with us ...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Rest Day in Aviemore: Land's End to John O'Groats 13

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Our one rest day in two weeks was in Aviemore, it was much needed and featured a full sports massage on both legs, which was surprisingly re...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Perth to Aviemore: Land's End to John O' Groats 12

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It was an emotional day that I will never forget. The LEJOG for Julia left her home town surrounded by friends, family, well-wishers colleag...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Moffat to Perth : Land's End to John O' Groats 11

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  We had almost a hundred miles of riding ahead of us when we left the AirB&B in Moffat, on a greay Friday morning. The ride had been ti...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Tebay to Moffat: Land's End to John O'Groats 10

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With Charles away, it was back to just Stewart and I, and an early start from near the hotel in Tebay where we had staggered in, soaking wet...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

Bamber Bridge to Tebay: Land's End to John O'Groats 9

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  Stewart got back from the funeral late the night before, and while I tried to sleep - my wife collected him from Manchester airport. Charl...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Nantwich to Bamber Bridge: Land's End to John O' Groats 8

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  With Stewart in Northern Ireland for the day for his father-in-law's funeral - David brought Charles down from Scotland so that I wasn...
Monday, October 06, 2025

Tewkesbury to Nantwich: Land's End to John O'Groats 7

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  One of the joys of doing the LEJOG was the people who came out to see us along the route, some of who cycled with us. The first of these w...
Sunday, October 05, 2025

Rooksbridge to Tewksbury: Land's End to John O' Groats 6

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Well, this was a day of extreme contrasts! We began the day at the unlikely starting point of Rooksbridge on the A38, where we had got to by...
Saturday, October 04, 2025

Whiddon Down to Rooksbridge: Land's End to John O' Groats 5

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  Sunshine again as Stewart and I were dropped off at Whiddon Down, to start our next stage of the LEJOG for Julia. A day of fast riding and...
Friday, October 03, 2025

Fowey to Whiddon Down: Land's End to John O' Groats 4

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If cycling was as good as this all the time, you'd never get people off their bikes. From our first steep pull up from the port of Fowey...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Land's End to Fowey: Land's End to John O'Groats 3

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Land's End is a strange place! Car parks, tat-shops and nothing much else other than the iconic signpost around which we gathered to mak...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Mousehole: Land's End to To John O'Groats 2

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The night before we actually started cycling, we went for a stroll around the delightful harbour village of Mousehole. I have vagie memories...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Lands End to John O' Groats 1.

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When I was a kid I knew a few people who had cycled the length of the British mainland. Back then it was known as doing 'the end-to-end...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Return to the Eastern Fannichs

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With both the walks I had planned to do over the weekend completed in one go, and my wife up to 100 Munros, all the kids busy, and another d...

Return to the Western Fannichs

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If there is a finer sight in all the land than Wester Ross in blazing sunshine, I have yet to see it. Last weekend my wife and I enjoyed the...