john o groats to lands end
 

im from northern ireland and me and a few lads were thinkin of doin land end to land end any1 got ne advice??

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yep, a gel seat... and a few stop overs.
take your time and take a different route to the usual.

7 P's... Prior Planing Preparation prevents P155 Poor Performance...

enjoy and have a great Ride.

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Waterproofs

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we did john o'groats to landsend in a day for charity on june 21st (the longest day) we chose this day as it would be warmer, more light and as it was a weekend it would be quieter on the roads. john o'groats is fairly ....ummm.... desolate? it reminded my of a windswept falklands!!!!:D:D

it took me 13 and a half hours leaving at 0415hrs on a 1050 tiger, the first 250 miles(ish) were absolutely freezing, wearing fully lined textiles and a fleece!!!!!!!! i was shaking like a dog when i stopped for a coffee which i could barely hold. fuel stations being open was a problem in scotland - try and plan every fuel stop
From birmingham down to landsend it ****ed down with rain non stop. the plod in scotland like unmarmarked cars and speed enforcment - 4 guys got nicked for speeding in scotland! - out of 45 of us, no one was nicked in England.

if you are planning in doing it in a day try and get the bulk of the journey done straight away with very short breaks. if you are doing it over a few days then take your time coming out of scotland, the scenery is stunning and I have to say the people we dealt with were lovely. DO NOT stay at the landsend hotel as its an overpriced ****hole with poor service.

Sean

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couldn't do that in a cage busasean, 13hrs phew.:driving::smt015
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yep then back to nottingham for the motogp (vip hospitality) total of 1204 miles in 20 hours.

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.......erm you mentalist! lol. Ive been wanting to do lands end to john o'groats for a while now but not in a day:p well done for that feat!

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Me and a mate are considering doing it on C90's or similar hacks... take a good few days over it and do it on B-roads.