#supitandsea
The Expedition
1703km. Then 2425km. Now 1845km to finish the hat trick.
2 paddleboarders turned hikers turned cyclists
1 mission.
To be the first to paddleboard, hike and cycle the length of Britain in a year – from Land’s End to John o’Groats – whilst raising over £24,000 for Charity.
the what
Overview
Not content with being the first pair in the world to Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) the length of Britain, Dave Chant and Sophie Witter hiked back. But that wasn’t enough.
Barely one week after they finished hiking, they plan to be the first to paddle, hike and cycle the length of Britain within a calendar year.
It’s the final piece to their LEJOGLEJOG – Land’s End to John O’Groats (paddle), back to Land’s End (hike) and back again to John O’Groats (cycle)!
Their journey this time will take them on wheels 1845 kilometres back the North East point of mainland Britain from its South West point.
Their third expedition is titled “SUP It & Sea – The Cycle” and will take 3 weeks or more to complete over Spring 2022 from 18 April 2022.
the what
The Route
Options for cycling are numerous. There’s no one set path, though many cyclists combine popular routes. Most routes are between 1600km and 1800km.
“SUP It & Sea” have decided to buck the trend and take a slightly longer route that adds the Dumfries and Ayrshire coastline that they paddle for nostalgia, and also take in Fort William and the Great Glen (both areas from the paddle and hike).
Throughout the journey we want to highlight all the fantastic elements that the UK has to offer – pretty villages, beautiful rivers, coast and mountains, and courageous everyday people.
The route is split into the following rough 7 sections:-
- Crossing Cornwall, Devon and Somerset
- The Heart of England
- Cumbria to Carlisle at the Scottish Borders
- Dumfries and Ayrshire (to Glasgow)
- Trossachs and Highlands
- The Caledonian Canal
- North East Scotland.
The route is further divided into 20 days:-
- Land’s End to White Cross (near Newquay)
- White Cross to Hatherleigh
- Hatherleigh to Taunton
- Taunton to Clevedon
- Clevedon to Gloucester
- Gloucester to Kidderminster
- Kidderminster to Nantwich
- Nantwich to Chorley
- Chorley to Kirkby Lonsdale
- Kirkby Lonsdale to Carlisle
- Carlisle to Dumfries
- Dumfires to New Galloway
- New Galloway to Irvine
- Irvine to Balloch
- Ballock to Killin
- Killin to Fort William
- Fort William to Inverness
- Inverness to Lairg
- Lairg to Bettyhill
- Bettyhill to John O’Groats
All planning times are estimates only and subject to our poor skills as cyclists, saddle sore bums and maybe even weather conditions.
Route map for Cycle LEJOG - Route 1 by Dave Chant on plotaroute.com