What have I got myself into?

People are always asking me "who would win a fight between a monkey and a badger?"  That one I can't answer, instead I can provide details of the route our LeJog trip will be taking.

If you are reading this and live along the route / somewhere near please come and either ride with us for a bit or meet us for a beer one evening.

Note that contrary to what you might expect the days with most climbing are not encountered during the Scottish leg of the trip but are in fact in Cornwall. This is good because it gets them out of the way early.  It is bad because it might put me off cycling the rest of it.

The primary reason for choosing a Lands End to John O'Groats approach rather than the reverse is the prevailing wind should be at our backs most of the way. The secondary reason is it is down hill by a few hundred feet, not much in the scheme of things but welcome nonetheless.

Despite the poorly punctuated sign at Land's End giving false hope, the total mileage adds up to 924 miles, which is good as until I added it up just now I thought it was 974 so before we even set off I have gained 50 'free' miles.

In fact given the 874 miles is 'as the crow flies' an extra 50 odd miles does not seem too bad considering we are avoiding main roads the whole way.

Day 1 - Lands End to Launceston - 87 miles +6911 ft / -6527 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2287329

Day 2 - Launceston to Weston Super-mare - 102 miles +5378 ft / -5980 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2287397

Day 3 - Weston to Bridgnorth - 96 miles +3089 ft / -2931 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4657156

Day 4 - Bridgenorth to Bamber Bridge - 114 miles +4840 ft / -4854 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4657243

Day 5 - Bamber Bridge to Carlisle - 100 miles +4345 ft / -4395 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2288087

Day 6 - Carlisle to Dreghorn - 95 miles +3222 ft / -3233 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2288208

Day 7 - Dreghorn to Inveraray - 76 miles +2327 ft / -2404 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4656794

Day 8 - Inveraray to Fort William - 72 miles +3483 ft / -3483 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2290799

Day 9 - Fort William to Tain - 96 miles +5088 ft / -4858 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2290816

Day 10 - Tain to John O'Groats - 86 miles +4159 ft / -4380 ft
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2290862

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