Day 11 – Ballach to Fort William
Distance: 85 miles Total Distance: 766.5 miles Weather: Warm and sunny Bumpy roads and the longest ride to date made for some very sore bottoms. […]
Day 10 – Biggar to Ballach
Distance: 67 miles (easy) Total Distance: 681.5 miles Weather: Cloudy and cold turning into bright warm sunshine in the afternoon. Started at 8:55am cycling through urban areas on really bumpy roads. Did not realise what an issue that would be for a bike. A bad road makes a real difference; it [...]
Day 9 – Falstone to Biggar
Distance: 88.5 miles Total Distance: 702.5 First puncture goes to Francis. Weather: Rain, WIND!, freezing. Improving in the afternoon. Started out at 9 in miserable weather. It was absolutely freezing, with horizontal rain and wind in our faces for hours. […]
Day 8 – Barnard Castle to Falstone
Distance: 70 miles Total Distance: 614 miles Weather: Rain, wind, cold Jon rides with us! Hooray! He is quickly amazed at how fit and muscular we all are! […]
Day 7 – Sowerby to Barnard Castle
Distance: 80 miles Total Distance: 544 miles Weather: Rain, wind, cold Another grueling day in the saddle. This is becoming less and less enjoyable and many of the team are finding the going really tough. There were lots of massive hills again, some of them 1:4 or steeper and that meant [...]
Day 6 – Cheadle to Sowerby
Distance: 80 miles Total Distance: 464 miles Conditions: rain, sunshine, hail and freezing Today was a super hard, very long slog over the Peak District and the start of the Pennines. There were loads of really steep hills that were also really long. It was agony from start to finish. There [...]
Day 5 – Ludlow to Cheadle
Distance: 68 miles Total Distance: 384 miles Conditions: Wet A hilly ride through Shropshire. As we were riding through a place called Brosely, Woodsy suddenly disappeared up a side road. It turned out that he had realised that an old Uni friend lived there and so he went to call for [...]
LEJOG Day 4: Bristol to Ludlow
Daily Distance: 84 miles Total Distance: 316 miles Conditions: Rain Set off from Bristol at 9:30 and were lost by 9:31. Luckily we found a bike shop who gave us a map and some directions, so thanks to Evans Cycles in Bristol. […]
LEJOG Day 3: Exeter to Bristol
Daily Distance:Â 81 miles Total Distance:Â 232 miles Conditions: Sunny with light wind Day three starts with sore bodies attempting to rise early, we all ache (apart from Francis, grr). Not being able to face another torturous day of hills we hastily re-plan the route to follow mainly A-roads and therefore avoid major [...]
LEJOG Day 2: Fowey to Exeter
Daily Distance: 78 miles Total Distance: 151 miles Conditions: Sunny with light wind The team woke early and made excellent progress from Fowey to Plymouth, using two ferry crossings on the way (and blagging the fare for free). The long hill climb out of Plymouth seemed endless, and was the start of a long ride [...]