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 [...]
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 [...]
Day 1: Lands End to Fowey Daily Distance: 73 miles (should have been 65!) Total Distance: 73 miles Conditions: Pleasantly sunny and warm! This morning we travelled from Penzance to Lands End in the bus. We were all excited but also very nervous! By the time we had sorted the bikes, taken some photos and [...]
The bus is packed and the Andover LEJOG team are ready to set off for Penzance this afternoon, where they will meet the other riders (Francis and Josh). Riding starts tomorrow (Saturday) morning at Lands End - wish us luck!
This Friday (10th August) sees the start of the epic bike ride from Lands End to John O'Groats. Mr Woods, Mr Gardner and Mr Hudson will ride for 14 days, joined in the second week by Jon Land. The team hope to keep this website updated with reports, photos and video as they go - [...]