After coming back from traveling around the world earlier than expect in March 2002 I wanted to do something, but I didn't quite know what. As a family we have been going down to Cornwall every summer for about eight years and because I didn't used to like long car journeys (it is about 250 miles) I said I was going to cycle down.

Along the same lines I read about a few formula 1 drivers who cycled from John O Groats to Lands End (JOG to LE) and I  decided that I wanted to do the same thing. So I did. In the summer of 2002 I cycled about 900 miles (then in 2003 I cycled the same distance with my Dad)

If you every think about doing it please read Lance Armstrongs book 'Its not about the Bike', I really could not have done it the first time without it (you  have to be a little fit as well). When I first did it there was no web site that I could find that gave you any information about doing this famous route, so if you have the desire to do it please contact me and I will help as much as I can (including a list of places I stayed every night).

I have published my diary from 2002 and 2003 below, please read and comments are welcome to t.white@mac.com. I have just put on-line a video of the still pictures that I took on the bike ride in 2003. The video is quite large but is well worth it I think, you can view it by going to the Video Archive section of the site.