Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Bum biography
( Unfairly)the pre~event fav for the shirt of shame but proved her doubters wrong as always blasted up the hills!
LEJOG!
no pics of john o groats as phone conked out. this is a pic of my record sheet stamp and confirms our nightly stops. we are now END TO ENDERS mission accomplished at 7.15pm after 125 miles yesterday. a total of 1037 miles in ten days. Today we are travelling to Inverness for day of hard drinking, carousing and lazing around. just like the last ten days. o will post the other bum biogs today. Thank you for following our blog we are now available for after dinner speaking and motivational boozing x
Monday, 14 June 2010
Text Update - Journey Complete!
I just got a text from Cathy:
Made it finally at 7:15. Phone died. There are no pics for blog at mo :(
First 80 miles were a hill slog; an eagle was looking at me as carrion I was moving so slowly! Last 45 were a bit flatter but crappy wind!
At hotel now. Gonna meet others at 9:30 for fish n chips
Made it finally at 7:15. Phone died. There are no pics for blog at mo :(
First 80 miles were a hill slog; an eagle was looking at me as carrion I was moving so slowly! Last 45 were a bit flatter but crappy wind!
At hotel now. Gonna meet others at 9:30 for fish n chips
Bonar bridge
Our stopover last nite was at Bonar Bridge but for sum reason the person who booked it thought it was at L airg ten miles away! Luckily we got a call before we had gone too far but we ended up doing eight miles more than we needed to!
Sunday, 13 June 2010
LE NORD
Nous sommes dans le Nord dEcosse. Il fait du vent, il pleut et naturelment il et tres froid! X j attends le 19 avec impatience xx
More hills
We kept off the main trunk rds and onto some stinker hills. The worst was fifteen pc for nrly a mile. We were popping eyes n nearly blacking out by the time granny rings had ground us to the top. So glad to c vic n thd van! Midges r evrywher yuk!
Tim knocked a nice tune
Tim knocked a nice tune of Mustang Sally on the bedroom door next to his and Marks room believing it to b Vics room . but it was some poor mans room. Evasive action might b needed at brekky!
120 miles
forgot to mention that we did 120 miles yesterday, crawled into hotel at 8.30pm a bit peckish. apparently today will b a bit easier, lets hope so!
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Day ache
Oops i mean day eight we couldnt get breky til late and now we r waiting for the Gourock to Dunoon ferry
Friday, 11 June 2010
Lunch
Big thanks to Liz and Lorna for some great rolls at lunchtime. We were all hungry and swooped on them like vultures. The scenery today has been amazing, alythough when you see the windfarms you know what u r in for! Eventually we arrived in Greenock at 7.15 having done 110 miles.
Injurys
Some one asked bout our injurys, collectively we have saddle sores, pressure sores, aching muscles, nettle stings and sore eyes frm the wind!
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Shirt of Shame
The Shap
Half way up the shap, pic taken by two cyclists with a combined age of one hundred and twenty! The Shap was a 1400mclimb over 15 miles of rough roads, with high cross and oncoming winds. Oxygen masks optional. I left most of my face skin sumwhere along it. As the road descended it was impossible to go faster due to the winds.
Premier Inn, Dumfries - Thursday Night's Stop-Over
Looks welcoming. More pictures on the hotel's web site.
The team have come such a long way since leaving the south eastern tip of England on Saturday morning; having passed through Wales on Monday, today they'll arrive in Scotland!
Have you seen all of the pictures arranged on a map of the UK? Just go to the photo web album, and click on the View Map link on the right-hand side of the screen (below the small map). Having done that, you can click on any of the individual photo thumbnails to see it displayed larger on the map. And then(!) you can click Play (just above the big photo) to get an animated slideshow of the photos and watch them travel up the country
The team have come such a long way since leaving the south eastern tip of England on Saturday morning; having passed through Wales on Monday, today they'll arrive in Scotland!
Have you seen all of the pictures arranged on a map of the UK? Just go to the photo web album, and click on the View Map link on the right-hand side of the screen (below the small map). Having done that, you can click on any of the individual photo thumbnails to see it displayed larger on the map. And then(!) you can click Play (just above the big photo) to get an animated slideshow of the photos and watch them travel up the country
Kendal Central, Premier Inn - Wednesday Night's Location
Last night's stop looks nice. There's more pics on the hotel's web site.
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Food
just had chicken n chips for supper then a mcflurry! The ladies in the chip shop all exchanged glances when they said we had to climb the Shap tomorrow! sounds like its gonna b a hard slog in granny ring. on the positive side every up has a down :)
Kendal
Another tough day as it was v windy from Carnforth to Kendal. The Premier Inn here is newish and staff helpful, so washing all arranged! Tim had boiled eggs for lunch so it will probably be windy tomorrow too!
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