Why?
This sort of thing is very hard to explain. Just riding motorbikes all year
round is tricky to explain to other bikers so doing intergalactic mileages for
the hell of it makes little sense to anyone. Official excuses are (in no
particular order):
To mark my 40th birthday
To raise money for Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland and Revive Scotland both of which give a huge amount of support to MS sufferers
To raise awareness of MS in Scotland, where the incidence rate is the highest in the world with over 10,000 sufferers
Because we want to!
What's involved?
We're following the coastline quite closely avoiding big roads and motorways
wherever possible and picking up a few landmarks on the way. We're not being too
anal about the route as even following the coast loosely will mean covering over
3,500 miles. That means at least 500 miles per day every day for 7 days.
We're hoping to cover 1,000 in the first 24 hours and then average 420 miles per
day thereafter.
Will you have to be riding very fast?
Nope! The art of long distance riding is going at a good pace and not
stopping very often. On back roads it is easy to keep up a steady 50mph
and the twists and turns help keep you awake.
So what's the plan then.
Starting in Glasgow (sort of) we'll ride clockwise around the coast picking
up the following landmarks:
Kilchoan point - UK/Scotland's most westerly point
Applecross - UK's highest (ascent) road
Durness - top left corner
Dunnet Head - UK/Scotland's most Northerly point
John O'Groats - Top right corner
Peterhead - Scotland's most Easterly point
North Berwick - England's most northerly point
Lowestoft - UK/Eng most Easterly point
Dover - Bottom right corner
The Lizard - UK/Eng most Southerly point
Land's End - bottom left corner & UK/Eng most Easterly point
Barry - Wales' most Southerly point
St David's - Wales' most Easterly point
Prestatyn - Wales' most Northerly point
Drumore Point - Scotland's most Southerly point
So who's stupid/mad enough to this?
See the participants page for more info
Can I join you for all or part of the trip?
Yes, of course. We're limiting the numbers for the whole ride to 4 but any number can meet up with us and ride along for a day.