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JoGLE 2010 'The Long-ish Way Down'

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Caithness County » John O'Groats June 1st 2010

On June 21st, me and my Brother-in-law, Geoff, set out on the mammoth journey from John O'Groats (at the North-Eastern-most tip of mainland Scotland) to Land's End (the South-Western-most point of mainland England), travelling only under our own steam - hopefully fuelled by some of the British Isles' best ale. Cycling, on average, 75 miles a day we'll hopefully make the entire 860 mile journey in only 12 days, travelling through the Highlands of Scotland, the slums of the North-West and the cider-making regions of the West country. My charity of choice is the NSPCC, who do great work protecting those who can't protect themselves. Geoff will be collecting for the British Heart Foundation, another extremely worthy cause, who pioneer research, prevention activity and giving care and support to those living with heart disease. http://www.justgiving.com/Geoff-Maguire... read more

Journey to the end of the road.......John 'O Groats

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Caithness County » John O'Groats July 14th 2009

From the environment friendly lookout

Whiskers

Tuesday 14th July Journey to the end of the road............John ‘O Groats We hadn’t realised that the A99 road on mainland Britain doesn’t actually finish at the most northerly point.That honour falls to a lesser road a little further west of the small famed village of John “ Groats .That road being the B855 ending at Dunnet Head. But it doesn’t sound right to say that we have been from Lands End to Dunnet Head as we are sure no one outside the village of Dunnet,about 4 miles from the headland actually knows where that place is.So we will opt for John ‘O Groats as our destination as we want to also set foot at Lands End ,at the bottom of the Britain,in about 10 days time when we return to England. The weather has deserted ... read more

Day trip to the north

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Caithness County » John O'Groats May 5th 2009

ARos

Today I woke up earlier than normal to go on a day trip to see some Scottish wildlife and the highlands all the way up to john o'groats! I got the idea from someone who was going on the trip in my hostel. We met at nine fifteen and headed out. There was ten of us on the tour plus the guide. We were in a mini coach so we got to get right up to nature. We went on a few mini hikes, saw deer, seabirds, seals and the super funny highland cattle with their bangs all windblown in front of their face. We also saw so many lambs!!! They are the cutest ever! Not to mention the views and all the scenery! LFG and Fort Edmonton: I saw the Orkney islands from across the ... read more

The Cardiff Joglers

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Caithness County » John O'Groats March 30th 2009

Goffy

So here we are. 5 days till the off. Miles of training completed, route sorted, £Thousands of sponsorship money secured. A Team of 6 of us (The Cardiff Joglers, being Goff, Gabe, Matt, Gem, Joe and Josh) will attempt the gruelling 1017 miles of John O' Groats to Lands End cycle ride over the Easter period. After a long minibus trip up to JOG on Friday 3rd, we shall commence our journey North to South on Saturday 4th. We shall be aiming to post regular updates to share our experiences with friends family and the like. Completion of the ride is scheduled for Wednesday 15th. Could we be doing something better over Easter?? Yes. Why are we doing it?? Couldn't really tell you! Is it going to cause weeks of discomfort to parts of the body ... read more

I've done it!!

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Caithness County » John O'Groats August 26th 2008

At the end of the road!!

Forget 9 to 5

Just in case I haven't already text you or screamed down a phone at you...I've reached John o'Groats! Yes that's right folks, I've completed my marathon bike ride across Great Britain and Ireland, and the grand total mileage is 1228 miles for all you crazy people who sponsored me by the mile. In Wick now waiting for my marathon train journey back down south. I'll be back tomorrow and ready to hassle all of you who haven't paid up yet! Will update blog with photos and descriptions of glorious Bonnie Scotland in a day or two when I'm home and recovered! fxx... read more

Orkney 2007

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Caithness County » John O'Groats July 6th 2007

John O'Groats

Johnny Boy

What a good weekend I’ve just had up there in Orkney, I’ve got friends up there that I dive with, one’s a guy that first took me to Orkney in 1999 to dive on the wrecks of the German high seas fleet that was scuttled on 21st June 1919, and he’s now got a B&B up there and would welcome bikers. I went up for 2 reasons, a) I’ve always wanted to take the bike up there, b) I’ve got a dive trip planned for August and the dive operator, which is a partnership has split up, so I needed to sort it all out and make sure all would be okay when we get up there in August. I planned to come back Sunday morning but Orcadian hospitality got the better of me. I wanted ... read more

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