http://www.donatemytime.org.uk Peter Skelton & Rob Dentry - Land's End to John O'Groats - May 2009 Thu, 21 May 2009 11:38:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Day 15 Tongue to John O’Groats Distance 64.42miles Average 12.8 mph Time 4hours 53minutes and 40 seconds Day 15, our final day began at 07.45 when we left Tongue and headed for our final destination; John O’Groats.                         We were under pressure as we had to cycle on from John O’Groats to Wick to catch our ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/67 Day 14 Lairg to Tongue Distance 40.1 miles Average 11.2 mph Time 3 hours 28 minutes and 52 seconds Our day started at 09.00 when we left Lairg heading for Tongue. It was a very very easy day today, mostly flat with just a few undulations. We took our time, poodled along ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-fourteen-lairg-to-tongue-the-second-to-last-day Day 13 Loch Ness to Lairg Distance 72.1 miles Average 11.8 mph Time 5 hours 51 minutes 41 seconds We left Loch Ness still not having managed to get a glimpse of Nessie at 08.00 and after about 10 miles we picked up some food at a service station. We passed through ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-thirteen-loch-ness-to-lairg Day 12 Glencoe to Loch Ness Distance 60.1 miles Average 12.4 mph Time 4 hours 41 minutes and 45 seconds We set off today at 09.15 and headed straight along the A82 literally all the way. It was overcast and a little bit drizzly but not too bad. The wind was mostly ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-twelve-glencoe-to-loch-ness Day 11 Stirling to Glencoe Distance  85.08 miles Average 11.6 mph Time 7 hours 12 minutes and 59 seconds Day 10 began with us leaving Stirling at 10.00 heading for Glencoe.  We cycled up the A84 and the weather to begin with was overcast and a little bit drizzly and unfortunately that didn't change ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-eleven-stirling-to-glencoe Day 10 Greenhead to Stirling Distance  131.64 miles Average 12.5 mph Time 10 hours 2 mins 37 seconds We left Greenhead at about 08.50 heading for Brampton along the A69.  We had a cracking wind behind us and on some of the flats we were doing up to 25 miles an hour which was ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-ten-greenhead-to-stirling Day 9 Slaidburn to Greenhead Distance  95.81miles Average 10mph Time 9 hours 17 minutes 23 seconds We left Slaidburn today at 09.00 and ventured through Lancashire and along the Yorkshire Dales.  It was a long, tiring ride luckily with the wind behind us at the beginning of the route.  We saw some spectacular views over ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-nine-slaidburn-to-greenhead Day 8 Chester to Slaidburn Distance  79 miles Average 11.4 Time 6 hours 26 mins and 6 seconds Just before leaving Chester, I was giving Rob a massage on his left calf in the dormitory which we were sharing with six other people and he was lying on the floor when a young Canadian guy ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-eight-chester-to-slaidburn-wear-the-fox-hat Day 7 Clun to Chester Distance  82.11 miles Average 12.2 mph Time 6 hours 32 minutes and 48 seconds We started off with bright and sunny weather at 09.30 but we had a really strong headwind.  Clun YHA is a very remote but very beautiful place to stay.  It is an old flour mill and ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-seven-clun-to-chester Day 6 Goodrich to Clun Distance 69.5miles Average 10.8 mph Time 6 hours 11 minutes 17 seconds At 09.30 we began Day 6 of our tour and left Goodrich heading for Clun with warm conditions and the weather forecast saying 17 degrees.  We both got a bit burnt in the sun today and I now ... http://www.donatemytime.org.uk/day-six-goodrich-to-clun