John O'Groats
Made it....just
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ea... [read more] Blog: Day 10
Date: September 10th 2006
The final countdown.... de dah duh daaaaa, de dah duh da daaaaaaaaa After 9 long days on the road we set out, stiff and creaky, for our final day's ride. We had somehow managed to get our sums wrong, in that our intended route would have been somewhere in excess of 130 miles. This sort of distance could well have broken us. So we re-visited the maps and managed to reduce the distance to 110 mi ... read more
Date: September 10th 2006
The final countdown.... de dah duh daaaaa, de dah duh da daaaaaaaaa After 9 long days on the road we set out, stiff and creaky, for our final day's ride. We had somehow managed to get our sums wrong, in that our intended route would have been somewhere in excess of 130 miles. This sort of distance could well have broken us. So we re-visited the maps and managed to reduce the distance to 110 mi ... read more
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From 1st to 10th September, five of us aim to ride from Land's End to John O'Groats with our kit on our backs and no support team. If we succeed, we will have covered a thousand miles in ten days. Admittedly, this is no Herculean feat, but we are overweight, hovering on forty and scared of the gym. It's going to be hard. It might be fun.
Sitting in the saddle, we hope to turn our sweat into pounds and if you would like to make a donation to one of our 2 chosen charities, please visit "www.justgiving.com/midlifechallenge" or "www.re-cycle.org".
Many of you have been very generous in yo... full info
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