29th July 2020

Cycling the length of the UK for the Gurkhas

Next month, cyclists will be putting the pedal to the metal and riding a whopping 1,000 miles for three charities, including us.

The ride will see Chris Titcomb, Tristan Kleinwort, Billy Sims-Hilditch and Rory Milbank cross Scotland, Wales, and England finally ending up in Lands End for a very well earned Cornish pint and a pasty.

We’ll be following the team’s journey closely via their social media accounts with updates on their journey – they’d be honoured if you’d like to follow their progress too, which they’ve promised will be highly entertaining and have even invited any keen cyclists to join them on a stretch for a day or two.

To support their team with a donation, please visit their fundraising page

Their journey in pictures

See below for live updates from their Instagram feed.

24 July

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**ROUTE 2** After an undoubtedly difficult nights rest and socialising with the notoriously friendly scottish biting midges, we will set off for our second day in the saddle, covering just north of 140km with a hefty 1.3km elevation gain to finish up in Balmore where we are wild camping once again!
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 24, 2020 at 3:26am PDT

23 July

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**ROUTES** From now until the start of our odyssey (T-12 days) we will be sharing our routes so that you all can both laugh at us, and also hopefully plan to join us along the way. We doubt we will have many fans up in the north north of Scotland, but we will never lose hope. Here we have leg 1 – John O Groats to Altnaharra, covering 120km with just south of 1km in elevation gain. We will finish up and find somewhere to lay our weary heads and backsides in a local field, so if anyone happens to have a relative/friend in Altnaharra please do let us know.
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 23, 2020 at 3:11am PDT

23 July

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Training ride for the boys (minus @christitcomb 😞)
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 22, 2020 at 10:53am PDT

22 July

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Support Driver Bio No.1 (and only)- Bill Downer Bill will be supporting the boys from the comfort of an engine powered vehicle, with roles ranging from carrying the kit and setting up camp, to providing lubricated massages each evening and motivating Milbank to get up the next hill. Hometown- Cambridge Vehicle- Ford Transit Custom Range Favorite Services: Fleet Fact: Vans are faster than bikes Year in numbers: Drives: Enough to get on the insurance Cornering speed: 73mph in the wet Handling ability: Only needs one of them
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 21, 2020 at 10:41am PDT

22 July

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Rider Bio No.4 – Billy Sims-Hilditch Age – 23 Hometown – Bath Bike – Cannondale SuperSix Evo Fact – I will regret this at some point Favourite Cycling Moment – Tubeless liquid spraying me generously Year in numbers: Rides – 25 Time in saddle – 52 Hours 30 Minutes Distance – 1151km Elevation gain – 15,998m Biggest ride – 115km Top speed – 73kmph
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 15, 2020 at 8:20am PDT

10 July

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Rider Bio No.3 – Rory Milbank Age – 23 Hometown – Bury St Edmunds Bike – Orbea something or other Fact – I’m really regretting signing up for this Favourite Cycling Moment – Never watched progressional cycling so it will have to be Tristan throwing up a banana on the bike Year in numbers: Rides – 37 Time in saddle – 32 hours 46 minutes Distance – 811km Elevation game – 6,483m Biggest ride – 60km Top speed – 60kmph
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 10, 2020 at 9:53am PDT

9 July

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Here we go – the man himself Rider Bio No.2 – Chris Titcomb Age – 23 Hometown – Woolton Hill Bike – Giant Advanced 1 Fact – I bought a bike a week ago. Favourite Cycling Moment – Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish winning the Madison 2008 / Teaching Mum how to ride a bike – Hard to separate given the extensive training involved in both Year in numbers: Rides – 3 Time in saddle – 5hrs Distance – 133km Elevation game – 862m Biggest ride – 70.46km Top speed – 97.6km/h (Fact check on Strava, prove me wrong 😉 )
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 9, 2020 at 10:02am PDT

6 July

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Rider Bio No.1 Name – Tristan Kleinwort Age – 22 Hometown – Hayward’s Heath Bike – Cannondale Synapse Disc 105 Fact – I thought Mount Everest was in the Alps Favourite cycling moment – Chris Froome’s comeback in the 2018 Giro d’Italia stage 19 Year in numbers: Rides – 16 Time in saddle – 32h 27min Distance – 764 km Elevation gain – 10,510 m Biggest ride – 104 km Top speed – 69.7 kph
A post shared by John O Groats to Lands End (@jog_le2020) on Jul 6, 2020 at 2:54am PDT

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Cycling the length of the UK for the Gurkhas

Next month, cyclists will be putting the pedal to the metal and riding a whopping 1,000 miles for three charities, including us.

To support their team with a donation, please visit their fundraising page

Their journey in pictures

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