End-to End (LEJOG) Itinerary

End-to End (LEJOG) Itinerary

Our End-to-End (LEJOG) Itinerary outlines our route. These are the various places where we intend staying overnight:

Day 0 – Journey to Land’s End

Travel down to Cornwall – fly from Manchester to Exeter, taxi from airport to rail station, then a train to Penzance.
Collect our bikes and panniers from the cycle shop, then cycle over to Land’s End Youth Hostel.
We will be joined by Ian, another member of SCCC, who will travel with us as far as Cheddar.

YHA Land’s End
Land’s End signpost

Day 1 – Land’s End to Perranporth

Cycle to Lands End and then begin End-to-End (LEJOG) by cycling to Perranporth Youth Hostel, approx 47 miles.

YHA Perranporth
Perranporth

Day 2 Perranporth to Boscastle

Cycle to Boscastle Youth Hostel, approx 43 miles.

YHA Boscastle
Boscastle

Day 3 – Boscastle to Exford

Cycle to Exford Youth Hostel, approx 66 miles.

YHA Exford
Exford

Day 4 – Exford to Cheddar

Cycle to Cheddar Youth Hostel, approx 50 miles

YHA Cheddar
Cheddar Gorge

Day 5 – Rest Day

Rest day.

Day 6 – Cheddar to St Briavels

Cycle to St Briavels Youth Hostel, approx 49 miles.

St Briavels YHA
St Briavels Church

Day 7 – St Briavels to Leominster

Cycle Leominster Youth Hostel, approx 42 miles.

YHA Leominster
Leominster

Day 8 -Leominster to Shrewsbury Battlefields

Cycle to Shrewsbury Battlefield Travelodge, approx 44 miles.

Shrewsbury Battlefield Travelodge
Battlefield Church

Day 9 – Shrewsbury Battlefields to Widnes

Cycle to Widnes Travelodge, approx 58 miles.
Since we are reasonably close to home, we plan on inviting family and friends to come and join us for a meal at the Toby Carvery, just over the road from the Travelodge.

Widnes Travelodge
Widnes

Day 10 – Widnes to Lancaster

Cycle to Lancaster Central Travelodge, approx 65 miles.

Lancaster Travelodge
Lancaster

Day 11 – Lancaster to Windermere

Cycle to Windermere Youth Hostel, approx 36 miles.

Windermere YHA
Windermere

Day 12 – Rest Day

Rest day.

Day 13 – Windermere to Carlisle

Cycle to Carlisle (M6 Jct44) Premier Inn, approx 43 miles.

Carlisle (M6 Jct44) Premier Inn
Carlisle Castle

Day 14 – Carlisle to Sanquhar

Cycle to Newark Farm in Sanquhar, approx 61 miles.

Newark Farm
Sanquhar

Day 15 – Sanquhar to Lochranza

Cycle to Lochranza Youth Hostel on the Isle of Arran, approx 65 miles.

Lochranza SYHA
Lochranza Castle

Day 16 – Rest Day

Rest day. We will be joined today by five other members of SCCC who will cycle with us to Inverness.

Day 17 – Lochranza to Oban

Cycle to Oban Youth Hostel, approx 53 miles.

Oban SYHA
Oban

Day 18 – Oban to Glen Nevis

Cycle to Glen Nevis Youth Hostel, approx 39 miles.

Glen Nevis SYHA
Glen Nevis

Day 19 – Glen Nevis to Loch Ness

Cycle to Loch Ness Youth Hostel, approx 44 miles.

Loch Ness SYHA
Loch Ness

Day 20 – Loch Ness to Inverness

Cycle to Inverness Youth Hostel, approx 26 miles.

Inverness SYHA
Inverness

Day 21 – Inverness to Helmsdale

Cycle to Helmsdale Youth Hostel, approx 72 miles.

Helmsdale Hostel
Helmsdale

Day 22 – Helmsdale to John o’Groats and Wick

Cycle to John o’Groats and complete End-to-End (LEJOG).
Then cycle to Wick, approx 68 miles.
Stay at Bredalbane House Hotel and Nethercliffe Hotel.
Complete tour with an evening celebration.

Bredalbane House Hotel
Nethercliffe Hotel
Wick

Day 23 – Post tour

Drop bicycles and panniers off at the cycle shop (for packing and shipping home). Then fly from Wick to Edinburgh and on to Manchester. Finally, make our way home.

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