Thurso to London

I cycled from Thurso (most northerly mainland town in Britain) to London in Summer 2009, through Scotland and down the eastern side of England. The route was around 1400km.

Follow the links below to view the routes for each day.

The plan: [ Summary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ]

In the event, I skipped Day 5 and did it a couple of weeks later. I also split Day 9 into two days, stopping at Cambridge:

What actually happened: [ Summary | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 (Again) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ]

Stage	Start	Finish	Area	Len /km	Asc /m	Slow Par Time	Max Hgt /m	Num of Hills	Num Big Hills	Hill Asc /m	Max Asc Gdt
Prologue	Thurso	Thurso	Caithness	63	242	3h28	66	1	0	50	2%
Stage 1	Thurso	Carbisdale Castle	The Far North	145	1324	8h42	269	10	5	840	7%
Stage 2	Carbisdale Castle	Loch Lochy	The Great Glen	140	1287	8h40	386	4	4	700	6%
Stage 3	Loch Lochy	Inversnaid	The West Highlands	141	1443	8h55	348	4	3	540	20%
Stage 4	Inversnaid	Lasswade	Forth Valley	138	1002	8h20	200	3	1	230	5%
Stage 5	Lasswade	Morpeth	The Borders	152	1292	9h13	418	7	4	710	10%
Stage 6	Morpeth	Whitby	Tees Valley	149	1154	8h41	246	9	1	590	10%
Stage 7	Whitby	Kirmington	Yorkshire	142	923	8h08	236	6	2	460	15%
Stage 8	Kirmington	King’s Lynn	The Fens	164	320	8h39	162	2	0	120	2%
Stage 9	King’s Lynn	London	Essex	173	556	9h25	126	2	0	110	3%

Note: Slow par times (aka BRT times) are based on an average speed of 20km/h with an additional 5 minutes for each 100m of ascent.

Also:

• All the photos (on a map)
• Training log
• Places and weather
• What I’m thinking about next…