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Fund Raising Events:
Land's End to John O'Groats - underway
30 mile sledge haul - completed
Land's End to John O'Groats Cycle
 DAY 2+3
Inverness - Kilmarnock (190 miles)
(Sleep under canvas)
Route description: follow A82 through Spean Bridge, Fort William, Glencoe, Crianlarich….all the way to Glasgow. Choose any one of a number of known routes to Kilmarnock (possibly A77 traffic dependent / time of day)
DAY 4
Kilmarnock - Carlisle (90 miles)
(Sleep under canvas)
Route description: follow A76 to Dumfries, changing to A75 and A74 into Carlisle.
DAY 5
Carlisle - Liverpool / West Kirby (115 miles)
(Sleep at friends!)
Route description: follow A6 through Penrith, Kendal, Lancaster and into Preston. Change onto A59 and follow into Liverpool. Move onto A540 heading west to Hoylake / West Kirby.
DAY 6
Liverpool – Leominster (90 miles)
(Sleep under canvas)
Route description: follow A540 from West Kirby into Chester. Take A41 until just past Whitchurch, then onto A49 all the way to Leominster.
DAY 7
Leominster - Taunton Area (90 miles)
(Sleep at Sean Chapple’s)
Route description: follow A49 until just past Hereford then change onto A466 and carry on until Chepstow / Severn Bridge. Take A403 through Avonmouth + A4 into Bristol. Take A38 South West to Taunton area.
DAYS 8
Taunton - Launceston
DAY 9
Launceston - Lands End
30 Mile Sledge Haul Across Dartmoor
Team members Sean Chapple and Paul Mattin completed their 30-mil esledge haul across Dartmoor on the 25 July 2006. Thank you to all those that made a donation. View images.
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