Willard & Steve, accompanied by 'scout' in a hired motor home, embarked on their most adventurous cycling trip to date, from Lands End to John O'Groats (LEJOG).


Between 9.50am 20th April and 8.58am 30 April 2011 they succeeded in completing LEJOG, covered 900.18 miles and left a blog along the way which they hoped would make people smile as it did them.

Friday 22 April 2011

Day 2: Good Friday 22nd April 2011. Doublebois, Cornwall to Wellington on the Devon - Somerset border. 81 miles today. 153 miles in total to date.

Departed 9.02am into an easterly head wind but weaker than yesterday. Finished 7.34pm.

Todays route – Doublebois, Liskeard, Callington, Tavistock, up Pork Hill onto Dartmoor National Park, Two Bridges, Postbridge, lunched next to Warren House and Steve suffered the first puncture of the trip, down off Dartmoor to Cheriton Cross, Crediton, Tiverton, along Grand Western Canal to camp site found by scout Mick.

And we though Cornwall was hilly.  Devon is much hillier.  The roads don’t run along valley bottoms but instead up one side of the hill then straight down the other side, then repeat for 34 times.  We now understand what past LEJOGers meant when they said that Cornwall and Devon are a tough start and quite possibly the hardest riding of the whole trip.  Lets hope so.

Day 3. Plan to cross Somerset into Wales.
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