As most of you already know we undertook the iconic cycle ride JOGLE (John O’Groats to Lands End) in June 2015 but this relates to the view from the van. Due to the fact that I broke two bones in my foot a few weeks before hand, it meant that I wouldn’t be able to cycle after all – a huge disappointment as it had been planned for over a year beforehand! As Nicholl would be driving a crew van,…
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….
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…
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…
