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July - August 2001 15 days
1075 miles"Through Glasgow the brave went." We feel that it could have been named Glassgow. With graffiti, litter, tattooed women etc., we didn't hang around."
July - August 2001 20 days
1100 miles"Because it's there."
July 2001 8 days
930 miles"The previous day, when struggling to find somewhere to stay in Exeter, Sharmila had been delighted when a proprietor had told her that a 'single' and a 'double' were available. They then said, ' You know this is a Cattery don't you?' "
July 2001 23 days
1112 miles65-yr-old. "After stuffing all my requirements for three weeks into my panniers, my bicycle weighed a ton. I could hardly move it, let alone pedal it over 800 kilometres."
July 2001 10 days
915 miles3 blokes 1 bike
June - July 2001 21 days "The landlady was rather unused to cyclists. She was astounded that I was doing the E2E, and even a little concerned. She gave me a packet of Werthers in the morning to help me on my way."
June 2001 17 days
1100 miles"Some cyclists have complained about the ritualistic need to cycle on out to JoG and Duncansby Head. Granted, it's not the most scenic part of Scotland, but still very nice and excellent cycling. If a one doesn't like to cycle, my suggestion is: don't do the E2E! For crying out loud."
June 2001 14 days
1084 miles'2001: A Cycling Odyssey'
May - June 2001 21 days
1023 miles"This is the tale of one woman's journey by bicycle from John O'Groats to Land's End whilst making a pillock of herself."
May 2001 7 days
874 milesdeaf and blind man; by tandem
May 2001 16 days
916 miles
1133 metres per photo
Sept. - Oct. 2000 22 days
1100 milesby penny farthing
September 2000 15 days
September 2000 16 days by tandem
August - Sept 2000 16 days
1004 miles
August 2000 1022 miles
July 2000 15 days
1070 miles
June 2000 18 days
1180 miles
June 2000 6 days "It must be noted that it is pure coincidence that all our campsites are within a stone throw of the local pub."
June 2000 15 days
1078 miles
"For fifteen unforgettable days in early June 2000, we travelled in our own bubble of unreality. We lived a peculiar existence, wholly removed from what passes as normal life. No work schedule, no cooking, no washing up, no DIY, no little noses to wipe. No demands other than those which we put upon ourselves."
June 2000 9 days "Bill Gates may be the richest man in the world but his software sucks when it comes to planning bike routes."
(relay team)June 2000 5 days
905 miles
summer of 2000 15 days
1012 miles
May 2000 16 days
1110 miles"On the minor roads you only knew which country you were in when you saw the word ARAF on the road. For those not fluent in Welsh, it means SLOW, or was it STOP?"
April 2000 18 days 'When you have completed 95% of your journey you are halfway there.
April - May 2000 16 days
1014 milesphoto album
March - April 2000 18 days "I'd never ridden with more than 5 gears before, and so I did the whole ride using just 6, 'cos I didn't know how to change the front gear. The only training I did was 2 days at a gym and regularly cycling 1 mile to the pub. So, all in all I got a bit of a shock."
August 1999 11 days
1827 km"It was a beautiful night, dark, cold, and clear with a full moon. The road to lands end was quiet, with plenty of ups and downs, hitting patches of cold air, and occasional bats for company."
June 1999 18 days
981 miles
May - June 1999 7 days
925 miles"A figure of 7 days to do the ride was plucked out of the air with no real thought being given to what this would entail..."
May 1999 8 days
August 1998 12 days
1056 miles'Bike for Bibles'
July 1998 8 days
961 miles
June 1999 16 days "Why one has to ride all over Britain by bike? There are some reports of this 'End-to-End-Tour' in the Internet, and if you read them you get curious... My wife Heidi wants to come with me, but after some time argueing about rain and headwinds, coldness, hills and other troubles she resigns and I get free lights for my big-tour-once-in-a-5-years-period!!"
