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TheGreatBritishLegOff
Приєднався 16 сер 2023
GBL End of Year Special 2023
Chris, Tom and Ash are reunited for one last 2023 adventure. They were joined by friends and Petra for the parkrun finale/massive breakfast
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GBL Day 15 - The Last Leg: Melvich to Thurso via John O Groats & Mile End/Thurso Parkrun
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Chris and Ash have an early start as they ride to John O Groats to complete cycling the country, before heading back to Thurso for the parkrun at 9:30am. Tom joins in with his local parkrun as the GBL team wrap up what has been an ambitious challenge! Official parkrun results: Mile End: Tom forgot his barcode 🤦♂️, Duhig 23.12 (84th/376 overall) Thurso: Ash 21.20 (7th/81 overall), Chris 21.20 (...
GBL Day 14 - Ullapool to Melvich
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The penultimate day. Chris and Ash cycle towards the north coast of Scotland along some beautiful isolated parts of the country. The Ark has taken a battering, can it survive the last full day of pedalling? Meanwhile Tom has a 10hr drive back to London to make Mike and Jess's wedding. 156km with 1768 metres of climbing
GBL Day 13 - Applecross to Thurso via John O Groats (Tom), Applecross to Ullapool (Ash & Chris)
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Tom sets off for a monster of a day as he covers over 300km to make it back in time for his friends wedding. Chris and Ash enjoy some challenging but beautiful cycling through the NC500. Applecross to John O Groats: 317km (2930 metres climbing) Applecross to Ullapool: 186km (2290 metres climbing)
GBL Day 12 - Ben Nevis to Applecross
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The chaps head off early to cover some big ground as they make their way to Applecross. They get distracted with a long lunch but manage to push on and pedal over the highest road in the UK. 172km with 2320 meters climbing
GBL Day 10 - Gretna Green to Arrochar
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Big day on the bike, we followed a road alongside the motorway to Glasgow. Very bumpy, some tough inclines and headwind to deal with. Tom sat in Chris's slipstream like a leech to maintain the pace. Ash caught up later that evening after a big push of 15 hours in the saddle! 199.96km with 1,330 meters climbing 27km per hour average speed for Chris and Tom (4,900 Calories burned)
GBL Day 11 - Arrochar to Ben Nevis
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After a huge Scottish Breakfast Ash gets a head start cycling to Ben Nevis. It takes a little longer for Chris and Tom to find the motivation to leave but eventually the team are back together to concquer Benny 115km with 1000 metres climbing (cycling) 14.27km with 1336 metres climbing (hiking) The Last Mountain of the three peaks completed!
GBL Day 8 - Wrexham to Eskdale
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It was a massive day!!! Kicked things off with Erddig parkrun in Wrexham before the 221km cycle to Eskdale. We were up against the clock as we had to be at our youth hostel by 10:30pm. As if that wasn't enough to contend with Hardknott Pass (one of the top 5 biggest mountain passses to cycle over in the UK) greeted us after 200km! Official parkrun results: Ash 20.41 (7th overall out of 199) Chr...
GBL Day 9 - Eskdale to Gretna Green
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20km warm up ride before hiking up Scafell pike, very steep and rocky. Both Tom and Ash slipped during the climb. We then got on our bikes and cycled to Scotland finishing in Gretna Green. 8.51km with 915 metres climbing (hiking) 132km with 1819 metres climbing (cycling) Border crossing into Scotland!
GBL Day 7 - Snowdon to Wrexham
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We started the day with an early morning hike up Snowdon taking the Ranger's path. We quickly headed down as it was very cold and windy at the top. After dragging ourselves out of the warmth of the hostel's drying room we jumped back on the bikes and pedalled to Wrexham, ready for tomorrow's parkrun! 16.3km with 1038 metres of climbing (hiking) 99km with 1427 metres of climbing (cycling)
GBL Day 6 - Tal-y-llyn to Llanberis
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We had a fresh start hiking up Cadair Idris, very peaceful with hardly any people around, lots of sheep though. We then got back on the bikes. The best days' cycling so far, we had beautiful weather pedalling through the Welsh mountains arriving at a lovely hostel situated at the bottom of Snowdon. Ready for the hike tomorrow! 94.7km with 1,300 meters climbing (cycling) 13km with 953 metres cli...
GBL Day 5 - YHA Brecon Beacons to Tal-y-llyn
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Lots of rolling hills today which was tough on the legs but the distance was manageable. A screw came off on Tom's cleats, we managed to find a bike shop and get his shoe fixed. Had a sensible finish time, staying in a lovely hotel called Tyn y Cornel. 123km (1856 metres climbing) 1 Bike shoe repair
GBL Day 4 - Ebbw Vale to YHA Brecon Beacons
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Short ride today as we cycled to the bottom of Pen y Fan and hiked up it. In the evening we caught up with our friend Kinza and her children for dinner and reminisced over our previous bike trip together: Arctic 2 Africa 10 years ago!!! 36km with 500 metres climbing (cycling) 16km with 650 metres climbing (hiking)
GBL Day 3 - Temple Cloud to Ebbw Vale
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An easier days' cycling in terms of distance, but we were resting on our laurels and left far too late. Ash replenished his supply of boiled sweets and Werthers Originals at Aldi. We were challenged right at the end of the day with a 500 metre climb. 125km (1750 metres climbing) First boarder crossing into Wales
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Great work guys! That was a monster day Smith.
Ash’s pants. Little move that doesn’t even surprise me anymore.
Ash’s bike 😂 classic.
Ash's bike is brilliant.
"Could get a bit wet up the cheddar" 😂
Fantastic guys Keep up the good work 😊