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So here I am, retired early and time to think of what to do.  I had thought often about doing some long range cycle rides before but as usual I let other things take precedence.  

Lands end to John O'Groats on a bike it is then.  LEJOG.  One a bike.  Not one of them new fangled e-bikes which carry copious amounts of electrons in lithium buckets strapped to an electric motor.   No, a proper bike.  Simply thats 1200 miles (I'm biking back from JOG to Inverness for the train) and @40,000ft of ascent.  LEJOG is for sure not an easy ride and is much further than you think.  For example if I did the same distance but this time travelling south east from York, crossing the channel at Dover then 1200 miles takes you through Vienna to the Austrian border with Slovakia or Hungary.  With less than half of the overall ascent.  LEJOG is likely to be a tough ride.   Nonetheless the training has started.  Here is an opening vid of a fat man on a fat bike using magnetic training techniques at home until the weather improves.

https://youtu.be/3SXi3mDBxlo

As you can see I am no racing snake.  I expect to take circa 21 days to do the journey.  This is still @50 miles per day and @ 1500ft of ascent.  Day in and day out.  If I can do it quicker I will.  

So this is the challenge for this year.  I am type 2 diabetic, overweight, with raised blood pressure.  I will take care as I go but it is important to me to do it to raise a few pennies for Cancer Research UK.  For sure to do this in memory of Tony Holder and Barry Windsor who I managed whilst at BT and sadly, both of whom lost their lives whilst in their 50’s to this terrible disease.  And many others including my Mum and Dad who similarly suffered.  I think of them often.

I would also like to say a great thank you to Drift Innovation.  I use their bullet cameras but had lost my remote control.  Pretty important to operate the helmet mounted camera from the handlebars.  Simply I could not find any replacement remotes as my camera is now old hat but after a rummage around in the office Barney at Drift found a spare and sent it to me free / gratis.  Huge thanks!  I will make a donation to my charities as a thank you to their sponsorship which has got me off the ground.  

The ride starts on the 14th May 2018 and planning is going well.  I do hope you can help find a few pennies to donate and to help me towards my targets.  I'll keep in touch through this site, through blog spot and other routes and let you know how it goes.  

Many thanks in advance

Wayne