Couch to LEJoG

G- Whizz, what a day! Glad it’s done, toughest climbing day of the journey!! We left Liskeard this morning after a hearty breakfast near our Premier Inn, at 8.30am. We all knew it was going to be a hard day with over 7000ft of climbs! The Gilles started straight away, no gentle warm up for…

Alarm went off at 6.30, breakfast at 7am, bikes and bags loaded in the van by 8am and our lifts left at 8.30am! Clockwork!! We arrived by taxi to Lands End this morning at 9am, with a view to start cycling by 9.30. We did the obligatory photo shoot, which we managed for free !(there…

Leaving Mull to travel anywhere is a bit of a journey!! To cycle from Lands End to John O Groats we have had to pack all the gear we need for 2 weeks and travel with that and our bikes to Penzance. The journey is taking us a solid 27 hours of travel! My lovely…

Training is finished! Thank the lord!!! It has been time consuming, all consuming, hard, harder, slow, fast, sore, exhausting, anti social, meditative, dangerous and great for the body and mind! We made the decision in December 2022, to take on LEJoG. I felt a bit reluctant to commit, and was worried about the amount of…

I had never been a keen cyclist, but I do love a challenge!! In 2008 I took up my first challenge for MacMillan and hiked to Machu Picchu in Peru for some travel, adventure and raise money for charity. I became addicted!! The following year, I trekked in the Sahara dessert and climbed Kilimanjaro!! The…