Land's End to John O'Groats

Firstly both Richard and I would like to thank you all for the welcome comments during our cycle ride, they certainly helped to drive us forward. Secondly we would like to thank everyone who have offered a donation and indeed for the donations already received.  Once all donations are received we will let you know […]

They’ve finished! They completed the journey yesterday evening,taking seventeen days in total. Full details to follow late tonight. Congratulations! Update: The final day involved strong winds, thankfully mostly in their favour. They reached 32 mph without pedalling at one point and were fighting against being pushed into ditches. They cycled 63.7 miles, bringing the full […]

To start, here’s a picture of the lovely shower facilities at last night’s camp site. Anyway, today was a significant improvement over the past week, with the rain holding off in the morning whilst they were packing up, and also on the evening when they were setting up. That’s the first time that’s happened since […]

We have a veritable cornucopia of pictures today, starting with a few more from the thirteenth day. This is a nice photo of their wild camp spot taken in the evening. And here’s Carol keeping her energy up with a healthy snack. And a strange, disembodied hand… They had heavy rain again all night and […]

Carol and Richard were subject to more torrential rain overnight on day eleven, which continued into the morning. They took a couple of pictures of them sheltering at a bus stop. Is it just me or is she looking way too happy, given the situation? Here’s Richard in a more fitting photo… They continued on […]

Better day today with some sun and less rain. They’re wild camping in a wood near Cumnock having camouflaged the bikes. They also saw buzzards, red squirrels and deer en route. 70 miles today, bringing the total up to 679.7 miles.

Rainy again today with showers and some torrential downpours and storms. They’ve crossed into Scotland and are at a camp site in Annan near Gretna Green. At least they managed to get a three course meal last night! They cycled 61 miles today; that’s 609.7 miles so far.