{"id":1949,"date":"2015-03-21T23:59:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T23:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1949"},"modified":"2015-10-16T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:27:39","slug":"lejog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/lejog\/","title":{"rendered":"Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John (centre), with daughters Clara and Jennifer, hands over \u00a31351 raised from his Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle to SCBU staff Sharon Lawrence and Stephanie Nicol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We did it! On May 19th 2015 my dad and I completed our 1064-mile cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats. In the process we have raised thousands of pounds for charity the Special Care Baby Unit at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness plus my dad’s charities, The Christie cancer research hospital in Manchester and the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation.<\/p>\n

LeJoG in photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LeJoG in numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.92<\/strong> – the number of times we cycled up the height of Everest
\n55,682<\/strong> – feet of ascent
\n1064<\/strong> – miles cycled
\n58,309<\/strong> – calories used on the ride
\n34.6<\/strong> – my max speed in mph
\n17<\/strong> – consecutive days cycling
\n62.6<\/strong> – average daily mileage
\n89<\/strong> – longest day in miles<\/p>\n

The route:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Map showing our route on Lejog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our route from Land’s End to John O’Groats followed mainly quiet roads, some cycle tracks and short stretches of main roads where it was unavoidable. It made for a good balance between keeping the route as direct as possible while enjoying the best cycling roads and trails. Most of the time we enjoyed very quiet lanes in the countryside and the experience was all the better for it.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to see our route in detail, here are the GPX files (bear in mind that these are the actual route taken and therefore include the occasional wrong turning, missing campsites and subsequent detours and visits to people we know along the way!):
\nDay 1<\/a> | Day 2<\/a> | Day 3<\/a> | Day 4<\/a> | Day 5<\/a> | Day 6<\/a> | Day 7<\/a> | Day 8<\/a> | Day 9<\/a> | Day 10<\/a> | Day 11<\/a> | Day 12<\/a> | Day 13<\/a> | Day 14<\/a> | Day 15<\/a> | Day 16<\/a> | Day 17<\/a><\/p>\n

Ride reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Active Outdoors, June 2015<\/a>
\nActive Outdoors magazine, Autumn\/Winter 2015\/16<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep up to date with the ride and our fundraising on Twitter @BL6John and #BL6lejog<\/p>\n


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