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James Morrison
For those of you who have managed to get to this site without knowing what it is about then this is the story.Jim the JoGLer
My name is Jim Morrison and I am planning to do a cycle ride from John o' Groats to Land's End starting on the 13th May May. The main aim is to do the ride for its own sake but it is really great to have the opportunity to try and raise some money for a very wothwhile cause. This is Medic Malawi, and you can find out about them from the following link.
www.medicmalawi.org
I intend to keep in touch with those who have donated, and anybody else for that matter, with my progress in training and the actual trip. If you would like to donate please go to
http://www.justgiving.com/Jim-Morrison
You will need to copy and paste because this site does not allow links.
This is my schedule
Jogle; John o’Groats to Lands End
Wed 11th May
Stay with Eleanor in Edinburgh
Thur 12th Train to John o Groats
Day 1 Fri 13th John o’ Groats to Helmsdale 70 miles –
Day 2 Sat 14th 66 miles Helmsdale to Inverness
Day 3 Sun 15th 98 miles Inverness to Pitlochry
Day 4 Mon 16th 70 miles Pitlochry to Edinburgh
Staying with Eleanor.
Day 5 Tue 17th 78 miles Edinburgh to Byrness
Day 6 Wed 18th Byrness to Langdon Beck 64 miles
Day 7 Thursday 19th Langdon Beck to Malham 62 miles
Day 8 Friday 20th Malham to Mappelwell 63 miles Stay with sister Linda
Day 9 Sat 21th Rest Day Meet with Pat
Day 10 Sun 22nd Mappelwell to Ilam 73 miles
Day 11 Monday 23rd Ilam to Birmingham 66 miles
Stay with Liz and Chris
Day 12 Tues 24th Birmingham to Tewkesbury 70 miles
Cycling with John as far as Bristol
Day 13 Wed 25th Tewkesbury to Street 95 miles
Not definite. Nothing booked
Day 14 Thur 26th Street to Okehampton 83 miles
Not definite. Nothing booked
Day 15 Fri 27th Okehampton to Bodmin 54 miles
Not definite. Nothing booked
Day 16 Sat 28th Bodmin to St Just-in-Penwith 84 miles YHA Letcha Vean
St Just-in-Penwith
Penzance
Day 17 Sunday 29th a few miles to Land’s End
Pick up by Peter and Sally with Mary
Travel Blog Posts
The Result or nearly
Published: August 31st 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » Devon » Chudleigh
August 31st 2011
I have just received some photos of the school roof project in Malawi which was the beneficiary of you support for my ride earlier this year and a note from Sally Ewings, who with her husband Peter Lee and son Ben visited and assisted with the project this summer. The following is part of her email to me;- " We are home safely from our big adventure and wanted to show you what the group of Exeter builders did in 3 long days at Chalizya School. The whole community got involved with the building work and everyone was delighted with the two new roofs on buildings which had previously been completely open to the weather. We had a great welcome, the chiefs came from the surrounding areas for a ceremony of speeches and thanks to all ... read more
May 30th 2011
I have added up the daily mileages from the Satmap and it comes to 1013 miles. As the crow flies the distance is about 870 but very welcome diversions to Edinburgh, Mappelwell, Birmingham and the not so welcome ones around the Cornish coves, as demanded by NCR 3, add to the miles. I thought that I would show some more photos taken by Mary's brother John who was with me from Birmingham to Bristol. Also some at the end taken by Sally and Peter... read more
May 29th 2011
Arrived at St Just with the luxury of knowing that there are only 5 miles to go and with luck very little hill climbing. Each morning I have been very pleased with what seems like a good recovery from the day before but by the afternoon I want it to be over asap. The only comfort is that the more miles I do is less to do later. The cycle route I chose for the final days was National Cycle Route 3. The designers of this route are determined that you will not miss out on the lovely coves that predominate in Cornwall. This means that there are a lot of very steep downs and ups of which I had had enough. I abandoned this the NCR 3 after Truro while preferring the B roads that ... read more
Day 16-Sat-28th May-Mevagissey-Penzance-61 miles
Published: May 29th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » PenzanceMay 29th 2011
I had a good ride -covering slightly less miles than originally planned. I passed by Truro and enjoyed a coffee there and then onto Redruth for a pasty arriving in Penzance by late afternoon. Now looking forward to the very last stage of the journey tomorrow morning before meeting Sally-peter and Mary at Lands End.........perhaps I should turn around and start the journey once again.........................!!! Jim... read more
