John O'Groats Bike Transport

Congratulations to 90-year-old Peter, who on Thursday became the oldest person ever to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats 👏

All three of his children joined him on the epic 1,100-mile challenge along the length of the UK.

Peter, who cycled a total of almost 3,500 miles this year while training for his journey, told us he's been met with more encouragement than he expected:

“So many people have been generous. One lady leant out of her car window in a traffic jam and gave me five pounds.

“When my older son was with me someone paid for our meal. Lots of people have been doing that sort of thing.

“It’s been lovely spending time with my children at different stages through beautiful scenery.”

Feeling inspired by Peter? Get planning your own long-distance cycle adventure with our range of route maps 👉 https://buff.ly/3Y09exv

📸 Peter Langford | https://peterlangfordbikeride.co.uk/

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Our bike hire business has some ex-hire bikes available for sale now. UK Mainland shipping available if required. All bikes in great condition with thorough clean and service pre-sale. Find out more here: https://www.tickettoridehighlands.co.uk/bike-hire-sale.php

Mark won't be at work on Saturday because he's swimming 2.26km in the sea, riding 92km including the infamous Bealach na Ba, then running 21km in mountainous Torridon (https://cxtri.com/solo-point-five) . I don't know why he needs Sunday off.

The thing is, four years ago Mark had a bike accident resulting in a broken back, neck, pelvic bleed and brain injury.

Please support Mark's fundraising in aid of the services that helped him recover.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mark-georgeson4

You can hear Mark explain all about it here (16 minute mark):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00181lb

Cracking week of trips for . Gotta love the beautiful highlands of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Charlie took a route up the west coast of Scotland that required 5 ferries and visited the Isles of Bute, Mull & Skye on his way to the finish at John O'Groats. I wonder how far it is to Charlie's home in The Philippines?

Great to meet David as he completed his for You can't see the headwind he battled on that final day.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jeffers-lejog?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=jeffers-lejog&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=a6e36a86b6564e23bcdec46c9c08d6df

Make sure you visit Duncansby Head when you are in John O'Groats. The signpost might be the start/finish line but Duncansby Head is much more spectacular.

All the best to Ryan and James from BEE Adventures on their John O'Groats to Lands End ride.

Lovely to meet Tony and Linda last week. You can read more about their trip and the good causes they are supporting here:

https://jogle451903944.wordpress.com/

UK.virginmoneygiving.com/Tonyebike
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jogle-2020

Great to be back in John O'Groats this morning after a strangely quiet start to the season. Honoured to be the first post-lockdown diner indoors at Seaview John O Groats. Impeccable professionalism from Andrew and the team and the usual tasty toastie too. Stocked up on John o Groats Brewery while I was at it. Perfect refreshment after a couple of hours on the bike. All the best to the trio of wild-campers pedaling their way south over the next week.

Join our Ticket To Ride Strava Club and share your adventures. Former bike hire customer Nilesh led the way last week with an impressive 204.4km (and 2,800m climbing) around Nairobi, Kenya. https://www.strava.com/clubs/BikeHireInverness

Ticket To Ride - Bike Hire We offer the best hire bikes in the North of Scotland from our base in Inverness. We can help plan your trip too whether its a day trip or a week long tour. Some of our route ideas are shared here.

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2019 End to End Roll of Honour

With many people already having finished their end to end challenge I thought we should have a Roll of Honour, which I will pin to the top of the feed.

So, if you have finished your end to end please leave a comment below :)

Thanks Roy, glad we could help a little.

Things have been so busy I forgot to thank John O'Groats Bike Transport for packing up the tandem and sending it back home. It arrived safely, very well packaged, last week and has now been fully cleaned and tended and is sitting in the shed awaiting the arrival of a new front crankset. The right side crank arm had worn where it attaches to the bottom bracket causing a considerable wobble. It was cheaper to buy a whole crankset than just the right arm! I could pick up a standard left arm for peanuts and could have attached that but then the pedal thread would be the wrong way around.

John O'Groats Bike Transport also popped a couple of bottles in the box, one of which is now proudly sat on my road bike :)

Read Royston's story

Roy's a veteran of multiple of LeJoGs and has literally written the book on end-to-end cycling. Now there are two generations of Wood heading north.

They're also raising funds for a very good cause:

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/2up-lejog

More info:
Facebook Posts

https://www.facebook.com/LEJOGCycleGuide

Live Tracking via Twitter

https://twitter.com/roystonwood

Please give them whatever support you can.

justgiving.com Royston is raising money to help Pete's Dragons

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First JoGLEr of 2019 today. Chilly start but better chance of favourable winds in April. All the best to Jon on the long road south.

Cyclist Transport between John O'Groats and Inverness

We sometimes have spare spaces in the vehicle and can offer great value to those who don't mind sharing their journey. Dates with seats available from as little as £60 are listed on this page. Times can be flexible so always worth enquiring. Prices vary depending on how many seats we fill. If the date you want is not listed here just let us know.
http://www.johnogroatsbiketransport.co.uk/john-o-groats-to-inverness.php

johnogroatsbiketransport.co.uk

Cyclist Transport between John O'Groats and Inverness

We sometimes have spare spaces in the vehicle and can offer great value to those who don't mind sharing their journey. Dates with seats available from as little as £60 are listed on this page. Times can be flexible so always worth enquiring. Prices vary depending on how many seats we fill. If the date you want is not listed here just let us know.
http://www.johnogroatsbiketransport.co.uk/john-o-groats-to-inverness.php

johnogroatsbiketransport.co.uk

John O'Groats Bike Transport Enquiry

We have seats available on our May 4th trip to John O'Groats. Departing Inverness at 10am. Seats from £60!
http://www.johnogroatsbiketransport.co.uk/bike-taxi-enquiry.php

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Unforgettable refueling stop just south of Wick: http://www.whaligoesteps.co.uk/

A vertical look at the Whaligoe Steps from last night.
Vertigo anyone... ;-)

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