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A Journey from Land's End to John O'Groats on an Overloaded Recumbent Cycle in June 1999

A tale of hellish hills, howling headwinds and heather-clad highlands

 

The Prologue

Chapter One: Of Hills and Hell

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Day 1: London to Crows-an-Wra via Land's End

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Day 2: Cows-an-Wra to Carnon Downs (Truro) via the Lizard

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Day 3: Carnon Downs to Tintagel

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Day 4: Tintagel to Bude

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Day 5: Bude to Bampton

Chapter Two: Flatlands at Last!

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Day 6: Bampton to Glastonbury

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Day 7: Glastonbury to Littleton-upon-Severn

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Day 8: Littleton-upon-Severn to Tewkesbury

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Day 9: Tewkesbury to Bridgnorth

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Day 10: Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury

Chapter Three: It's Grim up North! Or is it?

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Day 11: Shrewsbury to Nantwich

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Day 12: Nantwich to Croston

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Day 13: Croston to Dent

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Day 14: Dent to Carlisle

Chapter Four: Scotland the Brave

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Day 15: Carlisle to Kilmarnock

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Day 16: Kilmarnock to Kilcreggan

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Day 17: Kilcreggan (rest day)

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Day 18: Kilcreggan (delayed by storms)

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Day 19: Kilcreggan (Went sailing Instead)

Chapter Five: The Final Dash

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Day 20: Kilcreggan to Fort William

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Day 21: Fort William to Dingwall

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Day 22: Dingwall to Tongue

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Day 23: Tongue to John O'Groats

Chapter Six: Winding Down

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Day 24: John O'Groats to Kirkwall

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Day 25: Kirkwall to Stromness

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Day 26: Circuit of Mainland

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Day 27: Homeward bound

Epilogue

                    Route Maps  

Statistical charts

Glossary

Links to other End to End Accounts

 

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Last Updated 28 December, 2002