Distance travelled : 955.44 miles
Time in saddle : 67.64 hours
Calories Burned : 38946
I've just checked on the internet and 3500 calories = 1 pound of body weight, so there should be more of John left than I had feared.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Day 12
Falling at the Last Hurdle
Route : Brora - Wick - John O'Groats
Distance covered : 62.2 miles
Time in Saddle : 5 hours 24 minutes
Average speed : 11.5 mph
Calories : 2909
30 miles from the end of the trip and they crash into each other, resulting in ripped shorts for John, and gubbed gears and handlebars for Sammy. It is somehow appropriate that they started with a bomb scare and ended with a crash
As you can see from the stats above, from a high of over 16 mph, the road speed has dwindled to a Douglas Bader-ish pace, and it's just as well Joan was there to pick up what was left of them and throw them in the back of the car.
Final update from Sammy last night and what a tired man he sounds.
Anyway - well done boys; quite an effort on my part.
Route : Brora - Wick - John O'Groats
Distance covered : 62.2 miles
Time in Saddle : 5 hours 24 minutes
Average speed : 11.5 mph
Calories : 2909
30 miles from the end of the trip and they crash into each other, resulting in ripped shorts for John, and gubbed gears and handlebars for Sammy. It is somehow appropriate that they started with a bomb scare and ended with a crash
As you can see from the stats above, from a high of over 16 mph, the road speed has dwindled to a Douglas Bader-ish pace, and it's just as well Joan was there to pick up what was left of them and throw them in the back of the car.
Final update from Sammy last night and what a tired man he sounds.
Anyway - well done boys; quite an effort on my part.
Day 11
The Penultimate Pedal
Route : Fort Augustus - Drumnadrochit - Dingwall - Dornoch - Brora
Distance : 90.11 miles
Time in Saddle : 7 hours 14 minutes
Average Speed : 12.4 mph
Calories : 3443
Sammy's report, verbatim, as follows:
Riveting.
Route : Fort Augustus - Drumnadrochit - Dingwall - Dornoch - Brora
Distance : 90.11 miles
Time in Saddle : 7 hours 14 minutes
Average Speed : 12.4 mph
Calories : 3443
Sammy's report, verbatim, as follows:
Riveting.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Day 10
Windy
Route : Oban - Fort William - Fort Augustus
Distance covered : 76.89 miles
Average Speed : 13.2 mph
Time in saddle : 5 hours 48 minutes
Calories : 3087
Essentially the entire day spent cycling into a headwind. Nothing to report except depression and exhaustion.
1.5 days to go. I think the chaps need a song to help them on the way, so as David Soul once sang "Don't give up on us baby..." EVERYONE...
Route : Oban - Fort William - Fort Augustus
Distance covered : 76.89 miles
Average Speed : 13.2 mph
Time in saddle : 5 hours 48 minutes
Calories : 3087
Essentially the entire day spent cycling into a headwind. Nothing to report except depression and exhaustion.
1.5 days to go. I think the chaps need a song to help them on the way, so as David Soul once sang "Don't give up on us baby..." EVERYONE...
Day 9
The Worst restaurant in the World
Route : Dunoon - Inverary - Oban
Distance : 78.11 miles
Average Speed : 14.0 mph
Time in Saddle : 5 hours 34 minutes
Calories : 3000
A day of culinary extremes and crap weather. Lunch in Inverary (I'll withold the name in case of litigation) : ordered a cheese and ham panini and some chicken and rice soup / received a bowl of warm water and a 10 day old toastie. Complained and asked for a fresh toastie - got the same toastie back 10 minutes later. On being challenged the waitress admitted the place was sh*t and run by ar*eholes. Inverary - don't you just love it.
Dinner in Oban at Ee-usk a different matter; Sammy and John had a mixture of magnificent sea food; Colin had a bowl of tomato soup.
Another big than-you to Iona and Gilbert who run the excellent Glen Rye where the boys stayed for the night. Money off the bill and a £40 donation. If you're going to Oban - stay there.
(Hello to Ryan, Andy and Phill who have been doing the Lands End / John O'groats thing and who the boys ate with at EE-us).
