We had arrived and enjoyed an enjoyable evening meal in John o’Groats the previous evening but now on JOGLE Day 1 the real cycling began. It was a cool grey and overcast morning as we headed down from the hotel to the start point. Ahead would like two weeks of cycling and over 900 miles. After the obligatory photo’s, there was no big fanfare (other than from Nic and Sarah), but soon we were on our way. We followed NCN Route 1 and…
Friday was the start of our big adventure. Today would be mainly spent sat in our crew van as we drove up to John o’Groats. We stopped mid morning for a coffee break at Southwaite services. Feeling a little more refreshed we continued on into Scotland. We stopped for lunch in a place called Auchterarder in a lovely cafe called Cafe Kisa. After lunch there was still a long way to go! We stopped for fuel and a quick coffee…
Finally it seems the sun is occasionally popping it’s head around the clouds, and 24 riders arrived at Timperley Sports Club on a pleasant Sunday morning for Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Plumley 2015 ride. For some of us this would be our last longer ride before our upcoming John o’Groats to Land’s End cycle tour …time to check that we are ready. Heading out of Timperley and through Altrincham the ride passed through Hale. And soon we were making our way through…
On Saturday we spent a sunny afternoon at Biddulph Grange Garden. Since I broke a couple of bones in my foot a few weeks ago, I have not been able to get out much as I wasn’t very mobile. Thankfully as time has gone on, I have slowly got more mobile and can now hobble around reasonably well. Andy was determined that we should go out and do something nice for a while and had suggested Biddulph Grange Garden, which…
All being well this time next week we should be just arriving in John o’Groats in preparation for our JOGLE Grand Depart on the morning of Saturday 13th June. Ahead will be nearly 1000 miles of cycling. In the meantime we are busy making final preparations. There;s getting the bikes ready, arranging picking up the van, making our packing lists, purchasing some of the food in advance …and even getting in a few last minute training rides. Sadly our JOGLE cycling…
