End to End

I've been thinking. (I know, I know it's a fecking dangerous pastime)
Next year, I want to do the John o'Groats to Land's End ride.

Here's the plan so far:
Saturday 22nd July : Ride to John o'Groats
Sunday 23 July : Turn round and ride to Land's End
Tuesday 25th July : Arrive in Land's end. Turn around and ride back.
I want to finish at the Rock & Blues at Pentrich on Thursday
evening/Friday morning.

Anyone done the End to End trip? Any advice appreciated.
Anybody fancy joining in with the trip next year?


Dave

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Big Dave

It's a fucking long way.

Possibly, but I want to do the "main" leg in one hit and TBH, I rather
fancy LEJOG rather than JOGLE, just for a change.

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Hmm. Do it in one hit?
I'd like to find out whether I'm up to doing it or not.
And its less days off work!
I'm ceratinly not up to doing it in 11 and a bit hours like Champ did!
(I'm tooooooo old!)
Thanks for the link btw, but I'd already read that.
(I've got a vague recollection of reading the original bits in
Superbike magazine)

The only reason I said JOGLE is that I'd be "pointing the right way"
for home at the RBCS at the end of it.
LEJOG might be more fun : Get the busy roads out of the way first.
Worth some thought...

Dave

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

884 miles fits my definition of "a fucking long way" quite nicely, as it
happens.

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Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Make it interesting and stay off M and A roads as far as possible.

 

How long did you allow for stops along the way?

 

It was a BMW K1200S wasn't it?

It didn't break down on that trip but ate it's gearbox a few days later I
think.

 

Big Dave emerged from their own little world to say

You'd need a moody plate too, now that the A9 has a GATSO and 50mph speed
limit along most of it's length.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ginge

That's a point. With Champ's prostate, he's unlikely to be able to make
the best use of a more modern machine to break his record.

Shame really.

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public toilet with the lid closed.

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Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

.... and remember to keep up a 180mph average. Minimum.

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I'll have some of that.
scraggy at gmail dot com

 

WTF is a "moody plate" ?


Dave

 

Big Dave emerged from their own little world to say

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moody

item 3

 

It doesn't like being taken out certain times of the month.

 

Ahh! Gotcha now.
(I'm old and desparately un-hip!)

DAve

 

That was part of the idea of taking a few days over doing the trip.
There's time to pick an "interesting" route.
(eg : The A85/A84 between Crianlarich and Lochearnhead used to be good.)

Dave

 

You seriously up for it then?
e-mail me off list if you are

Dave

 

I'm planning on doing a similar run, but considering doing a corner to
corner style affair. I'm in the south east corner, go to south west,
then north west... No date set, though.

 

Oh, and I was planning to avoid motorways too. I plotted a 'coastal
run' which would take me about 8 days.

 

That could be fun :
Dover - Cape Wrath - JOG - Lands End ?
How long are you thinking of taking for the trip?

Dave