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Land's End to John 'O' Groats - Charity Cycle 2007

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In the same tradition as the goodies, who did anything, any time'.. we must be slightly demented to have chosen this challenge... the goodies in this case will be cycling from Land's End to John 'O' Groats... and in true form this will be a Scottish comedy....
In the same tradition as the goodies, who did anything, any time'.. we must be slightly demented to have chosen this challenge... the goodies in this case will be cycling from Land's End to John 'O' Groats... and in true form this will be a Scottish comedy....
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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 by Real Traveler Zia, Ally & Findlay

  1. 1

    Travel To Land's End

    Sennen Cove, United Kingdom | Aug 22 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Travelling Day

    A FALSE DAWN !!

    Plan? Months of preparation (including the plan to head north to avoid wind into fa... Continue reading »

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    1st Day - Land's End to Whiddon Down (Okehampton)

    Sennen Cove, United Kingdom | Aug 23 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Day 2 (Cycling Day 1) (Land's End to (Whiddon Moor) Okehampton)

    FIVE GO ASTRAY IN LAND'S END

    6am Rise - Pedal to P... Continue reading »

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    2nd Day - Whiddon Down (Okehampton) to Bristol

    Okehampton, United Kingdom | Aug 24 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Day Three (Whiddon Moor (Okehampton) to Bristol)

    SUMMER (SOMER) SETS ON THE TRIO ?

    PLAN ? - Anticipated continenta... Continue reading »

  4. 4

    3rd Day - Bristol to Church Stretton

    Bristol, United Kingdom | Aug 25 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Day Four (Bristol to Church Stretton)

    Faux Pas from the fat controllers. Forget Water... Continue reading »

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    4th Day - Church Stretton to Blackburn

    Church Stretton, United Kingdom | Aug 26 '07 | Reviews: 0
    4th Day - Church Stretton to Blackburn Continue reading »
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    5th Day - Blackburn to Gretna (Longtown)

    Blackburn, United Kingdom | Aug 27 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Day 5 – (Blackburn to Longtown – 106 miles)

    Hallelujah – The Blog is updated at last. Talk was that peace would break out between the Israeli... Continue reading »

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    6th Day - Gretna (Longtown) to Glasgow

    Gretna, United Kingdom | Aug 28 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Day 7 - (Longtown to Glasgow)

    Our intrepid travellers awake in the border country. The Scots' members eager to cross into the "home terr... Continue reading »

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    7th Day - Glasgow to Fort William

    Glasgow, United Kingdom | Aug 29 '07 | Reviews: 0

    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 an... Continue reading »

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    Day 8 - Fort William to Dornoch

    Fort William, United Kingdom | Aug 30 '07 | Reviews: 0

    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 a... Continue reading »

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    Day 9 - Dornoch to John 'O' Groats

    Dornoch, United Kingdom | Aug 31 '07 | Reviews: 0

    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... Continue reading »

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    Travel Back Home

    John O'Groats, United Kingdom | Sep 01 '07 | Reviews: 0
    Travel Back Home Continue reading »

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