Bikepacking LEJOG - Cycling the Length of Britain Alone

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Күн бұрын

I cycled the length of Great Britain back in 2021 following a route I made up. (linked below)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Cinematic intro
01:31 - Getting to Land's End
02:06 - Day 1 - Land's End to Bodmin
03:28 - Day 2 - Bodmin to Ilfracombe
04:36 - Day 3 - Ilfracombe to Bath
06:05 - Day 4 - Bath to Hay-on-Wye (Wales)
08:41 - Day 5 - Wales to Stafford
10:29 - Day 6 - Stafford to Sheffield
12:00 - Day 7 - Sheffield to Skipton
14:12 - Day 8 - Skipton to Ullswater
16:55 - Day 9 - Ullswater to Lanark
19:55 - Day 10 - Lanark to Balloch
22:01 - Day 11 - Balloch to Ballachulish
25:06 - Day 12 - Ballachulish to Inverness
27:55 - Day 13 - Inverness to Bonar Bridge (the storm)
29:37 - Day 14 - John O'Groats - the final push
31:17 - My reflection
My Ultimate LEJOG Routes:
Day 1: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 2: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 3: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 4: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 5 and 6 combined: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 7: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 8: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 9: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 10: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 11: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 12: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 13: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 14: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
#bikepacking #lejog #cycling

Пікірлер: 62

@thedoginside 19 күн бұрын

Crickey, you looks so young. I assume you did this in your school holidays?😂 Great video (again), good to see genuine LeJog footage. Nice one!

@Cycling366 17 күн бұрын

It was only three years ago but I suppose I didn’t have any children then… 😂 thanks

@capturemylife 19 күн бұрын

Most people are nice. Wherever you go in the world.

@Cycling366 17 күн бұрын

Yeah definitely

@johnmuttitt Күн бұрын

What an amazing story, and an incredible journey.

@Cycling366 23 сағат бұрын

Thanks mate! Thanks for watching

@landyowner 6 күн бұрын

Huge congratulations - and great editing! You have inspired me to attempt this and raise money along the way :)

@Cycling366 3 күн бұрын

Thank you! Let me know how you get on :)

@TheCoopsvids 17 күн бұрын

Well done mate great effort and nicely filmed 👍🏻🚴

@Cycling366 14 күн бұрын

Cheers!

@christopherjordan4812 22 күн бұрын

That’s the best video you have ever done Tom. Massive mileage and top quality photography thanks for sharing it with us.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Cheers! Appreciate the nice comment :)

@gordonblack9076 20 күн бұрын

Great work, Tom. Nicely edited, good (and honest) story-telling, the highs and the lows. Your commentary is what makes your videos compelling.

@Cycling366 17 күн бұрын

Cheers Gordon! Appreciate it :)

@seanedwards34 10 күн бұрын

Well done, great video 👍

@Cycling366 8 күн бұрын

Thanks Sean!

@julesh4924 22 күн бұрын

What a great video, an absolute classic.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it :)

@matthollydoesyoutube 20 күн бұрын

Excellent film Tom, really good balance of superb cinematic drone footage, on bike camera, piece to camera and voice over - a really, really good watch. Well done on the ride, that is a huge achievement and brilliantly documented.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thanks very much! Thought I’d shake it up a bit :)

@Cobwobbler 21 күн бұрын

Top quality video, really showed our beautiful rugged country. Also, like others here no doubt, inspiring us to all have a go. Good luck in the future.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thanks very much!

@nosferatu8293 21 күн бұрын

Another great video here Tom and what amazes me is that you still find the time, no matter how knackered you are, to do some fantastic drone work! Great to watch.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thanks very much! It’s nice to have a break to fly the drone sometimes haha

@constanceloving3622 21 күн бұрын

Wow! What a wonderful film! I truly enjoy all of your films but this one was incredible--but not just the film itself. It is fabulous that you did the LEJOG, especially by yourself! Thank you so much for sharing and for being so very human with your trials and tribulations as well as your triumphs.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks very much! :)

@73megalith 21 күн бұрын

Well done Tom, putting some big days in with all that kit, good stuff🤙

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Cheers!

