Pictures from Land's End to John O'Groats
Another bad day. Quoting directly from a text message we received: “Torrential rain. Reached Grasmere. Soaked to skin. No camp. Yha wanted 50 quid. Yha letting us dry clothes and wild camp in woods. Tent saturated. Floods.” They covered 54 miles today. Let’s hope the weather improves for them soon. 548.7 miles so far.
They’ve gone through Liverpool, Warrington and Preston today in torrential rain. They’re wild camping at Garstang tonight, with their tent and gear soaked through. They covered 77.6 miles today, that’s 494.7 miles so far. Nearly half way!
Carol and Richard went over the Stiperstones early today and through Westbury, their nearest point to home. They then stopped at Knockin and sent us this priceless text message: “At knockin. Having a coffee in the knockin shop. Head wind again. And rich is drooling over a pristine mitsubishi gto ’92 twin turbo” They’re camping […]
Carol and Richard got off to a late start, with high winds and rain approaching. There were strong head winds all day. They reached Bridges Youth Hostel in the Long Mynd at around 9 pm having covered about 62 miles, finishing in torrential rain. They have traveled 359.1 miles so far.
A long day today, again plagued by rain. They’ve now reached Peterhead in Hereford, having cycled 72.8 miles and passing through Wales on the way. They have done 297.1 miles so far. Thanks to Paul Hale for the following photos of Carol and Richard on the Severn Bridge, taken today.
Carol and Richard covered 60.3 miles today in pretty much constant rain and have reached Congresbury, south of Bristol. The tent was still wet from the previous night when they put it up. Total distance so far is 224.3 miles.
Today they started at Broadwoodwiger and had a problem with Richard’s panniers. Both screws were missing, but luckily they had some spares. They reached Sampford Peverell near Taunton, after 57.8 miles. Total mileage 164.
Rained all night in the tent. Managed to reach Devon after 62 miles of constant steep hills. Total 106 miles so far.
The dastardly duo set off this morning in typically British drizzle. The hardest part so far was getting the Land’s End car park machine to accept our midlander pound coins. Sadly, the landmark sign post has been removed because of continual thefts, so here are Carol and Richard next to another sign And the journey […]