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Oddjob:
Someone on another forum wanted ideas on routes for the traditional Lands End to John O' Groats ride. It got me thinking, has anyone ever heard of anyone riding the same route but keeping to the coastline whenever possible? In theory you could actually start anywhere and end in the same place. Looking at Google maps for instance you can see some peninsulas are only served by one road, so I'd say that excludes that part of the country, you can't use the same road for more than say 1 mile. Not sure how many miles it would cover but certainly quite a few more than the traditional route and of course take far longer but the scenery would be much better and all the sea air would give you some lovely rosy cheeks  ;D ;D

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My brother did the Lands End to John O Groats route on his pedal cycle - that was eclipsed about 7 years ago when he rode from Derby to Klagenfurt in Austria with our Mums ashes - Wendy & I flew out & met him there eventually going to Maria Rain where we scattered Mums ashes (unofficially) in the church grounds where I was Christened.

Orcade-Ian:
Ken, I did leJog back in 2004 (heck that's nearly 20 years ago!) on a recumbent pedal trike belonging to the patients at the Spinal Unit where I was working back then.  I avoided the coastline as when using pedal power you frequently have severe climbs from a lovely sandy bay up over a bugger of a hill, only to drop back down to yet another sandy bay - especially in Cornwall and Devon.  We've also done big chunks of it by motorcycle and car and the coastline certainly is spectacular.  I did 1035 miles and it took me 18 days cycling - the record for a human powered two wheeler stood at 44 hours for a while - not sure what it is now.  Cyclist Touring Club (CTC) have skeletal routes you can hang your own deviations on.  Not sure how this other forum member is travelling but they won't be disappointed however they do it.
They say that doing the End to End can be a life changing experience - I can vouch for that!  It's why we ended up in Orkney!

http://www.stallard-engineering.co.uk/stories/Cycling/Le%20Jog%202004.htm

Ted, I've been to Klagenfurt and that's some distance to cycle!  We were only on a GoldWing!


Ian

Johnny4428:
Ian! You Hero! Thanks very much for sharing that very interesting account of your Le Jog trip and for a great cause.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Wow Ian what an achievement - those Recumbents are hard work up a hill - respect dude.

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