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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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GLAJOG '08 Complete!!!
Yes, we've made it to the top of Scotland in one piece. A very tough morning riding up from Bettyhill over some pretty steep little climbs and blustery winds. It tool us a while to get over our various aches and pains and get the muscles warmed up, ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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Day 4 Complete!!
Day three was a toughie. We knew it was probably the longest day and we also had a couple brewery and distillery trip planned, so time was going to be tight.
We had a pretty good run in the morning, up to the head of Loch Ness and then ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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Day 1 complete!!
Not too bad today, although we are all feeling pretty tired now. The extra weight of panniers etc, really makes a big difference. The route was quite straightforward apart from a long climb up to Crianlarich, which was hard work.
Paul took a tumble when his back wheel slipped ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Took my Specialized Sirrus Comp here for a service recently. I was impressed with the speed they turned it round (1 day) and also by the friendly guys working in the shop.
Solid Rock Cycles
The bike is feeling 100% better than it did when it came back from it's last service ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Our Glasgow to John O'Groats charity cycle ride begins on Augut 23rd, only 7 weeks away as I write this.
Due to work commitents, we haven't been training as hard as planned, so will have to focus on putting in a lot of effort through July and August to ensure we ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
The GLAJOG '08 planning phase is well underway thanks to a constructive session in the pub on Saturday afternoon.
The route will be refined over the coming weeks and there may even be an extension to take in Cape Wrath if we can find a route that has some decent accommodation.
The ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
First training ride yesterday and all went very well.
You can read all about it over on Ade's cycling site Cycleography
More updates to follow over the coming weeks.....
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
The date has been set and the charity sponsor page set up so there’s no going back now!
GLAJOG ‘08 - Glasgow To John O’Groats
Date: 2nd August 2008
Distance: 350 miles (ish - final route to be confirmed)
Time: 5 days (ish)
Participants: Ade & Geo
Charity: Leukaemia Research
More details to follow. In the ...
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