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Day 7 (Saturday 28 June) 11:09 From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(502 days old)
Today is Stage 7. We had a good nights sleep and recovered well but are still a little bit more tired than usual. We are all looking forward to reaching Inverness. We set of at 07:30 this morning a… more
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Day 6 (Friday 27 June) 20:41 From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(502 days old)
Set off from Stirling midday and headed north towards Callander past Blair Drummond Safari Park. It was a sunny day in Callander and we had a coffee in the coffee shop. We cycled on to Lochearnh… more
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Day 6 (Friday 27 June) 11:47 From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(502 days old)
We left 08:30 from hotel and we proceeded north to Stirling (traffic heavy) using back roads. No problems. Everybody’s legs pretty tired after yesterday. Today fairly quiet stage and hope to reach … more
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Day 5 (Thursday 26 June) 9pm From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(502 days old)
Weather brightened after lunch. We arrived in Gretna and crossed the Scottish border midday. Conditions were favorable but big clouds in north. We left Gretna at 12:00 and headed towards the Borders. … more
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Day 5 (Thursday 26 June) Lunch Time From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(504 days old)
We woke up at 5:30 this morning to be out of bed by 5:45. It looked like a bonny day despite the bad forecast. After we had a shower, a good breakfast and were ready to go, the heavens opened. We set… more
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From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(504 days old)
We left (just north of Wiggin) at lunch time and made our way to Preston and on towards Kendal. We arrived at 15:30. Winds were pretty strong from the side all day and we we’re pretty tired!… more
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Day 4 (Wednesday 25 June) Lunch Time From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(504 days old)
We left Whitchurch this morning at 08:00 sharp. Favourable conditions up to Warrington where it was a bit busy. It was easy riding up to Wigan (further 20miles north) despite side winds. Wigan was a n… more
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Message from the editor From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(505 days old)
Hi all, Thanks for checking up on the team. I am only in mobile contact with them, so the pictures come to me via MMS, so they don’t arrive particularly big. Having said that, I’ve now ch… more
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Day 3 (Tuesday 24 June) Arrive at Whitchurch From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(505 days old)
We decided to make a Café stop for lunch today and although it stretched the day out a bit, we thought it necessary to get out of the heat for a while.Most of the team’s legs were quite t… more
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Day 3 (Tuesday 24 June) Lunch Time From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(505 days old)
We were on the road at 07:30. We went to Rodger’s work place to have some photo’s taken as they helped with the funding. Unfortunately Ivan had a puncture and had to go in the van to catch up with t… more
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Day 2 (Monday 23 June) Arrived at Gloucester From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(506 days old)
We arrived in Gloucester at 5:30. It was a good and steady run that made a total of 10 hours on the road of which 6:30 hrs was in saddle. That concludes our leg from Exeter to Gloucester.The pict… more
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Day 2 (Monday 23 June) Lunch Time From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(507 days old)
We started cycling at 7:30, but with the traffic it took us an hour to get out of Exeter. It is another beautiful day (28C) with favorable winds and sunshine all the way. Superb riding conditions. The… more
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Day 1 (Sunday 22 June) From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(507 days old)
We arrived at Lands End at 7 am Sunday morning and set off cycling at 7:30. It was a bright and shiny day but with a very strong wind coming from the west. Despite the wind we had a superb run up to E… more
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The week before we set off From
forrescc
in Land's End to John O'Groats
(509 days old)
This week has been a busy week for the the team. All the Bikes,equipment,and back gear was packed into the Van on Thursday night, Les and Alan set of at 6.00am Fri morning to drive to Rodgers in Gl… more
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