UPDATE:  I'm pleased to say that we arrived at John O'Groats on schedule at lunchtime on Monday 11th June!  Very happy to have made it but even more overjoyed to have been able to raise a considerable sum for a very worthy cause.  We would both like to take this opportunity to thank you all again for your support and sponsorship, which has been both extremely generous and incredibly humbling. We really have been blown away by the sums that have been pledged and by the kind words and messages received over the past couple of weeks.

A brief summary of our ride is set out below for those who are interested.  We have also uploaded some photos of the trip which can be viewed here - http://photobucket.com/LEJOG2012

Prologue: Penzance - Land's End - Penzance (18 miles, 460m climb)

Day 1: Penzance - Tavistock (84 miles, 2,243m climb)

Day 2: Tavistock - Weston Super Mare (107 miles, 1,673m climb)

Day 3: Weston Super Mare - Ludlow (99 miles, 1,738m climb)

Day 4: Ludlow - Warrington (96 miles, 994m climb)

Day 5: Warrington - Windermere (83 miles, 1,025m climb)

Day 6: Windermere - Selkirk (105 miles, 1,918m climb)

Day 7: Selkirk - Blairgowrie (106 miles, 1,451m climb

Day 8: Blairgowrie - Carrbridge (96 miles, 1,496m climb)

Day 9: Carrbridge - Helmsdale (79 miles, 908m climb)

Day 10: Helmsdale - John O'Groats - Wick (69 miles, 1,132m climb)

Total: 942 miles, 15,038m climb  (in reality we probably did a bit more than this - gps reception was a bit dodgy in some areas so not all route information was logged!)

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Between 2 and 11 June the two of us (Tom Baines and Sam Parker) will be cycling the length of Britain in order to raise money for University of Nottingham - Children's Brain Tumour Research. 

At a distance of 941.7miles, this will be bar far the longest cycle ride either of us has ever undertaken.  To make the challenge less daunting, we will be stopping over at various budget hostels and B&Bs en route and probably sourcing most of our food from petrol station shops. 

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