Cycling the entire length of the UK - LeJog

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In this video my brother and I attempt to cycle the entire length of the UK. More commonly known as 'Lejog', or 'Jogle' the other way, our route was 1,500 kilometres with a total elevation gain of 15,674m!
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  • @carlsale8419
    @carlsale84195 ай бұрын

    Well done! I did it in 1989 as part of a small group to raise money for the St David’s Foundation. We had a support car and stayed in B&B. Despite it being many years ago, I still look back on it as being one of the best things I have ever done. I remember reaching Wem near Shrewsbury and seeing a weather chart with a single large arrow indicating a 25mph wind against,which persisted until Dunfermline. I broke a gear cable at Hawick, which was repaired free of charge at a bike shop in Galashiels. A wonderful experience! I should love to do it again the other way. I carried only a spare inner tube and a few hours worth of food. All credit to you both, as you did it the proper way with panniers and a tent. Great fun!

  • @jimbo80982

    @jimbo80982

    3 ай бұрын

    It must be an amazing story to tell at the pub too I'll bet! Kudos!

  • @annodomino1393
    @annodomino13939 ай бұрын

    I feel that decision to do 160km on the last day. That sudden burst of motivation is just irresistible

  • @Biking360
    @Biking3609 ай бұрын

    Well done lads. I did LEJOG last year but it took me 23 days. I am 62 though so hopefully that gives me some latitude. It was an amazing ride, one that I had been wanting to do forever, and one I will never forget. Unless you have done this ride I don't think you can understand how special it is.

  • @bradleyharrisYT
    @bradleyharrisYT9 ай бұрын

    Brilliant stuff guys, I completed LEJOG last month with a huge giraffe on my bike for charity. Knowing the roads you took really made me admire how fast you were moving! It took me a week longer than you! A huge congrats, a tremendous achievement.

  • @k_4777
    @k_47779 ай бұрын

    I live right next to that view point in the Highlands, maybe 4km away, and going up that climb is on my usual rides. I love seeing other cyclists and tourists a the viewpoint because seeing it every day it's easy for it to become "normal" and to not take in how amazing it is. On a clear day you can see the mountains on the west coast and also the most northern mountain in the UK. Brilliant effort!! Especially in the rain

  • @PBPkitty
    @PBPkitty8 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for posting this video. I finished LEJOG September 19 this year. What a great experience it was. It was fun to watch your version and relive a lot of the same places. Do keep up the great video work.

  • @BikepackingAdventures
    @BikepackingAdventures9 ай бұрын

    Well done lads. You'll never forget that was first time riding LEJOG. I first (and last) rode it in 2020 and although it didn't rain this much it presented it's own challenges... like lots of pubs and camp sites still shut. Alas it was awesome - thanks for filming - great to see some of those views once more.

  • @stuartrich4574
    @stuartrich45743 сағат бұрын

    Well done, you two are so lucky to have each other to do these epic things with, enjoy every minute

  • @elfyn2005
    @elfyn20059 ай бұрын

    Quality content mate, with these ideas you should have a play button in no time ;) loving it, keep it up ❤

  • @millskidd8099
    @millskidd80999 ай бұрын

    Great to see you back doing adventures! Awesome video.

  • @oldmengosouth4201
    @oldmengosouth42017 ай бұрын

    Well done lads. Great effort. Brought back some wonderful memories of our charity JOGLE in 2019. Going up to JoG from Inverness via Altnaharra and Bettyhil is most definitely the best way to go!

  • @thequickervicar9821
    @thequickervicar98218 ай бұрын

    Well done guys. You brought back good memories of 2003 when I rode it to raise funds for our new school. Epic adventure.

  • @nosferatu8293
    @nosferatu82939 ай бұрын

    Great video guys and an epic journey! Love the part at 8:59 where you gave a commentary wearing a sock on your hand. Excellent.

  • @archiefieldhouse

    @archiefieldhouse

    9 ай бұрын

    Aha I forgot my gloves, but the socks worked pretty well

  • @merson812
    @merson8126 ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing, I never heard you guys moan about the ‘midges’ in Scotland once. Seriously, despite a repeated puncture and broken spokes, you guys slaughtered it. Look forward to more adventures from you. Well done. Oh, and I forgot the collapsing tent!

  • @haydensmith888
    @haydensmith8884 ай бұрын

    Well done boys what an epic adventure!!!!! Really great work

  • @paschtetli_geo
    @paschtetli_geo4 ай бұрын

    Saw some familiar looking roads there from when I cycled from Switzerland to John O Groats last summer. It looked like you had a lot of fun! And well done fro cracking 100+km on multiple days!

