The Stats

I’ve now gone through the GPSr traces and both agree on the mileage of 1084 miles. The daily ascents are calculated using compacted GPSr data and SRTM elevation data and are likely to be reasonably accurate. I’m going to do a summary blog post soon. Today has been a bit odd, a bit loose endish without any cycling to do!

Click on the day number to see a map of the route, an elevation profile and to get a GPX file of the route. There is also a zipfile containing all of the GPX files available.

Day Destination Distance Ascent Time Cycling Avg Speed
1 St Ives 19.6 mi 509 m 1h47m 11.0 mph
2 Harlyn Bay 51.5 mi 1114 m 4h58m 10.4 mph
3 Okehampton 67.4 mi 1449 m 6h33m 10.3 mph
4 Huntstile 72.2 mi 1127 m 6h28m 11.2 mph
5 Tidenham Chase 68.7 mi 1326 m 6h21m 10.8 mph
6 Ludlow 62.2 mi 1185 m 6h04m 10.3 mph
7 Middlewich 77.1 mi 787 m 6h37m 11.6 mph
8 Clitheroe 70.9 mi 861 m 6h22m 11.1 mph
9 Temple Sowerby 63.8 mi 1631 m 6h25m 9.9 mph
10 Shawhead 77.1 mi 795 m 7h40m 10.1 mph
11 Troon 68.6 mi 1029 m 6h42m 10.2 mph
12 Ardgartan 73.9 mi 733 m 6h05m 12.1 mph
13 Benderloch 56.2 mi 1110 m 4h42m 11.9 mph
14 Fort Augustus 69.6 mi 1028 m 5h53m 11.8 mph
15 Evanton 57.9 mi 1183 m 5h20m 10.8 mph
16 Bettyhill 77.1 mi 1157 m 7h11m 10.7 mph
17 John o’ Groats 50.1 mi 785 m 4h39m 10.8 mph
Total   1083.8 mi
(1744.2 km)
17809 m
(58428 ft)
99h47m 10.9 mph
(17.5 kph)

In addition to this there were 14.7 mi (23.7 km) and 338 m (1109 ft) of cycling from Penzance to Land’s End plus 21.4 mi (34.4 km) and 345 m (1132 ft) of cycling from John o’ Groats to Wick via Duncansby Head.

Highest speed attained was on Day 9 at 41.3 mph. Highest elevation was also attained on Day 9 at 426.8 m (1400 ft) at the Cross of Greet at the top of the hill above Slaidburn.

The furthest cycled in a day was Day 16 but only very marginally as remarkably three days were 77.1 mi. Day 16 was just 0.08 mi further than Day 7. Average daily mileage (including the end bits) was 65.9 mi (63.8 mi without).

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John Talbot

The main protagonist behind this nonsense. The website title is inspired by the lyrics of the B-side to Lily the Pink by The Scaffold. "The buttons of your mind were difficult to find and my fingers far too clumsy."

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