Starting 17th June - Follow progress on my blog at www.tavandpipjogle.blogspot.com

 

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You probably received an email from me so you know roughly what this is about. As part of a series of events organised around my mid life crisis, on the 16th june I am setting off to cycle from John O'Groats to Lands end and to try to raise a little money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. They do loads of great work to support children and their families through serious illnesses. I have supported them for a number of years and personnally I find it hard to watch the TV programmes about the work they do and I would just like to help them out a little more if I can.

 

Having said that I am also very keen to try to cycle from end to end as a personal challenge too! So if you would like to sponsor me just to endure a bit of self inflicted suffering, that's all good too.

 

There are only two of us doing this particular route which we have planned and organised ourselves. We are unsupported, so no car following to help out with life's little emergencies or to feed us. Basically we need to carry everything on the bikes which will add around 10kg each, just to make the hills a little more painful. We'll be stopping in b&b's so at least there is no tent to carry. Having been training in the Chilterns with a loaded bike since November I can confirm that it hurts each time, so I am not quite sure what it will be like after 15 days.

 

We are paying all the costs of the trip itself and taking holiday time to do it, so any money donated will be straight to the charity through this website and not into my beer fund.

 

If you have read this far and would like to know the route, I've included it below. it averages about 65 miles per day, dropping to around 50 per day when in the highlands etc.

 

Thanks for reading this and for your support whether sponsorship or just goodwill, or even sarcastic comments are fine.

 

Dave

 

The Route

 

Leave JOG 17 June 2010

Wick 17 June 

Golspie 18 June

Muir of Ord 19 June

Fort William 20 June

Loch Lomond  21 June

Glasgow 22 June

Lockerbie 23 June

Shap 24 June

Preston 25 June

Whitchurch 26 June

Bromyard 27 June

Almondsbury (Bristol) 28 June

Taunton 29 June

Okehampton 30 June

Bodmin 01 July

Lands end then Hayle 02 July