Only 4 days to go.....
until the big ride begins. Final preparations are under way, including the final crib sheets for the route. Expect we'll get lost a few times as there seem to be a lot of roads without names on the maps and we seem to be taking them all.
Anyway heres the route starting Sunday the 10th August
10th - Lands End to Launceston - 78 miles (plus 4 or 5 to the start)
11th - Launceston to Taunton - 79 miles
12th - Taunton to St Briavels - 85 miles (includes crossing the old Severn Bridge into Wales)
13th - St Briavels to Bridges - 90 miles
14th - Bridges to St Helens - 86 miles
15th - St Helens to Lake Windermere - 88 miles
16th - Lake Windermere to Lochmaben - 82 miles
17th - Lochmaben to Isle of Lochranza (Isle Of Arran) - 114 miles (alright several miles are on a ferry)
18th - Lochranza to Glencoe - 100 miles (shorter ferry ride this time)
19th - Glencoe to Inverness - 87 miles
20th - Inverness to Helmsdale - 74 miles
21st - Helmsdale to John O'Groats - 75 miles
If you want to keep track of where we've been or what we've been upto either go to the website http://www.crosweller.org where there are links to detailed maps, or go to the blog that I'll be updating daily from my mobile. http://crosweller-lejog.blogspot.com
Hopefully I'll come back half the man I am now. Guess it depends how many cream teas we stop for on the way.
Have fun!! and Good Luck - here's hoping the weather is kind
sounds exhausting but good luck 😀
Oooh good luck - sounds very interesting (but sooo tiring)
Will be keeping track of you all! 😀
4 days!!! WOW thats not long
You do know that by going up the west coast of Scotland it will rain- it always rains on that side of the country (east coast is best 😀 ) On a serious note I hope the weather has good cycling conditions for you 😀
Good luck Owen and I am sure we will all be checking in on you at various points 🙂
i think what yr doing is fab. good luck hunni xxxxx
Found these and thought they would prepare you for cycling through Scotland 😜 (and you will see all this in 1 day!!)
best of luck 😀
Sounds like you will see plenty of sights. Fingers crossed the weather is good for you all 😀
wow good luck on your cycle hope everything turns out well for you (especially through somerset as thats my home county :)) are you doing it for charity?
its brill what ur doing all the best
ellee1984 said:Yes. We're raising money for Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research fund. The web page has links to Just Giving where our sponsorship pages are held.
wow good luck on your cycle hope everything turns out well for you (especially through somerset as thats my home county :)) are you doing it for charity?
www.crosweller.org