Month: November 2017
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Return to Gold Hill
“Boy on Bike,” directed by Ridley Scott in 1973, staring Carl Barlow and set on Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, is reportedly Britain’s most popular advertisement of all time. Barlow, now 57 and a retired firefighter, returned recently to Gold Hill to once again take on the 28.8% grade. via MetaFilter
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Average temperature and rainfall
Our plan is to start from Land’s End in mid-June and arrive at John o’Groats around the beginning of July. So what kinds of weather should we expect? According to YR, for Land’s End in June we can expect temperatures from 10C to 17C, with rain at little less than one in three days. For…
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Beaumont had early lejog goal
Mark Beaumont, who recently set the round-the-world cycling record of a jaw-dropping 78 days, had set himself the goal of completing lejog at a young age. “Mark’s adventurous spirit was always there. At ten he said he was going to cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End,” says @MrMarkBeaumont’s Mum aka basecamp. pic.twitter.com/9BNhMrmAjQ — EICC…
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I’m CyclingAbout The Americas: Argentina To Alaska Over Two Years!!
CyclingAbout stalwart Alee is about to set out on a two-year excursion from Argentina to Alaska by bicycle, and on an untried set of wheels at that! To be fair, his rig will be made by the same company as the ride Mark Beaumont employed on his recent record-breaking ride around the world in 80…
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Vedangi Kulkarni, lejog veteran
(or nearly so … ) Vedangi Kulkarni, a 19-year-old cyclist, will set off in June 2018 in an attempt to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world unsupported. Vedangi plans to ride between 260 and 300 kilometres per day and make it around the world within 130 days. She will set off from…
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Miscellaneous Resources
Caitlin Giddings of Bicycling shares the wealth of experience gained from a US coast-to-coast ride: 9 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Riding Across the Country.