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United Kingdom 2006


Two tours about England and Scotland June and July 2006

1,216 miles (1,957 km) over 30 days from June 24, 2006 to July 23, 2006

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, 1-3 months, UK End-to-End
Locales: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Scotland
Year: 2006

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/uk06

Copyright © 2005-2012 By Bruce Day, Bob Schofield and David Irvine - (contact)

Status: Completed Jul 2006
Last updated: Sunday March 23, 2008 20:13 UTC -08:00 (edited Thu 26 May 2011 08:59 UTC -08:00)
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The End!! John O'Groats after a ride to Kirkwall.


Table of Contents

Introduction

Ride Wrap: For those who just want the skinny.
Bruce's Conclusions
Bob's Conclusions
Dave's Conclusions
Finances

Preparations

      Stoking the fire
      Revisions, Revisions.: It is all about the bike.
      More Detail on the Plan: Update by Bob: 19th September 2005
      Incremental progress: By Bruce
      Another Crazy Guy: David Irvine signs on
      A Change Of Plan: MANLEMANJOG
      Manly Men on the move: Or how we got from there to here.
      Reality sets in: This is a serious undertaking
      The FINAL Draft Route
      Nollaig Sogail !: Santa has arrived
      Trek 520 update: Skip this if you are in a hurry or easily bored
      The Upside of Global Warming: Getting my stuff together
      Tweaking, Tweaking.
      Planning Fruition - by Bob: (Hesitate to say Culmination)
      Rail Rail, Part 1: First AMTRAK, now First Scotrail
      Rail Rale, Part 2: Lets hope a month of cycling teaches me to drive on the left
      Last Shakedown: Stinking with the fishes
      Let's go: We are all in the same hemisphere
      Interim update: All is well

Tour 1. All England, but still not all of England: Pennines, Thames Valley, Avon Canal and West Country to Land's End

      Day 0: Assemble at Hatters in Manchester
      The Peak District: New Mills to Hartington
      The Derbyshire Dales: Hartington To Etwall
      The National Forest: Etwall to West Haddon
      The Chilterns: West Haddon to Oxford
      Upper Thames Valley: Oxford to Maidenhead
      Thameside Paths: Maidenhead to London (Holland Park)
      Day 7: So Far So Good: .......... Rest Day in London
      A Head Start by Train: Maidenhead to Reading
      Wiltshire Downs: Reading to Amesbury
      Salisbury Plain: Amesbury to Bath
      Traffic builds up: Bath to Bishops Lydeard
      Ups and downs in Devon: Bishops Lydeard to South Zeal
      Too many hills and a train ride through Plymouth: South Zeal to Gunnislake
      More help from the train: Golant to Par and Penzance to Land's End
      Day 15: Rest day in Manchester
      Day 16: Rest Day in Manchester

Tour 2. Scotland here we come.: Upper Pennines, Cumbria, Scottish Borders, and across the Grampians.

      "Last of the Summer Wine": Manchester to Holmfirth
      Pennine Moorlands: Holmfirth to Colne
      Yorkshire Dales: Colne to Dentdale
      Across Cumbria: Dentdale to Carlisle
      Day 21: Rest Day in Carlisle: Bus Trip to Hadrian's Wall
      Scottish Borders: Carlisle to Eskdalemuir
      Interim update from Lockerbie
      A Highland Festival: Eskdalemuir to Innerleithen
      Detour via Peebles: Innerleithen to Edinburgh
      Day 25: Rest Day in Edinburgh
      Into Strath Tay: Perth to Pitlochry
      Mountain Passes: Pitlochry to Carrbridge
      Three Firths: Carrbridge to Culrain (train and bike)
      North Coast at last: Culrain to Bettyhill
      Not Quite There: Bettyhill to Canisbay
      John O'Groats at last: ... and a day tour in the Orkney Islands
      Day 32: Taxi, train and van: ..........John O' Groats to Manchester


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