John O'Groats to Land's End (JOGLE)
July 26th 2011
Well, we have done it. We finished the ride in 9 days, as hoped, and it was every bit as difficult as we feared it might be. The weather was not kind to us for the first five days but it improved I am pleased to say. Have a look at the blog of our trip to see how it went and look at some of the pictures that Jono took along the way.
March 26th 2011
It sounded like such a great idea last December when we decided to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise money for Help for Heroes. Lots of other people have done it before so it can't be that difficult. In the euphoria of the moment we decided that we would do it in just nine days; we are young and fit and cycle daily to school (albeit only a couple of miles each way); it would be a doddle we thought.
As the months have slipped by we have had other things to think and worry about including:
1. The venue for the 'Went the Day Well?' concert;
2. What the anthem will sound like (we have stopped worrying about that now as it has been composed and is brilliant);
3. When are the choristers going to have time to record the anthem to CD?;
4. Our AS levels!!
Suddenly, however, there are now just over three months to go before we set off and, after a few training rides of 20 miles or so, we are beginning to realise exactly what we have let ourselves in for. A distance of 115 miles in a single day is not easy in itself but we have to do that every day for nine days! Oh well, no going back on our word now.
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