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JOGLE Day 7 – Langholm to Grasmere

JOGLE Day 7 – Langholm to Grasmere

After a tough day yesterday JOGLE Day 7 would prove a welcome relief – less miles to cycle and less hills to climb. We had all enjoyed a good nights rest and after a chaotic start where staff kept forgetting what we had ordered for breakfast (though when the correct food arrived it was very enjoyable!) we set off for Carlisle. As has been one of the themes of this JOGLE this was again a ride of two halves. On this occasion the…

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JOGLE Day 6 – Edinburgh to Langholm

JOGLE Day 6 – Edinburgh to Langholm

We had always thought that JOGLE Day 6 was going to be the toughest of the tour since it was the longest distance and the most cumulative climbing …and so it proved. The theme for the day was ‘hills’. The day began with the usual bit of ‘fun’. After leaving Edinburgh Central SYHA we hadn’t cycled very far when Neil pulled up with the first puncture of the tour. And we were quickly in to the climbing as we made…

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