Below is the route that we took together with daily distances and times in the saddle and a few notes. If anyone would like more detailed information please email me at ph@chestertongray.com Our support manager, Jeff would also be pleased to talk it through with you.

John O’Groats to Lands End 16^th to 25^th June 2011-06-30

Day One JOG to Tain

Miles:   91

Hours:  5hr 41m

Avge:   16.01 (tailwind)

A99 to Wick – Latheon

A9 to Helmsdale – Tain

Day Two Tain to Dalwhinnie

Miles:   93.78

Hours:  6hrs 50m

Avge:   13.73 (headwind pm)

Back roads to Alness (lovely scenic route)

A9 to Tore – Inverness – Aviemore – Dalwhinnie

Day Three Dalwhinnie to Edinburgh

Miles: 101.62

Hours: 6hrs 47m

Avge:   14.98

A9 to Pitlochry – Perth

A912/B996 to Kinross – Kelty

B917 to Inverkeithing

Forth Bridge

A90 to Edinburgh (avoid cycle routes from the bridge as they go all over the place and are hard to follow)

Day Four Edinburgh to Carlisle

Miles:   88.46

Hours:  6hrs 8m

Avge:   14.4

A7 to Stow – Galashiels – Selkirk - Hawick – Langholm – Carlisle

Day Five Carlisle to Preston

Miles:   97.44

Hours:  6hrs 41m

Avge:   14.6

A6 to Penrith – Shap – Kendal – Carnforth – Lancaster – Garstang (about half way to Lands End here) – Preston

Day Six Preston to Shrewsbury

Miles:   83.97

Hours:  5hrs 53m

Avge:   14.29

A49 to Wigan – Warrington – Tarporley – Whitchurch - Shrewsbury

Day Seven Shrewsbury to Chepstow

Miles:   88.96

Hours:  5hrs 46m

Avge:   15.42

A49 to Church Stretton – Ludlow – Leominster – Hereford

A466 to Monmouth – Chepstow

Day Eight Chepstow to Tiverton

Miles:   86.35

Hours:  5hrs 51m

Avge:   14.75

Severn Bridge

A403 to Avonmouth

A4 to Bristol

A38 to Highbridge – Bridgwater – Taunton

A361 to Tiverton

Day Nine Tiverton to Bodmin

Miles:   73

Hours:  5hrs 25

Avge:   13.48 (headwind pm)

A396 to Bickleigh

A3072 to Crediton

A377 to Copplestone

A3072 to North Tawton

B3215 to Okehampton

B3260 out of Okehampton onto the A386 then avoiding the A30 by going under onto

A388 through Bridestowe,Lewdown, Tinhay joining A30 at Lifton

A30 to Launceston – Bodmin

Day Ten Bodmin to Lands End

Miles:   53.5

Hours:  3hrs 48m

Avge:   14.08 (headwind)

A30 to Penzance – Lands End

We did take some minor roads that ran alongside the main A roads where appropriate. For the most part the roads (except parts of the A9 and A30) were not too busy. After a couple of days we had sorted out our nutrition – we had a large breakfast followed by two meals on route, stopping also for coffee, ice creams and to enjoy the views. We also snacked whilst riding and ensured we were hydrated taking on fluids every 15-20 minutes. Thankfully it was not too hot. It rained on seven of the ten days but only for an hour or so at a time! On two days we had good tailwinds but also on two days we had strong headwinds; during the course of the day the wind tended to switch around which was good and the weather varied considerably.

Generally we started about 9am and got to our destination around 6 – 6.30pm so full days!