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Claire and Adrian's End-to-End
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    Posted: 24 July 2013 at 1:57pm

Regular BHPC racers will have noticed that Claire and I have raced very little this season.  One of the reasons is that this year we set ourselves a target (rather than, yet again, to win the Ladies' Championship and come third Part-Faired) of completing an end-to-end ride.

To avoid both geographical ambiguity and dire tourist-traps (but most of all, just to be different from the crowd - we're BHPCers, after all) our ride is from the northernmost point of Great Britain to the southernmost.  We will set off from Dunnet Head on 1st September 2013 due to arrive 1035 miles later, at Lizard Point on 15th September.  

Whilst ours is not an out-and-out charity ride, it is inspired by Anna Jenkins and her enthusiasm for life, and we are dedicating it to her memory.  Anna fell ill with cancer during her second Land's End to John O’Groats challenge.  She had to abandon that ride, and never completed it.  

If you would like to join us in tribute to Anna, you can, by making a donation here, to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

I will be posting updates on our progress here, as and when WiFi access allows.  Our intinerary, in terms of overnight stops, is as follows:

Sunday             1st              Altnaharra
Monday           2nd              Inverness
Tuesday           3rd              Ardgour
Wednesday      4th              Lochgilphead
Thursday          5th              Mauchline
Friday              6th               Annan
Saturday          7th               Ravenstonedale*
Sunday             8th              Clitheroe
Monday           9th               Chester
Tuesday           10th             Bishop's Castle
Wednesday      11th            Monmouth
Thursday          12th            Glastonbury
Friday               13th           Crediton
Saturday          14th            Fowey
Sunday             15th           Finish, Lizard Point

* I hope I'm not breaking any rules about advertising - I have no personal interest and the plug is unsolicited - but Ann and Bill at the Old Vicarage in Ravenstonedale do deserve a mention.  Not so much because it's about the best little B&B you would ever want to stay in, but because they're putting us up for free so we can use the price of the B&B as a donation via Anna's page.  
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I can also recommend 'The Old Vicarage', having stayed there on Claire and Adrian's recommendation, and Bill has plenty of stories about his time as a submariner. I'd like to state that I have no commercial connection with The Old Vicarage nor have I ever been a submariner.

Edited by GeoffBird - 24 July 2013 at 3:26pm
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Good luck and I hope the northerlies will be a blowing!
 
I'm on holiday in Cornwall 2nd week of Sep, i'll keep an eye out for you both!
 
I've never been to "The Old Vicarage" but I have spent time on submarines!  I didn't like it that much! 
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Ahoy Ian,
...a bit of advice from an ancient windpowered sub-mariner = try spending more time "in" the sub next time. Its so much less stressful than having to hold your breath for such prolonged periods of time......

Very best of lung and leg for your ride Claire and Adrian...

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Best of luck!! Thumbs Up
 
I don't see any problem with recommending cycle-friendly B&Bs on here...
 

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All the best Adrian an Claire. Most of all enjoy it - it is a marvelous experience so make the most of it.  Thanks for supporting Anna - The Marsden is a great cause- and unfortunately is something that will affect most of us in our lifetime.
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best wishes on this one!!!
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Originally posted by Wyndrake Wyndrake wrote:

Ahoy Ian,
...a bit of advice from an ancient windpowered sub-mariner = try spending more time "in" the sub next time. Its so much less stressful than having to hold your breath for such prolonged periods of time......

Very best of lung and leg for your ride Claire and Adrian...

Alan
 
Ahem, the term for serving on any of Her Majestics ships and boats is "on" whether you sit in em, or on em, and also submarines are commonly referred to as boats, even though they are classed as ships. 
 
i.e. Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) or Ship Submersible Nuclear (SSN), the former are also known as "Bombers" and the latter "Hunter Killers"..  Anyone still awake?
 
All a bit off topic I know but it might ease conversation at the B&B, speaking of which will you be having "babies heads" to eat while you are there?
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I didn't notice them on the menu. Bill served on (Geek) diesel electrics. He said they used to run most of the time with the snorkel just out of the water for stealth. If a large wave tried to fill the engine intake, a flap-valve would close the snorkel and the engines drew air from the living quarters instead, which took your breath away!
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What happened to the diesel exhaust gases? Did the submarine leave a trail of bubbles?? Ermm
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