excellent job Ewan (film and ride) have done E2E ride 1995 (40th) 2005 (50th)and in 2015 for my 60th ..but had to abort after day 5 this has fired me up again to poss next year ...thanks
Thanks so much Larry. That's incredible! Wow.i'll definitely do it again one day in the opposite direction! Happy to have helped stoke the fire again for you. As you know, it's an incredible journey :) Best of luck!!
Really enjoyable journey vlog. Thanks. Several reasons to laugh but the top tube bag shots of yer gooch and: "This trip is still 75% solo" made me giggle! Your style and sense of humour reminded me a little of two of my personal fave bike adventures: Adam Watkins single-speed (correction: fixie) Lejog and Dave Barter's Sweary Tour Divide. Thanks again.
Much appreciated, that's really kind many thanks. It was my first video and took a lot longer than expected to edit the footage. A good learning experience and was pleased to get it finished. More to come this year hopefully :)
I just had a go, had three days of gale force wind driving non stop rain into my face, camping out for three nights, being attacked by clouds of midges, got to Inverness with a bad chest infection, so had to bail. I will try again when we have a summer
Hey Phil, i'm so sorry to hear this, sounds like you got incredibly unlucky, not just with the terrible patch of "summer" weather. On a positive note, you've learnt some things i'm sure that you can only gain by actually giving it a go for the first time, so you'll be even better prepared for round 2. Good luck!! :)
There are many many vids/blogs now on cycle touring many of which are highly polished with drone footage and great editing but you finish watching it and feel impassive. I always prefer the firsy person, open, often raw shooting style that captures more about the person/s journey rather than the scenery alone especially with humour thrown in. Your day 2 calamity of following a mountain bike path happened to me on my legog near Llangollen in Wales. Like you, too stubborn to ride the 15 minutes back on myself and ended up carrying 30kgs of bike and gear down a mountain path for 2 hours that even goats would struggle on. I found your tale of this very reassuring that it happens to others as well. Great vid...Great humour and well done of course. Also if your looking for a bigger end to end challenge...I took on the most southerly (Tariffa in Spain, although actually started on top of nearby rock of Gibraltar for a more dramatic start and views of Africa.) to most northerly ( The Northcape in Norway) points of mainland Europe, Approx 5000miles. It was 40 degrees in Spain when I started and would have been single figures if I made it all the way. Unfortunately I scratched in Oslo but it was still an incredible 3500 miles. Riding the distances you did in legog you could probably complete in 6 weeks. One for the future maybe 🤔
Hey Samuel, thanks so much for the comments. Although frustrating at the time, the mistake of following the MTB path is in hindsight a funny highlight. I'm sure you had just as much fun too. I can't imagine stepping up to 5,000 miles yet but that sounds amazing, Did you make a video at all about it? Thanks, Ewan
Hey Ewan, more than 3 years after attempting that ride across Europe and I still haven't sat down to cobble a video together. When I finally do I will remember to send you a link although it will be very amateurish indeed 😁
Great video and very good one to one pieces to the camera - especially the section when you tell people to 'Deal with it'. Impressive daily distances as well. Nice work.
Thanks very much Andy! Yeah i planned it all using google maps and street view and was 90% really pleased. Maybe should have gone a little more rural in places but overall really happy :)
Hi. Nice entertaining video. Well put together. These long bike rides are tough mentally. I cycled from Santander to Roscoff into a headwind. After 3 days I started to swear at the cyclist's heading south with a tailwind. All just plodding along at 20mph fully loaded while I was slogging my guts out just to keep the bike moving. You just have to keep going in the hope that things will improve. Talking to the camera helped me out. It was like my . Little agony aunt.. That was a great ride you did with long days in the saddle. Top stuff... extra kudos for that. 👌
Thanks very much Rob, really pleased you enjoyed it. I totally empathise with your into headwind days, they seem to go on forever. Talking to the camera was my company for the entire ride too, i didn't realise how much it would help. Happy riding :)
Thanks Ewan, I enjoyed that. I did the LEJoG in 2015, effectively cycling home to Orkney and it was nice to revisit the experience by proxy whilst on the turbo.