@BikepackingAdventures 21 күн бұрын

Well done Tom. I remember the time I did LEJOG in 2020 and remember it fondly. The only difference being my journey was mostly on road although I did include both the Camel and Tarka early on in the route to break up those relentless Cornwall and Devon climbs.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thank you! Yeah they’re a nice welcome relief for sure

@waltraudvergeiner1002 21 күн бұрын

Hello from Austria and congratulations!!! Thanks for the beautiful video 😍 Good luck and many more rides 🤗

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Hallo! Thanks for watching :)

@phillcubed1745 18 күн бұрын

Well done - an enjoyable and interesting video of an exciting ride. (a) there is a wide variety of country and people between LE and JOG, and (b) the scenery you showed brought back memories Many thanks

@Cycling366 14 күн бұрын

Cheers Phil! It’s a beautiful island if you get out of the busy cities :)

@ripvanwinkle3509 20 күн бұрын

Top man. Genuinely inspiring stuff. Thank you.

@Cycling366 17 күн бұрын

Thank you! :)

@DavidMackenzie 21 күн бұрын

Another interesting video 😊 I like that you chose your own route rather than just follow the herd. And great story telling.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Cheers David! Yeah I always like to plan my own routes where I can!

@LivandTrekGoCycling 19 күн бұрын

Very good video overall. Well edited, your story was well told and great drone shots. I enjoyed it and gave you a like 🚴👍

@Cycling366 17 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@kevindean9613 22 күн бұрын

I did this in the same year when I was 57 ,The first 3 days were by far the hardest ,I felt proud that I never got off the bike once .I've learnt since getting severe cramp & ripping a vien & muscle ,nervous be to proud to get off & push .

@DemiGod.. 22 күн бұрын

Similar age. Recently suffered from Delayed Onset Muscle Syndrome (DOMS) after pushing harder on a hilly route I do daily. Felt fine then about 8 hours after finished - AGONY in my thigh, it lasted 1-2 week. Essentially what happened was that due to lots of little tears in the muscle, the damaged cells got inflamed resulting in about a week of agony , still not fully recovered 6-8 months later due to stiffness in the knee and tightness of tendons caused by being incpacitated. If this had happened on a multi day ride, would have been in big trouble as could not walk due to the pain of moving my thigh, the pain was also excruciating if tried to sit.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Nice one! Yeah definitely no point pushing yourself too hard. I didn’t have the right gearing for those first few days annoyingly but hey ho

@TimBleazard321 22 күн бұрын

Awesome achievement, well done.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thanks Tim!

@davesowerby7625 7 күн бұрын

Top effort. I am doing the ride in august for Bowel cancer research. Do you have the route you can share with me, please? Would love to follow your route as different from the common ones. Thanks, Dave

@Cycling366 3 күн бұрын

Cheers! Routes are in the video description! Have a good one 💪

@jonathangreen7111 22 күн бұрын

Well done. Get the kid(s) in chilldseats asap....and then trailer bikes & tandems. The adventures (albeit on a smaller scale) can continue...

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Funny you should say that 😛 that’s what I’ve been doing this weekend

@Hrossey 11 күн бұрын

Scotland awaits after the lakes. Land of Milk & Honey. So long as you understand by milk, I mean Methodone. And by Honey? It’s Irn Bru my man. That golden nectar. Can you repeat after me “diabetes” ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Cycling366 8 күн бұрын

🚂 👀

@fisharefriends598 21 күн бұрын

Awesome effort

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thanks very much

@cdwilson12 21 күн бұрын

Great video Tom. I saw your original LEJOG video but this was a really good breakdown and I plan on doing this next year (have been meaning to do it for a while but with family and finances it's had to go on the back burner for a bit). Your route looked fantastic and the A82 looks amazing but it just worries me a bit due to the width of the road and it being very busy with HGV and campers. Is a jogle something you've ever fancied?

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thank you! Good luck with it when you get round to it. Yeah the A82 isn’t the best nowadays, I think I caught the tail end of the covid lull but it’s not the best road for sure. There are alternatives but they do add the mileage!

@DanielEarlester 22 күн бұрын

Very good. Well done on completing LEJOG. I was in Ilfracombe earlier this year and can confirm it is very hilly. Any day you can avoid an electric fence is a good day. Would it be easier not to wear cleats and use clipped-in pedals since when wild camping you need to jump over hedges and so on?

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I don’t run road cleats anymore for that reason :)

@DemiGod.. 22 күн бұрын

Now that you have done it, how about next, doing it by camping the whole way carrying all the food you need with you? Not sure why you don't like camping in the wet, love it.

@Cycling366 20 күн бұрын

Perhaps. The reason I didn’t want to camp in the wet was because I only had a bivvy bag and a crap Aldi special sleeping bag, so not quite as prepared as I am these days