BillandTim Ride JOGLE 2011: 2011

More to come

There is more to come on this, bear with me, and I will add more in due course.

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Photos of Tim

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Just 10 minutes from ferry having a coffee at Roseland Inn

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Should be at KHF by about 1130 ish

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Home sweet home

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At last a pub that is not closed for a wedding

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No sign of Uncle Harry

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Two bridges hotel time for cake

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haughty hill done & dancing with aa audience of cows to some serious R&B- feeling good

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Oh Bill not chocolate brownie as well as your tai chicken curry

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Breaking News- A Guinness Surger

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Harcombe House

What a fantastic day, so nice to cycle when the sun shines. Up over Dartmoor tomorrow and more good weather promised.

Happy day's

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On balance today is to be a 4 pit strategy - more cake required

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Just after my salad arrived Bill enjoyed his starter

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3 miles from Taunton and just completed 800 miles bring on the next 250!

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Bill's starter

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It took half a lemon drizzle cake to get us up the Chepstow Hill

We have left the bikes at Avonmouth fire station and we are off for an appointment with a lasagne the size of a suit case in the company of family.

Happy days,

Bill & Tim

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Back in Sweet England

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Oswestry - phew that was a long day

So lovely to see friends and family on the way & so many memories of times in the area for both of us. No time to visit the grave of Corporal Burrows as we went past, rest well Bugsy.

Happy days and Hay on Wye tomorrow- yippee!

Tim

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The evidence ma lord

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Not another huge breakfast Bill!

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Thought for the evening

There are not enough ferries in the middle of our nation, is this an opportunity or something more topographic?

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At Warrington fire station & dry!

A really fast day averaging 15 mph but got a bit lost in Preston, not a particularly nice place to get lost in!

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502.9 miles

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500 mile celebration - 7 days to go- wehey

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New tyre required - Sunday opening - doh!

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A rather wet ferry trip

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Lancaster and time for a curry!

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Windermete Ferry - what no chains

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Oh so good

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Cafe in Grassmere

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Fantastic Bill

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9 miles to Keswick again! But it did stop raining for an hour

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To help Bill recover from knee injury I had to cut his legs off below the knees

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Keswick at last

81 miles today and Bill's knee held up fantastically so we are delighted. Thank heavens for drugs and his grim determination to carry on!

Both a bit tired but once the rain stopped by 4 we had fantastic views of the mountains and passes on the way down from the high fells.

We had some fantastic carrot cake today and I counted at least 10 flat hedgehogs, must be a hedgehog thing I guess. Off to get bikes serviced first thing then Lancaster is next stop.

Happy days

Bill & Tim

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Gretna Green

Good bye Scotland cu at Easter!

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A perfect day sun and wind on back

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Arran Beer and an all day breakfast you know it makes sense

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Over to Arran now

Best cycle so far good 60 moles with some sun shine and even a tail wind part of the way!

Just going on the ferry now, need a Guiness.

Tom

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Oban

That really was not very nice, but the good news was that I have not been troubled by midges!
No cakes today and on reflection I am rather glad to see the back of Hurricane Irene.

A very tough day with long steep hills so double rations of pasta & Guiness.

Happy day's

Bill & Tim

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Booming wind & bloming rain

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Caledonia Canal

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Fort William

I hope next time I cycle such a beautiful route I can see more than 50 yards. A very hard day for all sorts of reasons not least of all was cycling for so long into driving rain and strong headwinds. Any way now eating a meat pasta dish for four or a very hungry JOGLER!

One high point was a red deer that I startled on the north shore of loch lochy.

Time for more food. Good night and thanks for your interest.

Bill & Tim

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A short video of Nig ferry for FBW's

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Thirsty work this riding stuff

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What are you doing to my bike Bill

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Inverness fire station and all well

Only had two cakes , ran over a toad/ frog, only 10 minutes of rain and oh what lovely views.

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Sun is shining

All well this morning, slight feel of calm before the storm. 55 miles to Inverness and a trip on the Nig ferry.

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Tea and cake

Oh so good, 15 miles to go

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The most northerly point of mainland UK, Dunnet Head.

So much easier than using the bikes

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Man with grey hair

Just leaving Tbay service station, I said to Bill park next to that man that looks like Alistair Darling, it was. 2 hours to Glasgow and bed. Jon O'Groats by mid day tomorrow.

Happy days,

T & B

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Where are they now?

Where they are, is still not set off for Scotland yet! The van has at last arrived,
only 17 hours late, I hasten to add not the fault of the local van hire in Cornwall,
They have delivered a van within an hour of hearing that it was Hired??????!!!!!!
As to A1 van hire, we will deal with them on our return.

Nice breakfast

One small advantage of not having a full fry at Knutsford station at 8am this morning is that I was able to eat our lovely eggs instead. Looks like we might have to do LEJOG rather than the JOGLE!
Happy days

Waiting for the van - don't use A1 van hire!

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A suitable sound track!

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Tim, about this new bike! Are you sure this is my one?

Tim

Must be real, Bike has gone to menders for full service.

I would like to say I had given the bike such a beating that it needs major overhaul but I regret I think that due to standing still too long in the garage it has grown old.

Anyway can't wait to get to Lands End

John O'Groats to Lands End.

Where to start? (apart from the obvious) Tim first mentioned this adventure in late January at a family gathering in Cornwall.
His original plan was to go alone (no mates) so I asked if he would like some company, me, (also no mates).
So there we are, or will be, on the 10th September 2011, probably standing in the pouring rain in a gale force wind, at the starting post in John O'Groats, wondering what the bloody hell we are about to do!

What we are doing is, trying to raise money charity, "The Firefighters Charity" and "The Pearl of Africa Foundation"
more information about them can be found on our JustGiving pages, look for Bill Light and Tim Light in the "Sponsor a Friend" section, and while you are looking there, please feel free to do just that?
We are taking a longer route than most do, 1030 miles, via Mull and Arran, just to use a few more ferries.
Staying at Fire Stations almost every night, I will hopefully find time to write each days events, news and updates on sore bums and aching legs, for you all to laugh at!

There is a list of our route maps, (2nd post) which will open each days ride in Google maps. Street view will let you see some of the views we will see, have fun using it, I did.

So until the ride starts that will be all.

The Fireman & The Ferryman go for a ride!

   Bath Fire Station. King Harry Ferry, Feock.
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On Your Marks! Get Set! GO!

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Ok lets get real! This is Bill & Tim?

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Route maps