Day 15-Friday-27th May. Okehampton-Mevagissey. 74 miles
Published: May 27th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » LauncestonMay 28th 2011
I have had a very enjoyable ride today following a very restful night at the B & B in Okehampton and a hearty breakfast. The weather has been fine with some wind but certainly less than yesterday. I have enjoyed a nice ride along the camel trail into Bodmin. My route took me over the old airfield at Davidstow where the cheese is produced and I saw signs of the shells of old wartime buildings. I did a few extra miles than planned today to make tomorrow slightly easier (hopefully) -which means my penultimate day will probably be about 60 miles. I have enjoyed Mevagissey this evening and have managed to find another good B & B. Jim... read more
Day 14-Thursday 26th May-Taunton-Okehampton-50 miles
Published: May 26th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » DevonMay 26th 2011
It has been a very blustery and showery day cycling today! However, it has been surprisingly ok as at times like these one can withdraw into ones shell and cycle on almost oblivious to the conditions! I had my third puncture along the Tiverton canal but enjoyed the lovely scenery along the length of the canal which gave me time to reflect on the dreadful B & B I had stayed in last night in Taunton. I was so relieved when I arrived there to discover it had a bath only to discover there was no plug and when I enquired about this the owner explained-"none of the bath have plugs as we are worried about people flooding the bathrooms and therefore the baths can't be used"!!!!! They didn't like the fact that I had asked ... read more
Day 12-Tuesday 24th May-Birmingham-Tewkesbury-81 miles.
Published: May 26th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » GloucestershireMay 26th 2011
Myself and John were blessed with a fairly level ride although we didn't get off to a very good start.! I had mapped the ride to cross the river Severn that had a road at each side but no bridge or ferry in between! This necessitated John and I cycling for 3 miles through lush meadows along side the river. We enjoyed plenty of refreshments stops on route and had a pretty full days cycle with an overnight stop in the travelodge at Tewkesbury ! Jim... read more
Day 11-Mon 23rd may-Ilam to Birmingham-74 miles.
Published: May 26th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » South YorkshireMay 26th 2011
It was nice ride from the Pennines down to Birmingham along some very good cycle paths and it was possible to get right into the centre of Birmingham using very few roads. I arrived just at 4.30 in good time to meet John off the train at New Street. We made our way to Kings Heath and had a lovely evening with Liz and Chris and James who was also able to join us for a Balti at Dawat. Myself and John enjoyed great hospitality with Liz and Chris before heading off early the next morning. Jim ... read more
Day 13-Wed 25th-Tewkesbury to Taunton-104 miles
Published: May 25th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » Somerset » TauntonMay 25th 2011
Apologies for not being able to update for the last couple of days...... I have enjoyed cycling with John over the last 2 days....and indulging in coffee stops and fish and chips for lunch....... We left Tewkesbury fairly early this morning and John rode with me until Bristol where he then got the train back to London. I was keen to get a bit further along the route than I had originally planned and managed another 40 miles along the A38 to Taunton. Getting to this point will give me a bit of a head start tomorrow for the leg to Okehampton..... I was sorry not to have been able to meet up with my friend Brian today who started the LEJOG last friday and was in Cheddar today-However this would have taken me away from ... read more
May 22nd 2011
Mappelwell to Ilam 79 miles Total 729 miles. Now to be honest I have to tell you that over the last few days my cycle computer and satnav have been disagreeing. It is a pity as they were in almost total agreement before that. When they disagree it is always by 10 miles with the cycle computer giving the higher mileage. I'll need to look into this when I get back. Anyway today was dominated by high winds which were at their worst at the beginning of the ride because there was little shelter. The wind was mostly against me. However when I had got past Buxton there was almost 15 miles of lovely off road cycle path that was suited to my bike and was mostly downhill. When I arrived in Ilam there was this ... read more
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