June 1999 4 days
June 1999 23 days
1156 miles"A kid asked me how much my bike was. I told him. He gasped and said 'You can get a real bike for that.' "
July - August 1998 14 days
1000 miles"Although many a motorist has described the subtle changes that can be found in the linguistic landscape whilst travelling through England, a cyclist is able to enjoy these on a more enhanced level. The ninety mile journey from Bristol to Kidderminster probably encompassed the most dramatic transformation in accents on the English leg of the trip. The subtle West Country lilt of Bristol gradually became replaced by Cotswoldian Home Counties tones in Cheltenham. A rapid metamorphosis into Midlands' English occurred some four miles south of Worcester. It made me feel that I was making real progress."
July 1998 16 days
1017 miles'The Biking Bankers'
June 1998 21 days
1117 milestandemists x 2
May - June 1998 13 days
May 1998 18 days
1131 miles"... on to Blackburn where from the morass of traffic a young lass winds down the window of her mini and hands out a blind dip from her purse £1 and 1p donation. Aye, a reet good lass."
April - May 1998 26 days
1185 miles
1998 11 days
940 miles'When I'm 64...'
July - August 1997 18 days
1029 miles
July 1997 "At 34, I'd never seen Britain and I was bored with my job. I wanted to stop and simply meander for a while to see what life presented. A fellow member of the Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club showed me a small map of Britain from the CTC's Web site with a little dotted line from one end to the other. I thought: I can do that. "
June 1997 21 days "Most people cycle Land's End to John O'Groats in 7 to 14 days. The world record is 45 hours, by Andy Wilkinson in 1990. I was taking three weeks; you can see where I'd finish in the Tour de France."
June 1997 14 days
1096 miles
June 1997 12 days "Before I forget, the route home took in Dunnet Head, so we have been to the most northerly point on the mainland. Ner ner ne ner ner."
May 1997 15 days
1069 miles"I had been planning to do this trip for over 2 years and I had nearly sent my wife demented, incessantly talking about it."
February 1997 10 days
874 miles"In a weird way I feel like I'm hitchhiking again, only this time I've thumbed down an idiot phonebox. My quest for endless momentum, my unwavering faith in it, has led me here, and for once I'm not going anywhere."
July 1996 14 days
1005 milesTook a trip from John O'Groats and went through Helmsdale Euxton Lympsham Land's End
June 1996 14 days
1051 miles
1995 12 days
901 miles
June 1993 25 days
1014 miles
August 1992 3 days record-breaking trike ride
May 1992 9 days
1065 miles"At least one person in the hostel thought we were absolutely mad to attempt to cycle to John O'Groats. Another gentleman planned the same journey, but at about 40 miles a day. He was concerned about his blood sugar levels and accordingly carried with him a 2 lb bag of ordinary sugar."
June 1991 17 days
986 milesAn east of the Pennines route.
Ian also produces 'The Ultimate Links List of LEJoG Trips'.
5July - August 1983 30 days
2000 miles
solo ride home-to-JoG then LE-to-home
July 1982 11 days
914 miles
August 6 days
920+ miles"If there is a strange orange ball in the sky at the start of your ride as you perspire your way over Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor, the Mendips and the Cotswolds do not complain about the heat. If you do, said orange ball will get very upset, disappear and cry for the rest of your ride."
August 8 days
903 miles
August 16 days
July - August 25 days
1035 miles
July - August 13 days "Oh why, oh why did I tell everyone I was going to do this."
June 18 days
1096 miles
May 16 days
957 miles
906 miles "Tomorrow we undertake a great journey, A journey seldom attempted by men in tights..."
13 days "The best laid plans of man, woman and beast are of course made on a Friday night in the pub. When the Wright brothers decided to build a kite big enough to carry them you can bet your bottom dollar it was after a few. True to form the boozer is exactly where I decided to accompany my friend from 'End to End' - 1000 miles from Cornwall to Caithness."
14 days
22,708 words"For future reference, when you get to the top of Cheddar Gorge, turn left and save yourself 10 miles or so. And ignore all signposts in the Cheltenham area, they are all wrong."
5 days never say never again
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