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DAY 7 – JOGLE

Wrexham to Ross-On-Wye today. It's time for the hairy bikers. The facial growth is going well, just like the cycling. In fact, I think I now have more hair on my chin, than I have on my head.

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Day 6 – JOGLE

It's 22nd May and we're now well into the second half of our journey. We travelled from England to Wales today, leaving Lancashire, around the outskirts of Liverpool, over the Runcorn bridge and into Chester. No chance to get to the races at Chester today. We then went on down into Wrexham, where we finished…

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DAY 4 – JOGLE

We travelled from Irvine, through Gretna and onto Carlise.We left Scotland behind us and back home to England. It was real mixed bag today with a boat trip as well as our usual cycling. Lots of free pies today coutesy K. Walkers. We love you and your scotch pies.  

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Day 2 – JOGLE

After a rain soaked slog from John O'Groats to the beautiful Inverness on our first full day, it was a delight to see the sun out at last. The 80 mile ride out from Inverness to Glencoe, working our way through the Highlands was magnificent. Here I am, King of the Mountains.

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Day 1 JOGLE

We've got up to Scotland and now we are raring to go.  We got to John O'Groats at 5.30pm and it was straight on the bike knocking off 34 miles in pouring rain and strong winds! It's the start of the John O'Groats to Lands End charity cycle challenge in aid of Cure Leukaemia for Kids.…

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The Barnt Green Flyer

There have been a lot of photos of me standing and holding my bike, and now here's one of me in action and actually riding my bike. Gethin Butler doesn't have anything to worry about. Now I bet you're thinking who is Gethin Butler? He holds the world record for riding a traditional bike from…

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Mini JOGLE – Day 3

The return journey. It was all north today as we headed home.  Starting out from the M4 just outside Chippenham we took a different back up to Barnt Green.  We decided to take in the splendour of the Cotsworlds, before travelling up to Warwickshire, passing through Straford-Upon-Avon before turning west to Redditch and then back…

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Mini JOGLE – Day 2

Another 90+ mile day today, although it was more of a circular route.  Check out the map to see our route. We travelled east down towards Weston-Super-Mare, then turned south down to Highbridge before turning back west to Bath. We continued up to Chippenham and to our resting place for the night in another Travelodge,…

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