Squeaky Wheels the Rationale

Team Squeaky Wheels came together by accident following a drunken conversation about the possibility of riding from Lands End to John O'Groats. The result was the accumulation of a quarter of a millenniums worth of accumulated wit and (arguably) wisdom in the guise of Jeff, Tim, Don and Michael. To give us all an incentive to accomplish this route we decided to make the journey a sponsored ride for McMillan Cancer Support, and run this Blog for our friends and supporters. Hopefully we will provide daily reports of our progress and events during the ride. These may become more terse as exhaustion and saddle sores kick in. So watch this space.

Monday, 16 May 2011

Lostwithiel and beyond

The team did make it to Lostwithiel, but exhaustion, and technical hitches prevented a posting for the occassion. The next day we set off to Exeter and had the joy of an 8 mile climd out of Lostwithiel. Eventually  made to Minions where we were revived bytea and large bits of cake. On to Tavistock where we met up with Clive, who rode with  us for a short stretch. Having met up with Kathy, they also kindly bought us lunch, much needed, to fortify us for the long haul onto Dartmoor. We were misled about the Dartmoor stretch, supposedly undulating and with a westerly at our backs, easy. It wasn't, climb after climb, hairy decent after hairy decent.  The entire route turns out to involve more climbing than any other. So we celebrate making it to Exeter, and finishing the hardest section of the journey. Will we survive to the end??

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  1. Wendy17 May 2011 at 07:57

    Glad you are all having such fun! It could be worse - you could have heavy rain as well!! With you in spirit and hope the worst is over...
    Wendyx

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