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.

Saturday 23 April 2011

Day 3: Saturday 23rd April 2011. Wellington, Somerset to Monmouth, Wales. 101 miles today. 253 miles in total to date.

Departed almost an hour earlier at 8.16am. Finished 8.02pm.

Todays route – Wellington to Taunton on Sustrans route 4 along the Bridgewater & Taunton canal to Bridgewater, along Roman Causeways to Axbridge (3 miles from Cheddar), up along the Strawberry Line using the former Cheddar Valley Railway route to Yatton, Sustrans route 26 via Clevedon and Avonmouth Bridge then Severn Road Bridge to Chepstow in Wales and up the Wye Valley through Tintern to Monmouth.

We’re sun tanned now. A lovely sunny day from dawn till dusk.  We think Somerset is beautiful particularly because it is as flat as a pancake.  It is rightly known as the Somerset Flats and it allowed us to get back some of the miles we lost on the Devon hills.  Crossing the Rivers Avon and Severn by bike provided stunning panoramic views and Tintern Abbey was breathtaking.     

Day 4. Plan to travel on roman roads straight north though Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
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