  • @pfxdodgey370
    @pfxdodgey3708 ай бұрын

    Big achievement lads well done looking forward to your next adventure

  • @adamwatkins
    @adamwatkins9 ай бұрын

    Did this a couple of years ago and remember so much of the scenery you showed thanks!

  • @billymorley-blackwell8236
    @billymorley-blackwell82369 ай бұрын

    Love your guys channel can't wait to see more adventures

  • @karl1ok
    @karl1ok9 ай бұрын

    I've cycled some of this distance myself, but in the other direction. With my family we've done John O'Groats to Scarborough along the north sea cycle route. That's mostly along the coast, but up in northern Scotland you're somewhat limited on road choice so we did the same trip from Lairg to Altnaharra (but I went to Tongue). Comming over the bridge in to Inverness and seeing all the oil rigs, derricks and supply ships anchored in the Moray Firth is a sight

  • @lifecycleproject
    @lifecycleproject9 ай бұрын

    Well done guys. Epic ride, great video !

  • @JoeWallaceCampbell
    @JoeWallaceCampbell4 ай бұрын

    Nicely done what an achievement well done. I am happy you put in a snip of my home town Kelty.

  • @jameskolar9655
    @jameskolar96559 ай бұрын

    Well done fellas. You did a great job. A trip to remember, I’m sure. I’d love to do it myself. Maybe, one day. Thanks for the vid.

  • @stevekaye565
    @stevekaye5658 ай бұрын

    Great achievement lads 👏😎 2 weeks hard effort and a lifetime of memories 👌

  • @jamesmackinlay2500
    @jamesmackinlay25009 ай бұрын

    Much enjoyed your video lads. I and work mate . Did the same ride years ago now. We did it from Scotland to lands end. In 9 days. Blood hard work. Well done to you both. Ps no punches too.

  • @mikeb1195
    @mikeb11959 ай бұрын

    We’ll done both! Looking forward to seeing what’s next 👍

  • @yorkiebar4801
    @yorkiebar48019 ай бұрын

    I did Lejog last year on a really daft route on mountain bikes, but it’s brilliant to see some of the similarities, especially boming it along on the last leg, desperate to see John o’groats 😂. Brilliant stuff 👍

  • @martinalderson533
    @martinalderson5339 ай бұрын

    great adventure for you two and a great video, but next adventure would be nice for more vloging of the camps sites and land marks along the way :)

  • @TheTravelTipsGuy
    @TheTravelTipsGuy9 ай бұрын

    Wow. The distance itself is mightily impressive but to do it in two weeks is even more impressive. Well done lads.

  • @W4LT3Rego
    @W4LT3Rego9 ай бұрын

    Nice video guys! Congrats!

  • @chrisstaniforth5629
    @chrisstaniforth56294 ай бұрын

    Reit effort!! Cracking stuff lads!!

  • @mmmmmmmk
    @mmmmmmmk9 ай бұрын

    brilliant adventure, great effort lads

  • @rossemslie4861
    @rossemslie48618 ай бұрын

    Fantastic lads well done!! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

  • @goldikova1
    @goldikova19 ай бұрын

    Well done, did it in 2018 (14 days) carried on to the Orkneys. 👍 🚲 No punctures in 27,000 miles. (use hermetic tubes, tyre liner strips, high tyre pressure and tensioned wheels with butted spokes.) Bicycles can be very reliable even over long distances.

  • @toutingthomas
    @toutingthomas9 ай бұрын

    Looking forward to more videos!

  • @Axecon1
    @Axecon19 ай бұрын

    That's some awesome scenery! Also great accomplishment, just doing 100km in a single day would put me out for a week

  • @whathasxgottodowithit3919.
    @whathasxgottodowithit3919.9 ай бұрын

    Good job Guys, that is an amazing achievement.

  • @jamieedwards6721
    @jamieedwards67219 ай бұрын

    Well done lads bloody good effort that. 👏

  • @timebadlyspent
    @timebadlyspent8 ай бұрын

    absolutely brilliant effort.

  • @pauljones5066
    @pauljones50669 ай бұрын

    congratulations guys

  • @project182r3
    @project182r33 ай бұрын

    Great adventure and great video

  • @essengeebee
    @essengeebee9 ай бұрын

    Nice work boys. Would've been nice to see a bit more tbh, maybe in a longer video or a second part. Still, very nice to see some of the places I visited when I was younger.