Thanks Steven, glad it could be of use. I watched so many similar videos on my turbo whilst training too. The Mark Beaumont ones are really great if you're looking for some more :)
Fantastic video and well put together fella. Your sense of humour really came out on that trip which was quality. I did JOGLE in April 2017 and have just finished editing the bloody thing ! All the best Daz.
Cheers Daz, I quit my job the day after I finished (had an epiphany or something) and so had a few weeks unemployed to put the vid together! Took some serious hours mind. Look forward to your own vid, leave a comment with a link. Thanks mate
Will do, I did my JOGLE in April 2017 and the editing has taken for ever !! Might get it finished this weekend. BTW I liked your route it looked like you had planned a really good one there. All the best fella.
Thanks for the time and effort you've put into this. Well worth watching. I'm planning on doing this some time in 2022 and will definitely be avoiding your alternate route along the loch. :)
Thanks so much for your feedback! Yes i definitely made a couple of route errors, but on the whole i was 95% really pleased :) If you have any questions ahead of your trip please don't hesitate to get in touch. Many thanks, Ewan
Cheers Ewan, Enjoyed the video greatly. I Jogled in May 2016. Several of your references brought a huge smile to my face as I reminisced my own adventure. Your first puncture - Glasgow. Well mine too but I had 2 there a mile apart. A friend did it in 2015. His only puncture was Glasgow. Devon and Cornwall were brutal no amount of training can prepare you. I live 8 miles from Lands End and cried as i "got home". Its certainly a tough trip not only physically but maybe more so mentally, especially as you did it alone. So now you have had time to get over it, whats the next adventure? Congrats & all the best Neil .
Cheers Neil, much appreciated mate, glad you enjoyed it. I can see already that's it's equally enjoyable looking back as it was actually doing it. Haha, must be something about the roads going into Glasgow, i must admit I was looking down and thinking, "that looks a bit rough". The final 100 miles was relentless, i don't recall a flat mile apart from the roll into the car park itself :) I'm looking at the North Coast 500, i really enjoyed Scotland and enjoyed the solitude, would like to see a bit more of it. What about yourself?
Well done Ewan, I always enjoy looking at jogle videos, but I must say yours is my favourite, I found it so inspirational and really like your Rowan Atkinson like style😊 and of course your great charisma, best wishes and good luck
Hi Tomart, many thanks for your kind words. I've been told David Brent and Alan Partridge before, but Rowan Atkinson is a new one :) Good luck with your own adventures also! Keep riding
Really enjoy this video/blog, have watched it 6 times now. Did you plan your own route or use a previously planned route. Do you have your route available to share as I’m planning my JOGLE for this year. 😊
Hey Adrian, thanks so much for your kind message and i'm incredibly happy you've enjoyed the video that much! I planned my own route from scratch using a combination of google maps and the national cycle network. There's only so many variations you can create from a point to point but I had a couple of planned stays at parents so that help guide a good bit of it. I also wanted to go a little more off the beaten track. My route is available on my Strava (forgive the lack of any recent activity) so please feel free to scroll back to 2017 and use what you can to help draw your own. Google maps was by far the best tool as you can literally "see" parts of the journey to know what roads conditions and scenery look like. Any questions at all about a trip don't hesitate to let me know :)
Thank you, funny and inspiring, just restarted cycling myself after a long absence, i am pleased to say and I'm not bragging 36 miles unaided, Chorley to Manchester (I went the wrong way more than once!) Think I'll do a couple more practice runs before I try the Jogle.
Hi Gary, that's very kind thank you. I'll be honest I've not ridden my bike more than three times since the JOGLE, i find it hard to ride without a goal in mind. Planning on a North Coast 500 trip this year mind so will get back to it soon. Going the wrong way is all part of the fun, you'll find places you never knew existed :) Best of luck with building up the miles, best thing about a JOGLE is that you can take as long or as short as you like
Congrats! I'm trying to collect some information about the transfers from London to John O'Groats and from Land's End to London by train. I would love to ride the JOGLE in the spring/summer 2021 (hopefully!). Thanks a lot for any suggestion!