Route : Dunoon - Inverary - Oban
Distance : 78.11 miles
Average Speed : 14.0 mph
Time in Saddle : 5 hours 34 minutes
Calories : 3000
A day of culinary extremes and crap weather. Lunch in Inverary (I'll withold the name in case of litigation) : ordered a cheese and ham panini and some chicken and rice soup / received a bowl of warm water and a 10 day old toastie. Complained and asked for a fresh toastie - got the same toastie back 10 minutes later. On being challenged the waitress admitted the place was sh*t and run by ar*eholes. Inverary - don't you just love it.
Dinner in Oban at Ee-usk a different matter; Sammy and John had a mixture of magnificent sea food; Colin had a bowl of tomato soup.
Another big than-you to Iona and Gilbert who run the excellent Glen Rye where the boys stayed for the night. Money off the bill and a £40 donation. If you're going to Oban - stay there.
(Hello to Ryan, Andy and Phill who have been doing the Lands End / John O'groats thing and who the boys ate with at EE-us).
Friday, 23 May 2008
Day 8
The Arrival of Colin
Route : Dumfries - Kilmarnock - Dunoon
Distance : 99.24 miles
Average Speed : 16.0 mph
Time in Saddle : 6 hours 10 minutes
Calories : 3443
The boys were joined in Kilmarnock by Greg Anderson, himself a veteran of the Land's End to John O'Groats trip. The have also been joined in the last few days by a swelling on John's person of such vastness that it has been named Colin.
John met his mum for some din'dins in the evening leaving Sammy and Greg to a planned slap up meal in Dunoon. However, the best they could find was a 3 in 1, so they ended up having a pizza and a bottle of Lambrusco on a bench.
A couple of thank-yous here to Western Ferries for letting the chaps on the ferry free of charge, and to Graeme at the hotel in Dunoon for his donation of £20 - all much appreciated.
Photo to follow
Route : Dumfries - Kilmarnock - Dunoon
Distance : 99.24 miles
Average Speed : 16.0 mph
Time in Saddle : 6 hours 10 minutes
Calories : 3443
The boys were joined in Kilmarnock by Greg Anderson, himself a veteran of the Land's End to John O'Groats trip. The have also been joined in the last few days by a swelling on John's person of such vastness that it has been named Colin.
John met his mum for some din'dins in the evening leaving Sammy and Greg to a planned slap up meal in Dunoon. However, the best they could find was a 3 in 1, so they ended up having a pizza and a bottle of Lambrusco on a bench.
A couple of thank-yous here to Western Ferries for letting the chaps on the ferry free of charge, and to Graeme at the hotel in Dunoon for his donation of £20 - all much appreciated.
Photo to follow
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Day 7
Scotland Rejoices!
Route : Kendal - Penrith - Carlisle - Dumfries
Distance covered : 79.32 miles
Average Speed : 15.4 mph
Time in saddle : 5 hours 8 minutes
Calories : 2664
Arse Condition : prolapsed
A cheering crowd of some 75,000 fans and well-wishers could not, unfortunately, make it to the border to celebrate the return of the prodigal cyclists.
A day of friction and near disaster. Sammy, bored to the point of suicide by John's chat, is now cycling with the ipod permanently fixed to his big Welsh lugs, although how you could get bored of John's conversation after only 7 days is beyond me. Anyway, while pedalling away, listening to Peters and Lee's greatest hit, Sammy started to head up the slip road to the M74, quickly followed by the rozzers who beat him up slightly and pointed him in a less exciting direction. Pity.
They're still complaining that they have sore knees but I really don't care.
Come back tomorrow for the much awaited Dumfries to Tarbert leg.
Route : Kendal - Penrith - Carlisle - Dumfries
Distance covered : 79.32 miles
Average Speed : 15.4 mph
Time in saddle : 5 hours 8 minutes
Calories : 2664
Arse Condition : prolapsed
A cheering crowd of some 75,000 fans and well-wishers could not, unfortunately, make it to the border to celebrate the return of the prodigal cyclists.
A day of friction and near disaster. Sammy, bored to the point of suicide by John's chat, is now cycling with the ipod permanently fixed to his big Welsh lugs, although how you could get bored of John's conversation after only 7 days is beyond me. Anyway, while pedalling away, listening to Peters and Lee's greatest hit, Sammy started to head up the slip road to the M74, quickly followed by the rozzers who beat him up slightly and pointed him in a less exciting direction. Pity.
They're still complaining that they have sore knees but I really don't care.
Come back tomorrow for the much awaited Dumfries to Tarbert leg.
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