Saturday 23 August 2014

Stats

Bike repairs===

1 puncture ! Amazing.
1 bottom bracket on Dad's bike.
1 derailleur and bracket (Lewis bike)
Please refer to swearing incident. ...

1 bike sat-nav (rubbish bits of kit)

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Distance actually cycled  2000  miles (200 hours riding!)
Trains taken 5 covering distance of approx 250 miles 
Distance not covered due to stopping in Edinburgh 400miles or so.
Average mileage 47 miles per day.
Total days 49
Rest days 7
Max in 1 day 87 miles
Average speed 10 mph including tea photo direction breaks.
Max speed 43 mph/68.8 kph
Steepest climb 30%
Steepest decent 40%
Slowest speed walking. climbing and beach combing!
Fastest 1 hour average 20 mph

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Weight lost 2kg by Dwight Lewis none

maximum cycle bag weight 9kg

water carried 3 x 750ml plus 1nos 500ml

special diet vitamins and malt loaf!

sweets eaten ...loads.

meals per day 4!

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Most expensive b&b £75
Cheapest £50 (apart from those kindly paid for so generous others. 8 places)

48 nights:-
- 1 overnight train. plus 1 night at home!
3 hostels
2 camping

1 mobile home.

8 Warmshowers / Couch surfing hosts
17  Friends and friends of friends etc (6 of those for 2 nights ie rest days.)
8 Nights paid for by friends and family

All places offered except 8.. incredible.thank you all.

trip cut short by 11 days including 2 rest days.

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Toughest cycling Devon and Cornwall.(many steep ascents and having breaking on descents)

All of the rest of UK was relatively easy.

Most fun day for Dwight Blackpool.... but so many good things hard to say.

Lewis voted best night Woolacombe.

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photos taken 1200 plus.

1 minute interviews. 40 plus.

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best animals:-. tortoise. hedgehog. seal.?? but met loads of dogs cats horses sheep cows. birds. insects/bugs







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