Our route from Lands End to John O'Groats

Here is the cycle route that we expect to take, starting at Land's End at 09:30 on 24 September 2013.

1513 km with lots of ups and downs.

Just to dispel a few myths
- Cycling this way from South to North, is not uphill all the way
- The prevailing wind is supposed to be from the SW - i.e. downwind (we hope)
- There are 11 full days of cycling- the last is only 30 miles from Thurso to John O Groats.
- We do not cycle all the way back again! Our last day includes a bus ride back to Inverness
- We are not carrying our luggage and camping on the way to save money (fortunately luggage is carried for us from B&B to motel)
- We are not staying in 5 star accommodation (sadly) we have hostels, motels, BnBs and a country club... so not so bad...

To prove it here is a list of the places we will stay

24 Sep -  Hotel Premier Inn Liskeard 

25 Sep - Padbrook Park Hotel, Cullompton, 

26 Sep - Marriott St Pierre and Country Club, St Pierre Park, Chepstow

27 Sep - Lord Hill Hotel Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

28 Sep - Ibis Preston, (is this the motel equivalent of a Little Chef???)

29 Sep - Premier Inn Carlisle M6 Jnt 44, 

30 Sep - The Park Hotel, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock,

1 Oct -   Loch Fyne Hotel, Inverarary, 

2 Oct -   Great Glenn Hostel, South Laggan, Spean Bridge,

3 Oct -   Royal Hotel Tain, Tain, 

4 Oct -   Royal Hotel, Traill Street  Thurso, 

5 Oct  - bus back to Inverness... and dinner

Routes per day will follow in due course.

Many thanks to Kin Lam for helping us to map the route. He is a star but really should be cycling LEJOG with us..Maybe a gran fondo in Italy instead in 2014?