Captain Jaffa

  • LEJOG Day 5 – learning not failure

    Today I took a rest day. I cycled to the Preston rail station near to where we stayed last night and then caught the train to Carlisle for a short ride to tonight’s hotel. I was broken by the end of Day 4 and had nothing left. I may have bonked on Day 3, been…

  • LEJOG Day 2 – a day of trickery and deceit

    Check out my ride on Strava. https://strava.app.link/gYgyfwBGwAb Today was supposed to be more distance and less hills than Day 1. That was 50% right. It was more distance but it was also more hills. Today was 9 hours moving and 11:30 elapsed time. Which is the various food stops. We’ll reduce that for tomorrow. I’m…

  • LEJOG Day 1: Land’s End to Bude

    Today was launch day. Colin, Dipesh and I headed off at 06:45 from Land’s End for the 157 km ride to Bude. I had a tech issue with my maps after 14km so the day’s ride is in 2 parts LEJOG DAY 1 – Part A LEJOG Day 1 – Part B Some great scenery…

  • F & B on the bike

    Just chatting to a mate (hat tip Oli) who prompted this post about food and beverage plans while on the bike. Caveat: I’m not a medical professional or spirts nutritionist so I’m sharing my experience not providing advice. My goal is to avoid dehydration, hyponatremia and insuffient energy to ride on (bonking). Oli and I…

  • The journey to the Journey

    Paranoia and excitement in equal measure. In 2 days I’ll be at the start of LEJOG. 3 of us will be cycling from Land’s End , Cornwall to John O’Groats, Scotland. Thats a 900+ mile (1500 km) cycle the length of the UK. A mate and I are travelling 5 hours by train from Paddington,…

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