  • @tdoran616
    @tdoran6166 ай бұрын

    This is a really entertaining and inspirational video, I need to do something like this in 2024. Save up by work holidays for it. I have the money for all the gear because I never spend anything… I love this honestly

  • @joerhorton
    @joerhorton9 ай бұрын

    Great stuff lads, I wish I had done this years ago as I am 53 now and just cycling to shop nearly kills me!

  • @iamjoestafford

    @iamjoestafford

    9 ай бұрын

    Get yourself an electric bike - it'll make cycling fun for you again, and might even give you the motivation and confidence to do a journey like LEJOG!

  • @joerhorton

    @joerhorton

    9 ай бұрын

    @@iamjoestafford Thanks, I have one and it is a lot of fun, but I love my traditional bike more. I may look at increasing my fitness and aim at doing something like this in a year or two.

  • @arcoulant87
    @arcoulant879 ай бұрын

    Chapeau I rode it 2017 and carried on and rode through Orkney and the Shetlands to the very end of the UK at Unst.

  • @DanielEarlester
    @DanielEarlester9 ай бұрын

    Well done. Great achievement.

  • @billerator
    @billerator9 ай бұрын

    Well done lads that was amazing

  • @LetsRideOn
    @LetsRideOn3 ай бұрын

    Well done for cycling that far!

  • @samuelculper4231
    @samuelculper42319 ай бұрын

    Love it!!

  • @paulmansell2159
    @paulmansell21598 ай бұрын

    Great video! Any chance of a quick video about the bikes you both used, what you were wearing and what kit you took with you?

  • @willp7775
    @willp77759 ай бұрын

    Great video mate

  • @timdalton3989
    @timdalton39898 ай бұрын

    Congrats 👏 amazing riding

  • @runningsuperska
    @runningsuperska3 ай бұрын

    Good effort lads!

  • @jasonashley1632
    @jasonashley16324 ай бұрын

    Very well done

  • @trpad8
    @trpad89 ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @Duda286
    @Duda2866 ай бұрын

    As someone who has previously done 320km+ in a day, I wonder, how did you avoid severe pain in between your...legs? That whole area in contact with the seat... To me, 140km~ish goes fine but sometimes the next day I feel some pain, one day for recovery is ideal before continuing, but you just did that, went to sleep, did it again... It was just hammer on, no time for any pain to recover, so I was just wondering. Are the seats just too good? Or the clothing? Or maybe just a good bike fit...

  • @robotfieldhouse

    @robotfieldhouse

    4 ай бұрын

    I got a good bit of saddle-sore over the first few days but eventually it just goes away. Just got to ignore the pain for a bit

  • @welshwoody217
    @welshwoody2173 ай бұрын

    John O'groats to lands end straight line mission is needed

  • @TheH3llboy

    @TheH3llboy

    3 ай бұрын

    that'd take a literal month. Not only would they be going on dangerous terrain, rivers, mountains etc, think of the distance. Is easy to bike long distances. Walking is much much harder. And getting food/supplies/camping is much harder.

  • @welshwoody217

    @welshwoody217

    3 ай бұрын

    @@TheH3llboy exactly, they make everything else look easy so it would make a brilliant challenge and would never be beaten.

  • @ixiolirion8781

    @ixiolirion8781

    3 ай бұрын

    You'd be at sea for pretty much all the first 500km heading north (about 10km each in Cornwall and south Wales, then about 30km on the Isle of Man, the other 450km at sea). Then most of the last 100km is at sea too. That's over half the total distance.

  • @welshwoody217

    @welshwoody217

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ixiolirion8781 I know it would be an awesome watch right

  • @Cameron_SLB

    @Cameron_SLB

    3 ай бұрын

    @@welshwoody217it would be literally impossible, the cliffs on the north east coast towards wick are brutal, the waves bashing against the cliffs aren’t ideal either

  • @jameshiggins.openworld
    @jameshiggins.openworld3 ай бұрын

    Well done lads.

  • @kilasracingfactory
    @kilasracingfactory9 ай бұрын

    Wow, that indeed was a big adventure! ggwp!

  • @jamesworley2674
    @jamesworley26749 ай бұрын

    good effort lads!

  • @turnbull321
    @turnbull32128 күн бұрын

    Amazing lads

  • @watch-Dominion-2018
    @watch-Dominion-20189 ай бұрын

    12 minute video for such a massive trip? Feel you could have made it at least an hour. Also what did you do once u got to JOG?

