advice on LE-JoG

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padjo 22 Jun 06:07  

Joined: 22 Jun 2008

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We are doing LE-JoG in July but I'd really like to get the right balance between getting there in two weeks and spending the whole trip next to 44 ton lorries.

Can anyone suggest a good compromise route that is relatively straight but with as little traffic as possible (old bypassed A-roads and ex-Roman roads seem to work well for me)

thanks a lot

PJ

jimboalee 22 Jun 21:15  

Joined: 15 May 2008

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Is it July 2009 you are doing the E2E?
If it is NEXT MONTH, you should have your route, sleeping qtrs, meal stops, public lavatories, hospitals and most important - bike shops all sorted out by now.
All the planning shouls have been finalised about four months ago to leave yourselves 15 weeks to train.
You need to finalise the route six months ahead to map it for hills, and then go out and find some worse hills to train on.

Sorry for being so blunt, but the E2E is not a Sunday afternoon spin.

Also remember that even in July it rains, and no cyclist likes that, especially when there are fifty miles more to ride. This is when it pays to know where the next cafe is; and you will know that because you have learned the route.

I rode up the major roads and through the towns. It is better to do this so the Emergency Paramedic Unit won't be messing about down narrow country lanes.
Don't be afraid of big trucks, they are the good drivers. Its the company rep's in their AUDIs you need to watch!!! Plus, if you take the country lanes, the locals tend to speed down the roads they know; which you don't.

A30 - A38 - A46 etc etc..


monkeysdaddy 31 Jul 13:27  

Joined: 31 Jul 2009

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jimboalee you are a dramatist if i ever knew of one get a grip and take the initiative to take things as they come we are doing lejoj in 4 weeks time and we havent done much planning at all the most important thing is time in the saddle training so that when you are on your way and you go wrong by ten miles you can turn around and get back on course again without having a paddy in the middle of the road and getting yourself in more of a state than is necessary you go for the towns and cities that is fine leave the more scenic and uncongested roads to us there is more chance of getting cut up and run over in the middle of town than on a quiet country road


alanpewsey 24 Dec 15:10  

Joined: 24 Dec 2009

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Hi.

I did LEJOG in 2003 and our route did its best to avoid holiday traffic and lorries by taking rural roads over 2 weeks.

I have put a website together which I am trying to build into a useful resource onto cycling the End to End.

http://www.pewseeys.co.uk

The site also includes directions, waypoints and I have plotted the route on to a mapping website so you can download and revise if you wish.


I have also set up a Twitter account for LEJOG at http://www.twitter.com/cycle_lejog

Any help I can offer let me know.

Merry Christmas

Alan


Bigpastie 01 Jan 02:00  

Joined: 01 Jan 2010

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7 friends and I are doing the end to end in April and have allowed 12 days. I would be really interested if I could see what route you took Alan, and what obstacles etc you found. I am also preparing myself for the worst in terms of weather etc and am still refining what I will be best off wearing on a day to day basis. If you have any advice or found any clothing products that really performed well then I would appreciate your knowledge.

Cheers

Anders


cminors 19 Jan 22:56  

Joined: 19 Jan 2010

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Anders, I will be cycling 'end to end' in July. I am in the process of uploading my route to my blog you can check it out at http://minorslejog2010.wordpress.com

We will be sticking mostly to main roads.

Best of luck

Chris.


swannys 05 Jan 21:41  

Joined: 05 Jan 2012

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We completed LEJOG in April 2011 over a 14 day trip - you can read the route taken on my LEJOG blog here: www.swan-e.co.uk/lejog

Hope this helps and good luck!

Simon