Hi Fabio, Merry Christmas and thanks for watching :) The absolute best way to get from London to John o Groats is on the Caledonain Sleeper Train (www.sleeper.scot). It's a train that departs London at 9pm and travels overnight to Inverness, arriving at about 8am from memory (you can book a bed on the train - but i wanted to save money so just booked a seat and slept in that, very uncomfortably though). From inverness you can catch the train to Wick. From Wick it's about another 15 miles to John o Groats, which i just cycled - then turned round :). At the other end, you can get another sleeper train from Penzance (10 miles from Lands End) to London, this time on the Night Riviera Sleeper (www.gwr.com). Hope this helps, let me know anything else i can be offer support with! Many thanks, Ewan
Hi. I have been looking at options for getting to Inverness from Torbay. Looks like I will hire a car from Exeter and drop off at Inverness. Then train to wick.. cheapest way for me. Luckily I don't live to far from penzance, so getting home is a doddle...
Probably my favourite JOGLE doc so far! Attempting it at the end of the month. And this has just got me even more excited! Excellent vlog (is that what its called??) haha x
Thanks so much Tracey, i'm really glad you enjoyed it. Have a fantastic ride, and please let me know any questions you think i might be able to help with beforehand. You'll have an amazing time i'm sure, it's al about the journey :)
Hi Ewan. Great video. I'm doing a JOGLE later on this year, not in 8 days though. By the way I live in Warrington right near where you cycled past the power station along the canal at 17:36 you cheeky sod, ha ha ;)
Hahaha, sorry Kevin, i think i may have caught Warrington on a bad day!! I'm sure it's lovely :D Best of luck with your jogle, you'll have an amazing time :) anything i can help with let me know
Thanks for sharing this mate, I'm doing it next year. Would you say it's worth just sticking to the official longer NCN route? Looks more hilly but I fear for the mad 'A' roads!!
Hey Roady, really sorry for the slow reply! The NCN route i've no doubt would be absolutely fine, and is an official route for a reason, taking in safety combined with a good element of scenery. My adventure senses got the better of me, and wanted to go a personal route, although a fair bit of it was on NCN roads simply because some of them are fantastic. The best thing nowadays is that you can look at your entire route, and choose it, using google maps street view. I picked a lot of my route based on how cool it looked on street view, including the desolate highland roads. So in short, a combination in my opinion would be great, using the NCN route as your starting point, but cutting out the boring bits. There are some amazing long, rural roads out there to discover :) Have a great build cup, and hope i can answer any other questions you might have before then too. Cheers, Ewan
Glad you liked the film :) Tell me about it, id didn't film the bit cycling from Wick to the start, horrific windspeed. That's a great achievement in those conditions, surely you need to have another go and smash it?
You didn’t sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper? Did you purchase a sleeping berth, or travel with the paupers? Because there’s no better place to sleep than on a train after a good meal and wee dram or two. The soporific movement of the train has put me to sleep in no time at all. You do whinge a bit, are you aware? Enjoy yourself? You are so fortunate. Thanks for the vid. I think!
Hi James, thanks for watching and reaching out! No I din't sleep on the Sleeper, I was on a budget, so yes took a cheaper option on seating, although I'd hesitate to call myself a pauper, or those around me. And yes I had the trip of a lifetime thank you, incredible and happy memories. The "whinging" was for some added comedic effect only, I thought that would be a bit clearer than maybe it comes across! Thanks again :)
Hey thank so much John, you just prompted me to watch it for the first time in a few years :) And yes, avoiding children when filming is good practice always!
Hi Ewan, fantastic video. I'm doing LeJog in April with 5 mates and it was a great insight. I've got a GoPro to film the ride, any tips on how to best use it...