  • @MrDonovan124
    @MrDonovan1246 ай бұрын

    cracking effort gents

  • @tonygrice1450
    @tonygrice145025 күн бұрын

    Great achievement guys well done

  • @beardedvikingmtber
    @beardedvikingmtber9 ай бұрын

    Well done lads 🤙🏻

  • @fountainsowayne
    @fountainsowayne9 ай бұрын

    Absolutely mental lads

  • @johnstait483
    @johnstait4839 ай бұрын

    What a great achievement lads.

  • @TheRagingOmen
    @TheRagingOmen3 ай бұрын

    The fact that you did this in 12 minutes and 41 seconds is mind-blowing 😮

  • @mintymilkk
    @mintymilkk9 ай бұрын

    Those Giant PR2 wheels are notorious for breaking spokes. I broke 2 or 3 on mine and eventually decided to just change the wheels

  • @mixflix2874
    @mixflix28749 ай бұрын

    Well done lads a very good effort indeed shame about all the punctures and not forgetting the endless rain,

  • @bladerunner162
    @bladerunner1629 ай бұрын

    Well done lads

  • @edmn
    @edmn9 ай бұрын

    I would love to try this one day!

  • @eamonc
    @eamonc8 ай бұрын

    I need this in long form content with at least 2.5 hours of content

  • @b2theb
    @b2theb8 ай бұрын

    That was brilliant. good narration too!!! did you prep for that?

  • @jamessmith99731
    @jamessmith997319 ай бұрын

    Great job.

  • @TheFrogfather1
    @TheFrogfather19 ай бұрын

    I did it in the other direction back in 2015 - I remember these vicious Cornish hills. I could make you envious by relating that my puncture count on the entire journey was 0!

  • @eddyfieldhouse
    @eddyfieldhouse5 ай бұрын

    Good effort mate. Nice surname btw 😁

  • @kevinrowlands6753
    @kevinrowlands67539 ай бұрын

    Fantastic ride and video if you do something like that again use shwalbe marathon plus tyres ive done end to end 4 times no punctures

  • @christophersmith7714
    @christophersmith77149 ай бұрын

    I thought you were Twins! Great vid btw. Well done.

  • @operationjester3348
    @operationjester33488 ай бұрын

    Nice one lads 👍

  • @carolannyoung97
    @carolannyoung973 ай бұрын

    Well done

  • @captkev737
    @captkev7378 ай бұрын

    Very well done, amazing achievement, 160k in the last day, incredible

  • @RKanee_
    @RKanee_8 ай бұрын

    Congratulations guys! That trip is too far for most people by car let alone by bicycle xD Me personally I enjoy this kind of stuff.

  • @CheeseBlackOps
    @CheeseBlackOps3 ай бұрын

    Loving the pronunciation of Leominster boys!

  • @fourQQ
    @fourQQ3 ай бұрын

    You should realise a longer version of this boys , get in

  • @reetlad
    @reetlad3 ай бұрын

    Good job lads

  • @MassiveChetBakerFan
    @MassiveChetBakerFan7 ай бұрын

    Impressive!

  • @rhysmaybrey7739
    @rhysmaybrey77393 ай бұрын

    Great achievement

  • @paulcowell7588
    @paulcowell75889 ай бұрын

    Fantastic...

  • @davidsquall351
    @davidsquall3519 ай бұрын

    Badass!

  • @paulwetzel3.14
    @paulwetzel3.149 ай бұрын

    Well done, gents.

  • @peterdnreynolds777
    @peterdnreynolds7778 ай бұрын

    Amazing achievement

  • @kevindean9613
    @kevindean96138 ай бұрын

    Those hills coming out of Betty Hill caught me out a bit .

  • @bloodredroses88
    @bloodredroses889 ай бұрын

    I've just got an exercise bike and thought 25k a day was hard work, it's taken me 40days to do 1000k alone 😂 Very impressive!

  • @grs4691

    @grs4691

    9 ай бұрын

    That’s still impressive! Keep it up 😊

  • @QuellTheHeresy
    @QuellTheHeresy9 ай бұрын

    Was thinking to myself if you guys would release a new video soon 😂

  • @xix94
    @xix949 ай бұрын

    Something I have always wanted to do

  • @markdavis8430
    @markdavis84309 ай бұрын

    I’m guessing at least 30% of this journey was into a head wind 😠 Big respect to u guys ✌️

  • @davinciresolvehow
    @davinciresolvehow9 ай бұрын

    Hi. Well done guys! Did we meet at Euston on my return from Europe?

  • @HibeeMcbee
    @HibeeMcbee3 ай бұрын

    Great video but the way you pronounced Moffat cracked me up 😂

  • @froghornleghorn
    @froghornleghorn9 ай бұрын

    1:32 It doesn't look that big?

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