Blog - Final Report (Whole Trip)
Ayrshire-Los Montesinos(
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Final report - Things we have learned on our trip that we did not know before leaving.
SCOTLAND
No one in Sanquhar eats black pudding!
ENGLAND
There are definitely mirages , one is the highest pub in Britain tanhill ( life saver)
Hull ! It ain’t pretty.
NETHERLANDS
Home of crosswinds
Fantastic cycling infrastructure .
Nobody wears a helmet on a bike , but everyone cycles
Drivers actually recognise cyclists
Never got offered any special cakes
BELGIUM
A lovely country with the same fantastic cycling infrastructure as The Netherlands.
Great beer
Great chocolate
FRANCE
We have heard many things about France one being the food is fantastic a culinary delight - ha a lot of rubbish we couldn’t get anything decent to eat from North to South of France unless of course you like cheese and ham baguettes because that’s all we could find .
For a start just finding anywhere open was a problem then getting them to make something other than menu of the day was impossible.
Another thing everybody in France seemed to be hiding as we passed through village after village without sight of anyone we cycled for miles without seeing a car - very strange.
Nice sunflowers
ANDORRA
Ski resorts are for winter time thank goodness we were only staying one night it was a concrete jungle and the food was terrible the only good thing to say was the road out next day was downhill !
Excellent place for stocking up with fags and alcohol
SPAIN
Dinner is unavailable before 8:30 pm !!!!
Brandy and beer with breakfast seems to be a start to the working day .
Always seemed to be a headwind
Mediterranean is lovely and warm
Thanks to Brian Loye for doing the blog and technical work on the live track and to all our ardent followers for their comments and good wishes helping to keep us going.
Also thanks to the Mayor's office for the welcome we received at Los Montesinos.
report by Jim Sennan, Jim Ryland, Gordon Stead
ACTUAL STATS FOR THE WHOLE TRIP
Distance = 1,893.64miles
Height Gain = 78,709ft (same as 4 times up Everest from base camp + Ben Nevis + Scafell Pike + a little bit left over)
Average Moving Speed = 14.1mph
Ride Time = 133hrs 39min
Pedal Revolutions = 468,308
USER COMMENTS
well done lads. a fantastic achievement, and hope to see you on the road soon. well done to the Brain for his technical behind-the-door wizardry. kind regards
neil colquhoun (posted 2022-08-20 10:50:54)
Epic trip, fabulous achievement and huge well done to you all! Was great to be able to follow your progress thanks to Brian's website. Nice to have you home again!
Susan S (posted 2022-08-22 10:02:05)
Del
This website was a great idea. Great to follow your day. Common theme of food and food. (posted 2022-08-22 14:44:48)