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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 07:07 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Lands end to John O'groats Reply with quote
On Saturday 3 of us did a little ride from Lands End to John O'Groats

6:20 Saturday morning
https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/le2-400.jpg


Some fat bastard at Lands end
https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/lebcftee.jpg

Reached John O'Groats at 11:20pm. It rained probably 75% of the journey.
The last 60 miles were not good. high winds, fog, torrential rain and winding roads didn't make it much fun.
This photo was done the next morning.
https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/JOG1-400.jpg

https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/jogmarmalade.jpg


https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/h1.jpg

https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/h3.jpg

Loch Ness
https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/h6.jpg


https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/h8.jpg

Lake windermere
https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/windermere.jpg

There is even a helmet storage box at the bike parking bay next to the lake
https://www.endtoendsameday.co.uk/images/helmetbox.jpg

From getting a back tyre friday lunchtime to getting a front tyre Tues morning i'd covered 1970 miles
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willis1337
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PostPosted: 14:41 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you find that other traffic slowed down to speed limit alot?
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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sometimes.

It is amazing how people manage to not hog lane 3, not cut you up on roundabouts etc when you are a bit brighter than usual

I don't wear a hi vis on this bike usually since it's quite visible without but we had 3 matching printed ones as we did it for charity.
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easyroller
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PostPosted: 18:53 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice one, I must do that trip one day!



willis1337 wrote:
Did you find that other traffic slowed down to speed limit alot?


If I saw those 3 bikes closing in on me, I'd certainly slow down and hug the left lane.... Shifty
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G
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PostPosted: 19:08 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Re: Lands end to John O'groats Reply with quote
Nice to see it made a bit more of a 'challenge' rather than just an 'enjoyable ride' Thumbs Up.

Oh and you should have got some slow shutter pics when you arrived. Lovely light at that time, this time of year Smile.

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PostPosted: 19:15 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
10 out of 10 Mr marmalade Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:10 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was thinking about doing Liverpool to Lands End to JOG to Liverpoolin in 24hrs just to say I have done it.
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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 20 Jul 2011    Post subject: Re: Lands end to John O'groats Reply with quote
G wrote:
Nice to see it made a bit more of a 'challenge' rather than just an 'enjoyable ride' Thumbs Up.

Oh and you should have got some slow shutter pics when you arrived. Lovely light at that time, this time of year Smile.


Anything longer than 10 seconds and the camera would have been floating off somewhere.

It was absolutely hammering down. We were all drowned, it was foggy and windy.
We just checked in on google and facebook and buggered off to the hotel for a glass of wine we'd bought on the way up.

Just for the hell of it we're doing side to side in the near future from fishgard to cromer

Next year on the 'end to end sameday' theme we're going to do worlds end in London to End in Germany.

It's a chance for a jolly whilst raiding a few pennies in the process, this one raised over a grand for the causes.
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PostPosted: 10:04 - 21 Jul 2011    Post subject: Re: Lands end to John O'groats Reply with quote
Marmalade wrote:
this one raised over a grand for the causes.


Well done Thumbs Up Karma
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