Who are we?

Arthur Gregory and Adrian Southey are uncle and nephew who at the ages of 62 and 46 have decided to do a cycle ride of a lifetime, are they mad or just brave!  Arthur lives in Dundry, North Somerset with his wife Pat. and two Black Labradors and Adrian lives in Weybridge, Surrey with his wife Asma.  They wish to raise money for the Children’s Hospice South West who do wonderful work for children with terminal illnesses.

Arthur

Adrian

When are we cycling the AALEJOG?

We will start this epic journey on 18th June 2007 and estimate that we will cycle just over 1,000 miles taking 14 days or so.  We hope that the weather will be kind to us and that the Scottish midges will be nowhere to be seen!

Training for the event

Living a distance apart we are doing our own thing regarding training.  Arthur keeps fit by playing a lot of squash and cycles whenever he can.   He recently cycled to Lyme Regis one day and cycled back the following day covering 131 miles.  Adrian has routines which he does in the local gym and he goes out for regular cycles rides.

The Route

We are meeting in Bristol and taking the train down to Penzance. From here we can cycle to Lands End for the traditional photo opportunity at the famous Lands End Signpost.  From LE we cycle to Truro – Exeter – Bristol – into Wales over the M48 Bridge – Monmouth – Shrewsbury – Wrexham – Liverpool – Preston – Lancaster – Lake District along Lake Windermere – Carlisle – Dumfries – Prestwick – West Kilbride – Gourock – Connel near Oban – Along Loch Lochy and Lock Ness – beauly – Bonar Bridge – Betty Hill – Thurso – John O’Groats.

We do not know how we will return from John O’Groats, but we are looking at the possibility of renting a car.