Linda Jordan Memorial Ride-Stride-Glide

OUTLINE OF ROUTE

RIDE from John O’Groats to Inverness (123 miles)
GLIDE by sea-kayak from Inverness to Fort William down the Caledonian Canal (66 miles)
STRIDE up Ben Nevis (9 miles)
STRIDE from Fort William to Milngavie along the West Highland Way (95 miles)
RIDE from Milngavie to Kirk Yetholm (121 miles)
STRIDE from Kirk Yetholm to Edale along the Pennine Way, riding from Hawes to Langdale in order to climb Scafell Pike (360 miles)
RIDE from Edale to Pen-y-Pass (136 miles)
STRIDE up Snowdon and back (8 miles)
RIDE from Pen-y-Pass to Llangollen (32 miles)
GLIDE by canoe from Llangollen to Maesbury (15 miles)
RIDE from Maesbury to Melverley (10 miles)
GLIDE by canoe down the River Severn to Gloucester (118 miles)
RIDE from Gloucester  to Lyme Regis (130 miles)
GLIDE or STRIDE from Lyme Regis to Lands End (205 miles)
TOTAL DISTANCE 1435 miles

Completed:-
May 4 – John O’Groats to Dunbeath (37 miles)
May 5 - Dunbeath to Dornoch (42 miles)
May 6 – Dornoch to Inverness (44 miles)
May 7 - Inverness to Invermoriston (28 miles)
May 8 – Invermoriston to Laggan Locks (10 miles)
May 9 – Fort William to Ben Nevis – and back again (9 miles)
May 10 – Meredith’s birthday and a well-earned rest
May 11 – Fort William to Kinlochleven (14 miles)
May 12 - Laggan Locks to Fort William, completing Caledonian Canal (18 miles)
May 13 – ‘Rest’ day, walking on Ben Nevis.  Richard and Meredith fly back to Canada.
May 14 – Stuart arrives at Fort William.  Neil and Stuart walk from Kinlochleven to Kinghouse (9 miles)
Day 15 – Kinghouse to Bridge of Orchy (12 miles)
May 16 – Bridge of Orchy to Inverarnan (20 miles)
May 17 – Inverarnan to Rowardennan (14.5 miles)
May 18 – Neil walks from Rowardennan to Drymen (15 miles).  Stuart travels back to London.
May 19 – Drymen to Milngavie (12 miles)
May 20 – Milngavie to Carnwath (40 miles)
May 21 – Carnwath to Saint Bothwells (51 miles)
May 22 - Saint Bothwells to Kirk Yetholm (20 miles)
May 23- Kirk Yetholm to Byrness (27 miles)
May 24 – Byrness to Bellingham (15 miles)
May 25 – Bellingham to Greenhead (22 miles)
May 26 - Greenhead to Lambley (6 miles)
May 27 – Lambley to Garrigill (13 miles)
May 28 – Garrigill to Dufton (18 miles)
May 29 – Dufton to Forest in Teesdale (13 miles)
May 30 – rest day 
May 31 – Forest in Teesdale to Bowes (19 miles)
June 1 – Bowes to Keld (12 miles)
June 2 – Keld to Hawes (12 miles)
June 3 – Hawes to Langdale (45 miles)
June 4 – Langdale to Scafell Pike & back (11 miles)
June 5/6 – Langdale to Kendal to Hawes (45 miles)
June 7 – Hawes to Horton in Ribblesdale (14 miles)
June 8 – Horton in Ribblesdale to Malham (14 miles)
June 9 – Malham to Thornton-in-Craven (11 miles)
June 10 – Thornton-in-Craven to Ponden (12 miles)
June 11 – Ponden to Hebden Bridge (11 miles)
June 12 – Hebden Bridge to Standedge (15 miles)
June 13- Rest day, move caravan
June 14- June 17 – Standedge to Crowden (11 miles)
June 15 – Crowden to Edale (16 miles)and end of Pennine Way
June 16 – Edale to Nantwich (56 miles)
June 17 – Nantwich to Corwen (48 miles)
June 18 – Rest day forced by torrential rain and high winds
June 19 - Corwen to Pen-y-Pass, then Snowdon (40 miles)
June 20 - Pen-y-Pass to Chirk (32 miles)
June 21- Chirk to Pentre (15 miles)
June 22 – Move caravan to Bridgnorth, meet family
June 23- Anniversary of Linda’s death
June 24 – Pentre to Shrewsbury (21 miles)
June 25 – Shrewsbury to Ironbridge (22 miles)
June 26 -Ironbridge to Stourport-on-Severn
June 27 – Stourport-on-Severn to Upton-on-Severn
June 28 – Upton-on-Severn to Gloucester
June 29 - Gloucester to Devizes/Seend (52 miles)
June 30 – Rest day (Wantage)
July 1 - Devizes to Ilminster (58 miles)
July 2 – Ilminster to Seaton (20 miles)
July 3 – Exmouth to Berry Head
July 4 - Seaton to Exmouth  (18 miles)
July 5 - Berry Head to Tor Cross (17 miles)
July 6 - Tor Cross to Hope Cove (17 miles)
July 7- Hope Cove to Stoke Point (? miles)
July 8 – Stoke Point to Looe (? miles)
July 9 - Rest day (horizontal rain and wind)
July 10 -Looe to Charlestown (? miles)
July 11 - Charlestown to Portloe (? miles)
July 12 – Portloe to Maenporth (? miles)
July 13 - Rest day
July 14 - Maenporth to Mullion Cove (? miles)
July 15 - Mullion Cove to Lamorna (? miles)
July 16 - Lamorna to Sennen Cove around Lands End (? miles)

Which just leaves…
July 26 – Official finish Sennen Cove: 2.30pm start for Lands End.