LEJOG Day 12 – The Chequered Flag

It was up early for the final assault from Golspie to John O Groats. After 11 days all of us were ready physically, mentally and emotionally to get the job done! Our B&B hosts had warned us of the BerryHill Braes, a series of hills on our route to JoG but we were still unprepared [...]

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LEJOG Day 10 – Killin to Fort Augustus

Graeme stayed with us for another day which was bullish as this was to be our longest ride and definitely one of our toughest days. Up before breakfast was available at our Killin Hotel, we stopped in after 15 miles in Crianlarich for a top up of eggs. From here on out, today was immense. [...]

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LEJOG Day 9 – South Queensferry to Killin

Today our team expanded to 8 with Alan, Graeme, Alistair, Mike and Dario joining the OMH team. An early start has us heading out over the Forth Road Bridge and on up to Auchterarder for coffee and a load of cakes. Passing Crieff we then rode along the banks of Loch Earn before turning north [...]

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LEJOG Day 8 – Innerleithen to South Queensferry

Today was all about the MS Centre for Myelin Repair in Edinburgh, the focus of all that we are doing. After a fantastic ride over the Morefoot Hills we arrived at the Centre around 11am. We were met by Charles ffrench-Constant, Lead Scientist, and Christine Catlin, Head of the MS Society in Scotland. We were [...]

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LEJOG Day 7 – Penrith to Innerleithen

An early start necessary as 90 miles needed by early afternoon to allow us to sit down to watch Andy win Wimbledon. Coffee and cakes in Langholm (after crossing the Border!) had us lunching in Hawick after 65 miles with some tremendous riding up the A7 - fabulous road. Baking hot day and the cold [...]

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