Bikepacking LEJOG - Cycling the Length of Britain Alone

I cycled the length of Great Britain back in 2021 following a route I made up. (linked below)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Cinematic intro
01:31 - Getting to Land's End
02:06 - Day 1 - Land's End to Bodmin
03:28 - Day 2 - Bodmin to Ilfracombe
04:36 - Day 3 - Ilfracombe to Bath
06:05 - Day 4 - Bath to Hay-on-Wye (Wales)
08:41 - Day 5 - Wales to Stafford
10:29 - Day 6 - Stafford to Sheffield
12:00 - Day 7 - Sheffield to Skipton
14:12 - Day 8 - Skipton to Ullswater
16:55 - Day 9 - Ullswater to Lanark
19:55 - Day 10 - Lanark to Balloch
22:01 - Day 11 - Balloch to Ballachulish
25:06 - Day 12 - Ballachulish to Inverness
27:55 - Day 13 - Inverness to Bonar Bridge (the storm)
29:37 - Day 14 - John O'Groats - the final push
31:17 - My reflection
My Ultimate LEJOG Routes:
Day 1: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 2: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 3: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 4: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 5 and 6 combined: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 7: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 8: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 9: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 10: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 11: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 12: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 13: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
Day 14: www.mapmyride.com/routes/view...
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[@gordonblack9076]

Great work, Tom. Nicely edited, good (and honest) story-telling, the highs and the lows. Your commentary is what makes your videos compelling.

[@Cycling366]

Cheers Gordon! Appreciate it :)

[@matthollydoesyoutube]

Excellent film Tom, really good balance of superb cinematic drone footage, on bike camera, piece to camera and voice over - a really, really good watch. Well done on the ride, that is a huge achievement and brilliantly documented.

[@Cycling366]

Thanks very much! Thought I’d shake it up a bit :)

[@ripvanwinkle3509]

Top man. Genuinely inspiring stuff. Thank you.

[@Cycling366]

Thank you! :)

[@phillcubed1745]

Well done - an enjoyable and interesting video of an exciting ride. (a) there is a wide variety of country and people between LE and JOG, and (b) the scenery you showed brought back memories Many thanks

[@christopherjordan4812]

That’s the best video you have ever done Tom. Massive mileage and top quality photography thanks for sharing it with us.

[@Cycling366]

Cheers! Appreciate the nice comment :)

[@LivandTrekGoCycling]

Very good video overall. Well edited, your story was well told and great drone shots. I enjoyed it and gave you a like 🚴👍

[@Cycling366]

Thanks!

[@julesh4924]

What a great video, an absolute classic.

[@Cycling366]

Really glad you enjoyed it :)

[@TheCoopsvids]

Well done mate great effort and nicely filmed 👍🏻🚴

[@capturemylife]

Most people are nice. Wherever you go in the world.

[@Cycling366]

Yeah definitely

[@constanceloving3622]

Wow! What a wonderful film! I truly enjoy all of your films but this one was incredible--but not just the film itself. It is fabulous that you did the LEJOG, especially by yourself! Thank you so much for sharing and for being so very human with your trials and tribulations as well as your triumphs.

[@Cycling366]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks very much! :)

[@thedoginside]

Crickey, you looks so young. I assume you did this in your school holidays?😂 Great video (again), good to see genuine LeJog footage. Nice one!

[@Cycling366]

It was only three years ago but I suppose I didn’t have any children then… 😂 thanks

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Well done Tom. I remember the time I did LEJOG in 2020 and remember it fondly. The only difference being my journey was mostly on road although I did include both the Camel and Tarka early on in the route to break up those relentless Cornwall and Devon climbs.

[@Cycling366]

Thank you! Yeah they’re a nice welcome relief for sure

[@Cobwobbler]

Top quality video, really showed our beautiful rugged country. Also, like others here no doubt, inspiring us to all have a go. Good luck in the future.

[@Cycling366]

Thanks very much!

[@73megalith]

Well done Tom, putting some big days in with all that kit, good stuff🤙

[@Cycling366]

Cheers!

[@kevindean9613]

I did this in the same year when I was 57 ,The first 3 days were by far the hardest ,I felt proud that I never got off the bike once .I've learnt since getting severe cramp & ripping a vien & muscle ,nervous be to proud to get off & push .

[@DemiGod..]

Similar age. Recently suffered from Delayed Onset Muscle Syndrome (DOMS) after pushing harder on a hilly route I do daily. Felt fine then about 8 hours after finished - AGONY in my thigh, it lasted 1-2 week. Essentially what happened was that due to lots of little tears in the muscle, the damaged cells got inflamed resulting in about a week of agony , still not fully recovered 6-8 months later due to stiffness in the knee and tightness of tendons caused by being incpacitated. If this had happened on a multi day ride, would have been in big trouble as could not walk due to the pain of moving my thigh, the pain was also excruciating if tried to sit.

[@Cycling366]

Nice one! Yeah definitely no point pushing yourself too hard. I didn’t have the right gearing for those first few days annoyingly but hey ho

[@nosferatu8293]

Another great video here Tom and what amazes me is that you still find the time, no matter how knackered you are, to do some fantastic drone work! Great to watch.

[@Cycling366]

Thanks very much! It’s nice to have a break to fly the drone sometimes haha

[@DavidMackenzie]

Another interesting video 😊 I like that you chose your own route rather than just follow the herd. And great story telling.

[@Cycling366]

Cheers David! Yeah I always like to plan my own routes where I can!

[@cdwilson12]

Great video Tom. I saw your original LEJOG video but this was a really good breakdown and I plan on doing this next year (have been meaning to do it for a while but with family and finances it's had to go on the back burner for a bit). Your route looked fantastic and the A82 looks amazing but it just worries me a bit due to the width of the road and it being very busy with HGV and campers. Is a jogle something you've ever fancied?

[@Cycling366]

Thank you! Good luck with it when you get round to it. Yeah the A82 isn’t the best nowadays, I think I caught the tail end of the covid lull but it’s not the best road for sure. There are alternatives but they do add the mileage!

[@waltraudvergeiner1002]

Hello from Austria and congratulations!!! Thanks for the beautiful video 😍 Good luck and many more rides 🤗

[@Cycling366]

Hallo! Thanks for watching :)

[@TimBleazard321]

Awesome achievement, well done.

[@Cycling366]

Thanks Tim!

[@jonathangreen7111]

Well done. Get the kid(s) in chilldseats asap....and then trailer bikes & tandems. The adventures (albeit on a smaller scale) can continue...

[@Cycling366]

Funny you should say that 😛 that’s what I’ve been doing this weekend

[@fisharefriends598]

Awesome effort

[@Cycling366]

Thanks very much

[@DanielEarlester]

Very good. Well done on completing LEJOG. I was in Ilfracombe earlier this year and can confirm it is very hilly. Any day you can avoid an electric fence is a good day. Would it be easier not to wear cleats and use clipped-in pedals since when wild camping you need to jump over hedges and so on?

[@Cycling366]

Thanks! Yeah I don’t run road cleats anymore for that reason :)

[@DemiGod..]

Now that you have done it, how about next, doing it by camping the whole way carrying all the food you need with you? Not sure why you don't like camping in the wet, love it.

[@Cycling366]

Perhaps. The reason I didn’t want to camp in the wet was because I only had a bivvy bag and a crap Aldi special sleeping bag, so not quite as prepared as I am these days

[@Trekon2]

Let's stop calling this ride by a foreign name Lejog and use the correct one the British name 🇬🇧

[@Cycling366]

The Jog