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*Just spent an hour writing the summary of the last day and somehow my iPhone crashed and never saved a copy. So I’ll start again with even more enthusiasm as my first draft! I’m writing this in the middle of my 7 hour train journey back to Glasgow so plenty of time to reflect on [...]

Tomorrow, if all goes according to plan, I’ll be arriving at John O’Groats. The only way to train for this great journey is just to do it. I really underestimated it, and overestimated my ability, which is why I never completed it in 7 days. Tomorrow, if completed, I will have taken 11 days. Still [...]

Somehow, I managed to wake up around 5:30 this morning and saw the most amazing sunrise! Quickly went back to sleep, and I’m sorry to report, there is no photographic evidence of this sunrise. It did however set the mood for the day with a certain bounce in my pedal! For some reason, I thought [...]

So, I’m just chilling out in the lounge of a castle as you do. Didn’t see this one coming. More on the castle later, as I have a bit of time, I’m going to write a few separate entries tonight to break it up a bit. So, since riding with Neil to Dunoon, I realised [...]

No. Anyway, today, I decided to take it easy on the leg, so I aimed for Fort Augustus, which turned out to be a lovely 78.85 mile ride, with a top speed of 34.4mph. I was REALLY going slow today, the pace you would be going at listening to some Brian Eno music if you [...]

The days are just getting better and better now, and I’m learning so much more about myself and what I’m capable of. My top speed was 34.7 and I covered 107 miles. So, after a wonderful evening with my wonderful parents, my sweet wee ma fuelled me up with a carb loaded breakfast then I [...]

So! Here I am in Carlisle and what a great day of cycling it was indeed, mainly thanks to the Castros in Blackpool! Top speed of 37.7mph, and a distance of 95.1 miles was today’s result. My overall mileage so far is 542.1 miles. Mr and Mrs Castro cooked an amazing pasta meal for me, [...]

Yesterday, I wrote about repetition, but that doesn’t even come close to what I saw today! Of course, before I carry on, my top speed was 34mph and I covered a small distance of 57 miles (which I’ll explain in a bit). So, left my base on the A49 this morning and headed 7 miles [...]

Top speed: 35.7mph, distance:77.37 miles. All I could think about today was the importance of mental and physical strength. The road from Ludlow, north on the lengthy A49, in the most polite way, is pretty boring. EVERYTHING is identical and you end just seeing repetition after repetition. The same drains, cat eye lights, cars, cows, [...]

Wow! What an incredible day! Top speed of 38.5mph and cleared 110 miles off the target. So much to say whilst I’m half asleep. We’ll see how this goes… 7am start from Somerset, felt incredibly hard to get going in the first hour. I was really cold, half asleep and the battery in the iPod [...]

Today I cycled 74.8 miles and my top speed was 36.9mph. Finally the hills are behind me, although deep down I think I enjoyed them! Staying in Bason Bridge in Somerset tonight, couldn’t do any more mileage after feeling so wiped out. Spent a while in Exeter getting random bike stuff sorted out as well [...]

First of all. I REALLY wanted to write a diary every evening of the days events but there is just no time. When I’m not cycling I’m either eating, lost, or sleeping. I’ll just stick with wee tweets for now, and I’ll write BIG diary entries for everyday. While I’m here, here’s a quick summary [...]

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Well, as I write this, I’m on the train from London Paddington to Penzance, where I’ll make my way to the quiet plains of Treverven Farm, just round the corner from Land’s End to spend an evening preparing myself mentally. After a spell of about 4 days of an over familiar volume of nerves, I’m [...]

*Please note, that I DO practice safe cycling, and only listen to music at a low level, and when traffic is at a low level. Also I use iPhone headphones which don’t block out any exterior noise. This video is an extremely quick edit of my London–Norwich training bike ride just over a week ago. [...]