A week has gone now since we finished our epic 950 mile cycle tour from John o’Groats to Land’s End. It seems a long time ago already and yet the memories are thankfully still fresh. So …time for some JOGLE reflections perhaps. Let’s start with one of the disappointments – and there weren’t too many of those. This was obviously the fact that Sarah didn’t make the starting line due to breaking bones in her foot just three weeks before the start….
Just after 4pm on Sunday 28th June 2015 we reached Land’s End and completed our 950 mile JOGLE cycle journey. Before that JOGLE Day 16 had been another of those days of two halves. Overall we had been fortunate with the weather so far, but in Cornwall things can change quickly. So following yesterday’s sunshine the morning weather was frankly rubbish as we left Perranporth YHA. And it was more cycling down into bays and then climbing out of them as…
JOGLE Day 15, the penultimate day of our cycle tour always looked like being one of the most challenging days. In the event it certainly lived up to its reputation as we continued to make our way through the Devon and Cornwall hills. Leaving Sourton Cross Travelodge we left Dartmoor and made our way towards Lifton. And on towards Launceston. Our support team, Sarah and Nic, had already arrived and having a look around came upon the mayor officially opening a…
There is always a dilemma when cycling an end-to-end – do you start with the Devon and Cornwall hills when the legs are fresh, or finish when the legs are stronger? We of course are finishing in Cornwall, and this was the first of three days in the Devon and Cornwall hills. The finish line may be in sight but there are still plenty of hills to climb. JOGLE Day 14 certainly proved this to be the case! Leaving Taunton it was…
JOGLE Day 13 represented the shortest day on our cycle tour itinerary, and also the one with the least climbing. In theory it would be a sort of ‘rest day’ before the final three ‘Devon and Cornwall’ days. Weatherwise there were theories of strong south-westerly winds and even possible rain, but in the event neither of these materialised. It was another glorious day of sunshine. From a personal viewpoint, the wisdom teeth would be less painful today – but this…
