Day 2 of the Land's End to John O'Groats cycle. How many days will it take for me to cycle to the famous destination?
The 'straight' way would be about another 850 miles. Via Wales, The Peak District, Northern Ireland, The Lake District, Western Scotland, Cairngorms and North Scotland, well, it may take me more than the record 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds!
Fascinating to look through the history of the route . . .
Land's End to John O'Groats Wikipedia
and see some of the more unusual records associated with LEJOG . . .
Land's End to John o' Groats: record-breaking journeys by foot, bike and even lawnmower
Must add my own LEJOG story to the following website . . .
LEJOG:
Your guide to the Land’s End to John o’ Groats cycle route
Sid, Barnaby, Albert and The Biking Birder at John O'Groats on ?
Meanwhile, on this day in 2010 . . .
8th March 2010
Total Eclipse of The Heart [Bonnie Tyler]
I woke up feeling that a major first part of the year had been achieved. The south coast had been traversed, I had turned around and now the way ahead was up the country towards The Northern Isles, Orkney and Shetland. “Let's do the west side!” I thought. Turn around Bright Eyes.
The day was spent at Marazion and Hayle RSPB Reserves. I saw a Bittern flying around over the reeds at the east end of the reserve.
The east wind was not quite as strong as yesterday but it was still strong enough to slow me down. Well I couldn't expect to have it both ways At least the weather was dry and very sunny.
Hayle was the place of my happiest family holidays when a child and I found what I thought was the chalet that we stayed in on the grassy slopes above the cliffs of Hayle Towans. After photographing the chalet, I went down onto the beach and found the caves I remembered so well. The beach was large as ever; a massive expanse of sand that stretched away miles towards a distant lighthouse on a small island to the north. To the south the sands went across an entrance to a river and around to St Ives. A beautiful sight in the afternoon sunshine.
Shopping at Aldis was memorable due to the character above saying hello!
Moving on a took the coastal route and came to Gwithian Nature reserve. Another birder reported that he had just seen a Northern Wheatear but I could not find it.
By now the sun was approaching the horizon so I went off along the grassy area
to the north of the beach to look for a scenic place in which to pitch my tent
and shelter from the cold easterly. Having done so, I watched the sunset over
St Ives and although it was beautiful, the total lack of cloud meant that it was
not the spectacular one I had hoped for. As it got dark though stars came out
and Jupiter could then be seen just above the horizon though.
16.4 miles
482 feet up 587 feet down
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