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You left Land's End and arrived at John O'Groats just two days before me in both cases, and in what looks like much better weather! Sounds like you got your share of wet weather on the way though. Mammoth effort this year so far, and for a great cause, it's really inspiring! Will donate now. Hope you can get the bike sorted soon.
Nikk
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Lejog is done and I'm back home with a day off before i go back to work tomorrow:
We ended up doing 10 days of cycling in the 11 days we were away and it meant for some amazing times. I absolutely loved the trip and spending every day on the bike, we saw each day as a task to get the distance finished so we didn't ride fast. I've never been happier than when we finished Inverness - Fort William covered in grit as it rained and bought some pizzas to eat in the train station waiting for the sleeper train home. I'm definitely keen now to do something bigger next year, just unsure what.
I'm about 500km up now on the challenge which is great.
There's some negatives though; my friend got pick pocketed in Inverness, I got hit by another cyclists on Day 1... He was on the wrong side of the road around a blind corner riding 2 a breast, they were a big group of rugby players with support vehicles doing JOGLE. I was fine, he feel hard and my right shoulder has been painful but only after 150km each day. Also my wahoo broke on day 7, sad times.
I didn't realise at the time but when i got home and washed the bike, i think the Isen is dead. Definitely in need of being sent back to the workshop as there's a dent/fold in the seat tube. Such a high from completing the trip and then a big low discovering the dent, i ended listening to Mad world on repeat while cleaning the bike then :(
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