The Ride
David and Chris will be setting off from Lands End on the 3rd May 2008 and aim to reach John O’Groats two weeks later on the 17th May 2008.
The ride is 988 miles long in total, which means they will have to average 70 miles per day to achieve their target of completing the ride in 15 days. Some of the longer days however will be up to 90 miles! A map summary showing the route and a listing of the daily stops are shown below (daily and cummulative mileage respectively):
Day 1 Lands End - Portreath - 33.5 miles - 33.5 miles
Day 2 Portreath - Lifton Down - 66.4 miles - 99.9 miles
Day 3 Lifton Down - Wellington - 63.2 miles - 163 miles
Day 4 Wellington - Bath - 59.6 miles - 223 miles
Day 5 Bath - Tenbury Wells - 80.2 miles - 303 miles
Day 6 Tenbury Wells - Ellesmere - 56.9 miles - 360 miles
Day 7 Ellesmere - Chester - 27.4 miles - 387 miles
Day 8 Chester - Claughton-on-Brock - 74.9 miles - 462 miles
Day 9 Claughton-on-Brock - Keswick - 67.9 miles - 530 miles
Day 10 Keswick - Moniaive - 87 miles - 617 miles
Day 11 Moniaive - Glasgow - 73.1 miles - 690 miles
Day 12 Glasgow - Ballachulish - 89.9 miles - 780 miles
Day 13 Ballachulish - Milton - 56 miles - 836 miles
Day 14 Milton - Dornoch - 70 miles - 906 miles
Day 15 Dornoch - John O’Groats - 82 miles - 988 miles