Well the total sponsorship has now reached £6,400 in total (including the Giftaid) and the just giving sites are now closed. You can contact me via Email at ARandall4855@aol.com

Thanks to everyone who has supported me.................I'll be in touch again with plans for the next sponsored trip................. probably a long ride visiting despots after retirement.

Thanks to UPM for their funding

Fundraising is still progressing with well over £5000 to date.

If you visit this site and you want to "reward" me for my efforts please give to one of these charities

Medecins sans frontieres at www.justgiving.com/adrianrides4msf

Fight for Sight at www.justgiving.com/adrianrides4fight4sight

Amnesty International at www.justgiving.com/adrianrides4ai

And to everyone who has already donated "Thanks again....its you that makes the difference!"

Well, I'm having difficulty with the editing. the pictures below are of:

Watergate Bay from St.Agnes Beacon

Runcorn Bridge

Glencoe

Loch Ness

Berriedale (as I walked up the hill).

And here is a picture of me taken by my sister as I cycled up Scottsquar Hill just north of Stroud on the edge of the Cotswolds.

Two weeks from the finish

Today is two weeks since I got home. I still appear to be losing weight but my appetite has subsided somewhat!?

The fundraising is progressing - we have just passed the £5000 line.

I took my first serious exercise tonight - a 6 mile run and boy did I need different muscles!

Adrian’s LEJOG - the facts

Distance cycled : 975 miles

Total trip duration: 11 days 22 hours 15 minutes

Total saddle time: 80 hours 54 minutes

Average speed: 12.1 mph

Longest day: September 10th
Blackford, Cumbria to Drongan, Ayrshire
92.4 miles in 7:30

Road Traffic accidents: Nil

Flooded roads: Several around (you guessed)
Tenbury Wells where I stayed on September 6th and in Devon and Somerset.

Bee/wasp/hornet stings: 2

Other injuries: Lacerated calf from hawthorn hedge avoiding determined motorist on single track road in Cornwall.

Lost: Trying to find Oldbury on the Hill – a
village which does not exist.

Hills that I walked up: A833 out of Drumnadrochit - 15%.
A9 out of Berriedale - 13% but looked steeper to me!!

Sorest bit: The ball of my left thumb (but its
better now!)

Punctures: One – in the rain at Patterdale.

Best roads: Caithness – the extreme north of
Scotland.

Worst roads: Cheshire and north of England generally.

Friendliest places and people: The friends who put me up.
The B & B providers who all looked after me.
Scots generally but particularly:
The deli at Beauly,
Carricks of Carsphairn.

Best views: Watergate Bay from St.Agnes Beacon in Cornwall.
Glen Etive approaching Glencoe.

Most terrifying road: Runcorn Bridge and approaches –
there was a cycleway on the other side going the other way!?

Most important equipment: Altura waterproof jacket

Unused items: Sunscreen and neckerchief

Could not have done it Practical and emotional support
Without: from my family - Sue, Anna, Laura and Ruth – also Michael, Michaela, Dorian, Frances and Martin.
Advice from a few cyclist friends.
Knowing that I was “earning” £5 per mile or more.

John o'Groats on September 14th

Well, yes I did it...............I cycled from Lands End to John o'Groats in just under 12 days.

For those who like a statistic I recorded 975 miles including getting from and to the train stations.My bike computer was a little bit haywire but its more or less right.

My average speed was 12.1 mph and using simple arithmetic you will see that I only spent 81 hours in the saddle!! Doesn't sound so much does it. So I am sure that you can see why I wasn't saddle sore (much).

I can't give you statistics for the flapjacks, bananas etc that I ate but there were a lot! And Greggs cheese and onion pasties which are widely available are good for a bit of extra lunch.

I have only lost a few extra pounds.............about a stone since I started training.

I will let you know how the funds are growing in the next couple of days.

Thanks to those who have already donated and please to those who haven't yet. There are three good causes to choose from and you can donate easily and safely on line.

Medecins sans frontieres www.justgiving.com/adrianrides4msf

Amnesty International www.justgiving.com/adrianrides4ai

Fight for sight www.justgiving.com/adrianrides4fight4sight