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Hi Im Bobby and cycleing from John O'Groats to Lands End over 1000 miles:
I start on the 16th of june at hopefully about 10 ish, and should finnish on the 8th of July.
For those of you how dont know me I work for Swindon Borough council on the child health Team as a session worker.
The picture above is of me and two children i work with.
This has given me the opportunity to meet and work with many children with special needs in the swindon area. I have also visited Hope skip and Jump in Bristol and Cheltenham many times with the kids and they have always loved it and had a great day.
Hop skip and Jump centres provid not onle great play fasilaties but also provid support for children and there famillys, with not just special needs but all Disabilities and those children who have long term illness.
This is why i feel a center in swindon would be of great benift to the community. Provid support for many famillys and children, who some times feel alone and isolated, giving them a place to meet and play. so please give generously, pluss it is a all fully long way!
I will be up dating this site along my cycle, so please pop by to monitor my progress, ether good or bad.
Day 1:
Hi Im off as you may have seen, yestaday was a bit of trial as i didnt get started till 13:30 as travle up up took for ever!
anyhow i made it thourgh and got to Helmsdale at 8:30pm, feeling very tied an sore, and those of you out there how think that took for ever, i agree!
Day 2:
know and off to Inverness, sarted on time today at 10, and am know having apit stop for refuel, me not the car, only another 48 miles to go, to day!
Have arived iher in Inverness and im a bit saddle sore, but i did make it, thats 123miles out the way, waha!
Day 3:
Hi sorry no up date yestaday, mixture of being to tied and bad signal. another long day yestaday 65 miles, but i made it, also there was a realy big hill in the middle, will post it when i have a beter signal.I did think at one point i was eather going to die or be sick. luckly i did neather and made it to the top with a big red face instead.
At least the down was good 5 miles in under 10 minutes! also nice and flat for a bit bit at the bottom as on the Caladonian canal, very prity, if a little bumpy.
Weather her has been fab maybe even a bit to worm for hard cycling but beter than rain anyday. today is my rest day and I'm at fort William and staying in very plesent B&B, Dave is off today and now im just waiting for my Mum who in her usal style is running late, but hayho at least she is coming.
of again tomorrow, hopefully post some more pickys then.
Day 5:
Hi got to Cranlarich yestaday ok there was a couple of bit hill, the second one impaticula was a a bit of a shock, and there was some bad language involved but i did make it.
Of to Glasgow today and running a bit late will do more up dates later. maybe some pickys to hopefully ahve a fab conection.
Day 6
Hi I made it to Greenock and in good time, running a bit late to day but heading out soon of towords Dumfries. at this rate should be out of Scotland by friday.
hi i just about made it to day, the hardest day yet, all i did all day was eather go up or role down, it got to the point that i dreded the downs becouse i know a up was sure to follow. any how i made it in the end, and with a leg sprain and all. off to Dimfries tomorrow and thena rest day, hararr!
Another day!
Hi sorry given uo on what day it is me and my mumstrugled today to know what day of the wek it was, we settled on Thursday, but i could she was'nt convinced.
Any way mad it to Dumfries, and very windy journey it was to. proceaded to drink lots of red wine and lay in bed to day till 12.as you may have gest it was a rest day to day, so jusy some looking about and eating, not to hard then!
of to Penrith tomorrow so finnally leaving scotland and back to sunny Englad were it will probley rain now i have arived!
Hi:
Im in England! actully i have been for a few days but been off the radar as far as the computer was concerned. im just out side of south port staying with relatives at mo, and sorry but know pickys as signal is not fab.
any how been pushing hard and things are slowly gettimg a bit easer and thanks goodness faster. went from Penrith to Lancaster yesterday and there was aruddy great hill in the way Shap and it realy was! but mad it any way and on my way down and rolling all the way, for all you say its down hill all the way. give yoiu more tomorrow i hope.and keep giving
In Chester
hi guys hit chester to day but luckly it didnt hit me back....Ha-ha. got a Ferry across the marsey today, was quit nice in a way in a towny kind of way. think i profer the country on the cycling front, but im over half way know so hara. mums off tonight so on me own for a bit, well a day but be home soon.
The last Day!
Hi for those of you who dont know i made it to Lands End last Thursday the 8th of July at 4:30 pm. i was tied and yes my bum still hert but we got there in the end. sorry for the delay in this info but hat to dash of to a wedding strait after, and was to tied to do an up date before we left. sorry for the lateness this week also that was just me being a bit crap!
any how know home safe and sound and you will be saprised to know back on my bike, only to work though, not round the world?
also will post last pickies soon, hopefully tomorrow, so you have visal proff not just my word.
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