Gallery

New kit - My bespoke LEJOG jersey
Casquette - Custom made cycling cap
Dambusters - The Rotary 78 78 Squadron celebrating the end of their Dambusters challenge ride
Rehydration time - One of my fave photos - at The Black Horse
Stop off point - One of our short break spots - small orchard just above Wrington
Fuel the ride - Tiffins at Bullock Farm, Kingston Seymour is a regular stop, normally towards the end of a ride
Zyder country - Love it when I cycle past the Thatchers cider orchards - here they are with the trees in blossom. As the great Adge Cutler sang - "drink up thee zyder!"
Milkshake - Milkshake from Mother Hen at Wrington
The Belgian Blue - Start of the build of the Belgian Blue
Coffee and cake time - Coffee and cake at a lovely tea room in Axbridge before our first climb of the Cheddar Gorge
At the start - The famous sign post
Clive and Peter before the departure - Peter is a friend of many years, and we cycle camped across France and into Germany after our A Levels. We had not actually seen each other for almost 40 years
Just before Le Grand Depart - Peloton - ready??
St Michaels Mount, Marazion - St Michaels Mount, Marazion
First brew stop - First (of many) brew stops
Fuel the ride - Always fuel the ride
Lunch day 1 - Lots of lovely food day 1 but I had no appetite
King Harry ferry - Nice "sharp" hill straight off the ferry
Ferry number 2 - Bodinnick Ferry near Fowey
View from Ferry - View down the river on Bodinnick ferry
Ferry 2 - A bit like a D-Day disembarcation pending
Cornish scenery - Views from top of the hill
Cornish scenery - More lovely views
Yet more Cornish scenery - Think the photo stop was to give ourselves a rest
Day 2 - brewstop 1 - Looe harbour brewstop
Looe Harbour - Day 2 - Brewstop 1
Looe Harbour - Day 2 - scenic spot for first brewstop of the day
Seaton - Big climb beckons
View back from Seaton - View back down the coast (westwards)
En route to Plymouth now - Richard en route to Plymouth
Old barracks - On approach to Plymouth via Cremyll ferry
Cremyll Ferry - On the Cremyll ferry
Cremyll Ferry - More of us on the Cremyll ferry
On Cremyll ferry - Smile is relief that the Cornish hills were behind us
Cremyll Ferry - View into Plymouth from Cremyll Ferry
Lunch day 2 - Scone Devon style -cream first, then jam!
Plymouth Marina - Views heading out of Plymouth
Plymouth Marina - More views heading out of Plymouth
Plymouth Marina - More views of Plymouth Marina as we headed out towards Dartmoor
Princetown - Heading into Princetown after a soggy long hard climb up from Yelverton
Dinner day 2 - Time for a local pint
Dinner day 2 - Gradually regaining my appetite - Chilli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

New kit - My bespoke LEJOG jersey
Casquette - Custom made cycling cap
Dambusters - The Rotary 78 78 Squadron celebrating the end of their Dambusters challenge ride
Rehydration time - One of my fave photos - at The Black Horse
Stop off point - One of our short break spots - small orchard just above Wrington
Fuel the ride - Tiffins at Bullock Farm, Kingston Seymour is a regular stop, normally towards the end of a ride
Zyder country - Love it when I cycle past the Thatchers cider orchards - here they are with the trees in blossom. As the great Adge Cutler sang - "drink up thee zyder!"
Milkshake - Milkshake from Mother Hen at Wrington
The Belgian Blue - Start of the build of the Belgian Blue
Coffee and cake time - Coffee and cake at a lovely tea room in Axbridge before our first climb of the Cheddar Gorge

At the start - The famous sign post
Clive and Peter before the departure - Peter is a friend of many years, and we cycle camped across France and into Germany after our A Levels. We had not actually seen each other for almost 40 years
Just before Le Grand Depart - Peloton - ready??
St Michaels Mount, Marazion - St Michaels Mount, Marazion
First brew stop - First (of many) brew stops
Fuel the ride - Always fuel the ride
Lunch day 1 - Lots of lovely food day 1 but I had no appetite
King Harry ferry - Nice "sharp" hill straight off the ferry
Ferry number 2 - Bodinnick Ferry near Fowey
View from Ferry - View down the river on Bodinnick ferry
Ferry 2 - A bit like a D-Day disembarcation pending
Cornish scenery - Views from top of the hill
Cornish scenery - More lovely views
Yet more Cornish scenery - Think the photo stop was to give ourselves a rest
Day 2 - brewstop 1 - Looe harbour brewstop
Looe Harbour - Day 2 - Brewstop 1
Looe Harbour - Day 2 - scenic spot for first brewstop of the day
Seaton - Big climb beckons
View back from Seaton - View back down the coast (westwards)
En route to Plymouth now - Richard en route to Plymouth
Old barracks - On approach to Plymouth via Cremyll ferry
Cremyll Ferry - On the Cremyll ferry
Cremyll Ferry - More of us on the Cremyll ferry
On Cremyll ferry - Smile is relief that the Cornish hills were behind us
Cremyll Ferry - View into Plymouth from Cremyll Ferry
Lunch day 2 - Scone Devon style -cream first, then jam!
Plymouth Marina - Views heading out of Plymouth
Plymouth Marina - More views heading out of Plymouth
Plymouth Marina - More views of Plymouth Marina as we headed out towards Dartmoor
Princetown - Heading into Princetown after a soggy long hard climb up from Yelverton
Dinner day 2 - Time for a local pint
Dinner day 2 - Gradually regaining my appetite - Chilli