Lands End 2 John O'Groats and John O'Groats 2 Lands End

What's it all about?

At the end of September 2012 I completed a cycle from Portsmouth 2 Penzance a total of 273 miles! raising money for Children In Need is the Plan. This was also be a personal challenge for me as I haven't been cycling in over 25 years and that was only for fun nothing serious. On top of that have a prolapsed disc, was 46 years old and at the start of 2012 a bit over weight, well lot over weight really, since then I've lost nearly 3 stone! So I opted to do the big one, John O'Groats 2 Lands End on May 6th 2013. The End 2 End or P2P (point to point, as it's sometimes called ) around 1000 miles! This time I had company, Colin, a friend from work, who has said he is as mad as I am and would like to come! This blog contains that story....This event is in memory of the sad passing of my mum on 17th of April this year having lost her fight with terminal Bowel Cancer.

I guess you'd call it the sequel, I have decided it would be just rude not to go back the other way!!! so May 2015, with a new friend, Pete and with Dave driving a support vehicle ( luxury) we plan the classic Lands End to John O'Groats, also known as LEJOG. Mad ? yes I think we must be.

For Colin's mum.

For Colin's mum... who assures me is much more excited about the ride than we are !
I think the penny is beginning to drop and Colin has started to extend his route to work as well. Although I rarely see his bike at work?..."Colin you sure you cycled this and haven't just driven it very slowly in the car!" LOL

Time

01:21:56

Elapsed Time

01:22:12

Max Speed

35.8mi/h

Avg Speed

14.3mi/h

My new short cut to work!

Managed to turn a 4.3 miles commute to work into a 18.5 mile ride with a large hill! The lengths we go to try and get fit for Jogle!

The Final B& B booked

At last the final confirmed booking for Cheddar.

So a recap:

6/5/13 Staying at Northern Sands ( Arrival day) Dunnet
7/5/13 Staying at Inverbrora ( First day of ride)
8/5/13 Staying at The Bank House Fort Augustus
9/5/13 Staying at Strathfillan House Tyndrum
10/5/13 Staying at Free night at my sisters in Irvine
11/5/13 Staying at Premmier Inn Carlisle
12/5/13 Staying at Free night at Colins mum's in Blackburn
13/5/13 Staying at Free night at Eileen's (Auntie-in-Law if there is such a thing) in Nantwich
14/5/13 Staying at Abbey Hotel Tewkesbury
15/5/13 Staying at The Oak House Cheddar
16/5/13 Staying at The Knot Garden Great Torrington
17/5/13 Staying at Free night at Tina's (Mummy-in-Law) Mawnan Smith
18/5/13 Arrival at Lands End , via the Lizard, if all goes to plan!

Tweet tweet

Set up a Twitter account, to try and get a few more sponsors going. Have no idea what I'm doing really but will see how I get on. You can 'tweet' me here @jogle4me

OMG

Just 3 months to go ! Did 40 miles today and avg speed around 15mph but a long way to go yet

T-Shirts.. well Vest Tops

This is the final for the T-Shirt design, what do you think? ( They will be Vest tops actually so imagine with no sleeves ;-) )

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Route Change part 2

Ok, I changed the Hatherleigh end for Great Torrington due to B&B issues, this change is purely personal choice. The plan was the day before Great Torrington to end up in Weston-Supermare. The main reason was most other ways into North Devon were very hilly having to go over the Mendips, my plan was to stick to the coast and , well go round them. However the more I think about it the more I thought I really would like to cycle through Cheddar Gorge, so ( sorry Colin ) that what we'll do and end up staying in Cheddar instead. The other advantage of this route change is we not going as close to the centre of Bristol as before. Now to find the final B&B in Chedddar
Here's the new route

http://connect.garmin.com/course/2052840#

What's it all about?

Me, Colin, Pete and Dave ( Team Jogle4bc )