Category: Land’s End to John O’Groats 2021
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Land’s End to John O’Groats 2021 – Day 1 Making a Start
Once I’d got the hang of GWR’s surprisingly neat bike storage arrangements, the Reading to Penzance leg was a doddle. Penzance was Riviera-hot and St Michael’s Mount barely visible through the heat haze when I arrived at lunchtime. I stopped to get my bearings and a man walking by volunteered directions: an early benefit of…
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Land’s End to John O’Groats 2021 – Are you ready/excited/nervous?
As ready as I’ll ever be, yes and yes. It’s fair to say that I haven’t gone overboard on the training. Not due to any over-confidence in my fitness but because it’s only a few weeks since a vague notion to do a long ride coalesced into a firm plan to do Lejog, so there…
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Land’s End to John O’Groats 2021 – Where the wild things are
On my training ride today, I found myself looking at the passing scenery with fresh eyes, thanks to what I’ve learned so far from Wilding – Isabella Tree’s story of how she and her husband Charlie Burrell are returning their Knepp estate in Sussex to nature. I’m lucky enough to be able to ride straight…
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Land’s End to John O’Groats 2021 – Pre-ride prep
The great thing about this trip is that it instantly converts leisure rides into ‘training’, and cake into ‘essential fuel’. Like any dedicated athlete, I take both training and nutrition seriously. Ideally, I try to combine the two by riding via a nice cafe, like Gilbert White’s in Selbourne, which offers a good lemon drizzle…
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