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The Final Push, leaving Tongue YH

Rolfe implores the gods to provide flat roads and kind weather.


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Blog: Day 15 - Tongue - John O'Groats
Date: June 7th 2008

It would be fitting if we could find some profound words to summarise the final hours of our adventure. Frankly, parts of the last day took a lot out of us, so you'll have to make do with this. We awoke with a strangely nervous anticipation of the day ahead. We'd already cycled 940 miles, through some awful weather at times (see day 3), and had longer days (see 1, 3 and 7), so why the butterfli ... read more


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