Land's End to John 'O' Groats - Charity Cycle 2007
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Hello everyone,
This blog site marks our epic charity cycle from Land's End to John 'O' Groats by Zia Yaqub, Findlay Black and Ally Stokoe from ACCA in aid of Cancer Research UK and The Yorkhill Children's Foundation.
The journey starts on Friday 24th August from Land's End and finishes at John 'O' Groats some 9 days and almost 1000 miles later on Saturday 1st September. Yes..there will be blood, sweat and tears along the way, a small price to pay in comparison to the youngsters in Yorkhill and those people diagnosed with Cancer.
We would like to thank everyone who has sponsored us so far, and to thank ACCA for giving us the time to do this cycle. Special thanks must also go to Ade McMeechan, Dom Travers and Gareth Griffiths (our ACCA colleagues) as well as Mr & Mrs Black (Findlay's Mum & Dad) for giving up their time to accompany us in the support vehicle. We would also like to thank Enterprise-Rent-A-Car (http://www.enterprise.com/)for supplying the support vehicle as well as FTC Kaplan (http://www.ftckaplan.com/), BPP (http://www.bpp.com/ and SD Business Management (http://www.sdbm.co.uk/) for being our main sponsors.
Finally, the links to our chosen charities are noted below:
http://www.justgiving.com/thegoodies for Cancer Research UK or
http://www.justgiving.com/thegoodies2 for The Yorkhill Children's Foundation
Route taken and entries written by Zia, Ally & Findlay
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Travel To Land's End
Travelling DayA FALSE DAWN !!Plan? Months of preparation (including the plan to head north to avoid wind into face factor... months of gruelling train... Continue reading »
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1st Day - Land's End to Whiddon Down (Okehampton)
Day 2 (Cycling Day 1) (Land's End to (Whiddon Moor) Okehampton)FIVE GO ASTRAY IN LAND'S END6am Rise - Pedal to Penzance like pirates. Cornwall asleep,... Continue reading »
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2nd Day - Whiddon Down (Okehampton) to Bristol
Day Three (Whiddon Moor (Okehampton) to Bristol)SUMMER (SOMER) SETS ON THE TRIO ?PLAN ? - Anticipated continental breakfast overlooking the rising mis... Continue reading »
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3rd Day - Bristol to Church Stretton
Day Four (Bristol to Church Stretton)Faux Pas from the fat controllers. Forget Watergate! It's A38 Gate! How lovely studentville in Bristol looks on a... Continue reading »
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4th Day - Church Stretton to Blackburn
4th Day - Church Stretton to Blackburn Continue reading »
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5th Day - Blackburn to Gretna (Longtown)
Day 5 – (Blackburn to Longtown – 106 miles)Hallelujah – The Blog is updated at last. Talk was that peace would break out between the Israelis and the... Continue reading »
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6th Day - Gretna (Longtown) to Glasgow
Day 7 - (Longtown to Glasgow)Our intrepid travellers awake in the border country. The Scots' members eager to cross into the "home territory", Al... Continue reading »
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7th Day - Glasgow to Fort William
Day 8 - (Glasgow to Fort William)It is a gargantuan effort to leave the comfort of our own beds, so much so that Findlay insists that Mum and Dad come... Continue reading »
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Day 8 - Fort William to Dornoch
Day 9 - (Glasgow to Dornoch)Dawn breaks on Fort William. The boys wonder when this ordeal will end. All roll out of bed onto the floor and are transpo... Continue reading »
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Day 9 - Dornoch to John 'O' Groats
Day 10 - (Dornoch to John 'O' Groats)The final day is upon us. The opening bars of Europe's 80's classic "The Final Countdown" echoes around the Four... Continue reading »
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