1,600 miles, 40 days, 6 stages and 29 Samaritans’ branches
Our route follows National Cycle Routes 2, 21, 15, 1 and 766.
There’s a Samaritans branch at most of our overnight stops. They’re marked with an *
Stage 1
Sussex and Kent, (Mon 15th – Fri 19th April)
200 miles
Leg 1 Monday 15th April – Hastings to Tunbridge Wells* 46 miles
Leg 2 Tuesday 16th April – Tunbridge Wells to Ashford* 42 miles
Leg 3 Wednesday 17th April – Ashford to Canterbury* 21 miles
Leg 4 Thursday 18th April – Canterbury to Rochester* 40 miles
Leg 5 Friday 19th April – Rochester to Greenwich* 50 miles
Stage 2
Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, (Sat 20th April – Wed 24th April)
213 miles
Leg 6 Saturday 20th April – Greenwich to Chelmsford* 50 miles
Leg 7 Sunday 21st April – Chelmsford to Colchester* 35 miles
Leg 8 Monday 22nd April – Colchester to Ipswich* 25 miles
Leg 9 Tuesday 23rd April – Ipswich to Norwich* 60 miles
Leg 10 Wednesday 24th April – Ipswich to Wells 43 miles
Stage 3
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, (Fri 26th April – Thur 2nd May)
280 miles
Leg 11 Friday 26th April – Wells to Kings Lynn* 40 miles
Leg 12 Saturday 27th April – Kings Lynn to Boston* 50 miles
Leg 13 Sunday 28th April – Boston to Lincoln* 40 miles
Leg 14 Monday 29th April – Lincoln to Hull* 60 miles
Leg 15 Tuesday 30th April – Hull to Bridlington* 40 miles
Leg 16 Wednesday 1st May – Bridlington to Scarborough* 25 miles
Leg 17 Thursday 2nd May – Scarborough to Whitby 25 miles
Stage 4
Durham, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders (Sat 4th May – Fri 10th May)
337 miles
Leg 18 Saturday 4th May – Whitby to Staithes 20 miles
Leg 19 Sunday 5th May – Staithes to Middlesbrough* 37 miles
Leg 20 Monday 6th May – Middlesbrough to Sunderland* 50 miles
Leg 21 Tuesday 7th May – Sunderland to Ashington* 40 miles
Leg 22 Wednesday 8th May – Ashington to Lindisfarne 70 miles
Leg 23 Thursday 9th May – Lindisfarne to Selkirk* 60 miles
Leg 24 Friday 10th May – Selkirk to Edinburgh* 60 miles
Stage 5
Scottish Highlands and Coast (Sun 12th May – Fri 17th May)
335 miles
Leg 25 Sunday 12th May – Edinburgh to Kirkaldy* 35 miles
Leg 26 Monday 13th May – Kirkaldy to Dundee* 60 miles
Leg 27 Tuesday 14th May – Dundee to Aberdeen* 80 miles
Leg 28 Wednesday 15th May – Aberdeen to Turiff 50 miles
Leg 29 Thursday 16th May – Turiff to Elgin* 60 miles
Leg 30 Friday 17th May – Elgin to Inverness* 50 miles
Stage 6
Northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland (Sun 19th May – Thur 23rd May)
195 miles
Leg 31 Sunday 19th May – Inverness to Bonar Bridge 60 miles
Leg 32 Monday 20th May – Bonar Bridge to Tongue 50 miles
Leg 33 Tuesday 21st May – Tongue to Thurso* 45 miles
Leg 34 Wednesday 22nd May – Turso to Kirkwall* 20 miles and ferry
Leg 35 Thursday 23rd May – Kirkwall to Lerwick* 20 miles and ferry
Trip looks grueling yet amazing too! What strength in character and body you must have to carry out this cycle ride. What a worthy cause though, well done you!
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