Category: Cycle

Accommodation cost for the 2011 JOGLE

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Below the what the accommodation is going to cost for the 2011 JOGLE cycle.

  • Day 0: Saturday 6th August 2011 – travelling up to John O’Groats – £19.50.
  • Day 1: Sunday 7th August 2011 – John O’Groats to Tongue – £17.50.
  • Day 2: Monday 8th August 2011 – Tongue to Carbisdale Castle – £22.50.
  • Day 3: Tuesday 9th August 2011 – Carbisdale Castle to Loch Ness – £19.50.
  • Day 4: Wednesday 10th August 2011 – Loch Ness to Glencoe – £20.00.
  • Day 5: Thursday 11th August 2011 – Glencoe to Killearn – Free staying with family.
  • Day 6: Friday 12th August 2011 – Killearn to New Lanark – £16.75.

£115.75 for the Scottish section, per person.

  • Day 7: Saturday 13th August 2011 – New Lanark to Carlisle – £23.00.
  • Day 8: Sunday 14th August 2011 – Carlisle to Slaidburn – £16.40
  • Day 9: Monday 15th August 2011 – Slaidburn to Chester (may change).
  • Day 10: Tuesday 16th August 2011 – Chester to Clun (may change) £16.40.
    • Camping at Clum Mill from around £10.00, saving £6.40.
  • Day 11: Wednesday 17th August 2011 – Clun to Welsh Bicknor – £16.40.
    • Camping at Welsh Bicknor from around £10.00 saving £6.40.
  • Day 12: Thursday 18th August 2011 – Welsh Bicknor to Street – £22.40.
  • Day 13: Friday 19th August 2011 – Street to Okehampton – £23.00.
    • Camping at Okehampton from around £10.00, saving £13.00.
  • Day 14: Saturday 20th August 2011 – Okehampton to Perranporth – £20.40
  • Day 15: Sunday 21st August 2011 – Perranporth to Land’s End – £20.40.
    • Camping at Land’s End from around £10.00, saving £10.40.
  • Day 16: Monday 22nd August 2011 – travelling back home.

£142 for the English section, per person. If camping costs £105.80. Also need to find accommodation for Chester, since the YHA has closed.

Total price = £257.75 (with camping £221.55). Plus one of one off cost of joining the SYHA/YHA for £10.

All prices correct at 04/03/2011.

New way of displaying data from the cycle

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Just playing around with a new way of displaying data from the End2End cycle that I did in August 2009. This data is made using a WordPress plugin called Gpx2Graphics. I really like it so far, since you can also view the route with google street view.

[gpx2graphics map 4]
[gpx2graphics elevation 4]
[gpx2graphics speed 4]

Please can you let me know what you think by posting comments below.

JOGLE 2011 dates

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At long last we have made a start on picking the dates for doing the End2End cycle next year. Right now it’s looking like the following.

  • Day 0: Saturday 6th August 2011 – travelling up to John O’Groats.
  • Day 1: Sunday 7th August 2011 – cycling from John O’Groats to Tongue.
  • Day 2: Monday 8th August 2011 – Tongue to Carbisdale Castle.
  • Day 3: Tuesday 9th August 2011 – Carbisdale Castle to Loch Ness.
  • Day 4: Wednesday 10th August 2011 – Loch Ness to Glencoe.
  • Day 5: Thursday 11th August 2011 – Glencoe to Killearn.
  • Day 6: Friday 12th August 2011 – Killearn to New Lanark.
  • Day 7: Saturday 13th August 2011 – New Lanark to Carlisle.
  • Day 8: Sunday 14th August 2011 – Carlisle to Slaidburn.
  • Day 9: Monday 15th August 2011 – Slaidburn to Chester.
  • Day 10: Tuesday 16th August 2011 – Chester to Clun.
  • Day 11: Wednesday 17th August 2011 – Clun to Welsh Bicknor.
  • Day 12: Thursday 18th August 2011 – Welsh Bicknor to Street.
  • Day 13: Friday 19th August 2011 – Street to Okehampton.
  • Day 14: Saturday 20th August 2011 – Okehampton to Perranporth.
  • Day 15: Sunday 21st August 2011 – Perranporth to Land’s End.
  • Day 16: Monday 22nd August 2011 – travelling back home.

GPS tracking testing

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I am now testing GPS tracking, which is something I would have loved to have done last year, but I did not have the correct mobile phone for doing it. I do know when doing the cycle, it should work most of the time, other then when in the Highlands of Scotland, when your very lucky to get a network, well with Orange anyway.

If you want this for your own website, the code can be found at http://www.google.com/latitude/apps/badge