Despite giving up the daily blog pretty quickly (after day 4 I was too grumpy every evening to want to tell everyone about anything) I did manage to keep up fairly regular stream of Tweets which may or may not be of any interest. If they are, here they are, if not then…ignore everything that follows…
Up at 5, now heading to inverness. When did it start getting light at 5.15!? #end2end
21 Apr
Just passed a snowplough outside Glasgow. SNOWPLOUGH!? #end2end
21 Apr
@leedsmet thanks guys 🙂 currently in inverness waiting for train to thurso.#end2end
21 Apr
Misty, cold, lots of seagulls. About to have breakfast then set off for john o’groats #end2end
22 Apr
Two facts to shock and disturb, chamois cream is cold and mick doesnt like baked beans.#end2end
22 Apr
Cycled 20 miles, freezing, foggy, windy. Now we are just at john o groats!
22 Apr
At bettyhill, horrible day has turned absolutely amazing.#end2end http://twitpic.com/4nz7wm
22 Apr
Finished day 1, slightly longer than planned at…120 miles! Glorious weather apart from the bloody head wind we had for 50 miles.#end2end
22 Apr
Blog about day 1 at http://ashmannblogs.Wordpress.com #end2end
22 Apr
@emilyjmacaulay thanks! Currently trying to work out if we can make tomorrow shorter without having to go over any more hills. Not possible!
22 Apr
@Mike_Tomlinson ha, my arse is doing alright. Mick has started moaning about his!
23 Apr
On the a9 into inverness, suddenly there is a lot of traffic.#end2end
23 Apr
In inverness, making quite good time. Mick is looking for a pannier, think he’s jealous of mine.#end2end
23 Apr
Finished day 2, currently in grantown on spey.Got our first sight of the massive, snow covered cairngorms, uh-oh.#end2end
23 Apr
Deep heat applied. Put way too much on, it buuurns.#end2end
23 Apr
day 2 post up at http://ashmannblogs.wordpress.com – nothing very interesting to say, brain is all tired. #end2end
23 Apr
Leg spasm, bad
24 Apr
Hard day, everything creaking, bike, shoes, knees. This is where we are #end2end http://twitpic.com/4ov0tm
24 Apr
Finished day 3. Mega. Blog to follow after I’ve made myself stink less.#end2end
24 Apr
Sometimes you’re the hammer and sometimes you’re the nail. Today I’m the nail.
25 Apr
Day 6. Have got to head through Lancaster at rush hour and then down towards Welshpool, its gonna be a long day.#end2end
27 Apr
150km done, 40 to go. A long day, but, we’re in Wales! #end2end
27 Apr
Have just worked out we can cut 20 miles off tomorrow AND get to cross the severn, ace! #end2end
27 Apr
About to set off for bath. Day 7 #end2end http://twitpic.com/4qf9in
28 Apr
@calebdorey our detour is to avoid gloucestershire, too many hills!
28 Apr
@calebdorey currently discovering that herefordshire isn’t exactly flat!
28 Apr
Didn’t make it to bath, ran out of legs and light. In chipping sodbury at a very swanky b and b. Today was still 110 miles tho.#end2end
28 Apr
Made up the miles lost yesterday. Just past bath.#end2end
29 Apr
The mendips, now who thought that was a good idea…#end2end
29 Apr
At taunton, hip has just seized up. Painful! #end2end
29 Apr
Near tiverton. Stopped at a garden centre for coffee and to use the facilities #end2end
29 Apr
Lovely couple at local chippy donated cost of our meal to @janesappeal, ace!
29 Apr
Bloody hell, we seem to have found cornwall’s hilliest road. Imagine a series of w’s as the profile, for 16 miles.#end2end
30 Apr
John o’groats to land’s end is a very long way. But we’ve just FINISHED! #end2end
1 May
900-odd miles cycled, knees and ankles ruined, sponsor me please WWW.justgiving.com/ashley-mann #end2end
1 May
just tallied up our mileage.992.8 miles in 95 hours of cycling #end2end
1 May