John O’Groats to Land’s End Charity Bike Ride,,,
On the 25th August 2022 Mick Scott and Paul Hackett will set off from John O’Groats on an epic 9 day cycling trip to Land’s End in aid of three charities, Cancer Research UK, The British Heart Foundation and The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory.
The journey will consist of 1526km / 948miles of cycling using some of Britain’s very busy A roads and also navigating through some major cities and towns along the way which may sound daunting to some but for these 2 endurance cyclists nothing will stand in their way to get to the finish line.
Mick is a builder from Milton Keynes and he started cycling at the end of 2021 in a bid to lose the three stone he had gained through not being as active as normal during the Covid 19 lockdowns.
Within a short period of regular cycling he was back down to 12 stone and was enjoying the freedom of the open roads so much he started planning longer and longer rides which added to the fun factor more than he had anticipated.
Mick wanted to do something for charity by means of a bike ride but also wanted it to be something a bit bigger than a few 100kms.
The idea of cycling from one end of the country to the other soon began to develop although planning to do a totally unsupported event like this would not be wise to attempt it on his own.
Paul used to cycle everywhere as a kid although once he passed his driving test his bike soon became obsolete. He didn’t really get back on a bike again until 2015 which was to try and get fitter by cycling to work which was 7 miles away.
The cycling bug did not take long to bite and pretty soon 70 mile sportive rides became a regular thing and a brand new Carbon framed bike was purchased after a few years to make his longer rides even more enjoyable.
Having now completed the 100 mile Birmingham Velo in 2017 & 2019 as well as cycling 115 miles from Birmingham to London Paul was also thinking of doing something bigger than he had ever done before and didn’t hesitate in saying yes when he received a message from Mick asking if he fancied doing the JOGLE.
Stages
1. 25th Aug John O’Groats to The Crask Inn at Lairg 140km / 87 miles
2. 26th Aug The Crask Inn to Fort William 200km / 124 miles
3. 27th Aug Fort William to Dumbarton 160km / 99miles
4. 28th Aug Dumbarton to Carlisle 210km / 130miles
5. 29th Aug Carlisle to Preston 146km / 90miles
6. 30th Aug Preston to Telford 148km / 91miles
7. 31st Aug Telford to Bristol 163km / 101miles
8. 1st Sept Bristol to Plymouth 207km / 128milles
9. 2nd Sept Plymouth to Lands End 152km / 94miles
Throughout the whole journey we will have a Tracker (Tracker will become live on the 24th August and remain live till our return home) fitted to our bikes which you can use to follow us in real time to monitor our progress and also as a planning tool if you would like to cycle along with us while we are in your area.
So that you can donate to the charity which is closest to your heart we have created three Just Giving pages which the below links will take you directly to each page.
On behalf of Paul and I we thank you all in advance for your very generous donations.