Hi Eddie, thanks for watching i hope it helps your ride somewhat. Regards the GoPor, i honestly just held it outstretched in my hand - no gimble or mount. I didn't check ANY footage until i was home, just kept filming and hoping for the best. Do make sure to recharge it every night no matter how little you use it. Most of all keep it really handy, i kept it in a top tube zip bag wrapped in a sock, so i had access to it in seconds at every moment. You don't want to stop and have to get it out if you see something cool. You can see in my other video on my channel how i carried all my other stuff too. Have a great ride, let me know any other questions you have and send me the link when you've done your ride video :) you'll have such a great time :)
Thanks Gavin! :) I've got a couple of things planned this year and next. Outer Hebrides over a couple of days wild camping is one of them. North Coast 500 in the same way. I haven't thought of venturing into Europe yet but it'll happen eventually no doubt. I'd like to do L'alp D'huez etc. Is that what you've got in the diary already then?
Hi Heath, best advice is to make sure your number one goal is to plan like hell so you can simply enjoy every minute of the ride. Have your route on a gps stuck to your handlebars, pre book all your stop overs and practice diligently with your kit. I made a lot of adjustments to how i carried my stuff on practice rides! You want nothing on your mind for the ride other than enjoying the scenery and having an adventure :) Best of luck, and fire away with any specific questions whenever you want
Decided to do jogle (or maybe lejog, haven't decided yet) with a friend in the summer, so have been watching a lot of these videos. Yours has been a great watch. We're coming over from Ireland so don't really know the route/roads at all. From the footage you're route looks great, but I was wondering did you use any of the busy A roads at all or stick mostly to the ncn routes?
Hi Ruairi and thanks. I spent literally a couple of months planning and changing my route after watching videos and studying google maps. I was really happy with my choices once on the route. My only hesitation was using the A82 out of Glencoe down to Glasgow but theres not much alternative. It turned out to be one of the best days. Yes it's a bit busy with the odd trucks but if your used to commuting by bike then it won't bother you in the slightest. Plus the scenery is out of this world. If i had more time i would have gone more coastal in Cornwall but it was the last day and I just wanted to finish :) Best advice is use NCN wherever possible (especially along Loch Ness - southerns side), definitely go along the North coast in Scotland so you can go down/up through the rural highlands (wow!!), avoid the A9 like the plague. Any other questions let me know :)
Thanks Amin, really appreciate that. I was riding a 6 year old Specialised Tarmac Elite, a couple of upgrades but nothing special :) thanks for watching
Thanks Pace, it was filmed on a Go Pro Hero Session 4. The smallest i could find to fit into my top tube bag :) I have the intention to do a couple of videos this year too!
Hi Saf, i headed off end of June. I was hoping for good weather throughout but the first few days were a bit sketchy - just unlucky really. In July/August i think you'll have the best of everything. No guarantees of course but it shouldn't be cold at least :) Have a great time! Any questions i can help with let me know.
Great video, from start to finish. Was interesting to follow your journey and some of the ups and downs along the way. I’m interested in doing this within the next year or so, since doing a few long distance rides this year. The longest ride I have done is 116miles, but always had a good rest day or two between rides. Can’t imagine how to keep that up for 8+ days? Can you share what sort of training you did before attempting this? Thanks for sharing
Hi Bexxy, thanks very much for watching - and Merry Christmas :) To be honest i didn't to anywhere near as much training as others, but i am a keen runner so i had a pretty good base. Only in the last few months leading up to the ride, i would cycle to work 50 miles each day (25 there and back) three times a week, and then do a 100 mile ride on the saturday, sometimes with another 50 miler on sunday. So about 250 miles per week. Until i started the JOGLE ride, I had NEVER cycled 100 miles two days in a row :) That was part of the adventure for me, not knowing if i could do it. And honestly, once you've done the first two days in a row, doing three, four...eight, didn't feel much different. You get to a point where you're quite sore all the time, and then its really just how long you can put up with it for. The scenery and adventure numbs it 90% of the time, it's only on some long boring stretches through suburbia where it's a bit of a drag - that's where getting a really good route can help! Let me know if there's anything else i can help with :) Many thanks, Ewan
@@ewandunlop3350 - Thanks for the response! That’s really helpful, it’s good to know you don’t have to do crazy preparation, although 25 miles before and after work must be an effort in itself. I suppose you just get used to it after a while and is good prep. Merry Christmas to you too :-)
Thanks! I gave myself a budget of £50 per night, which got more difficult the further south i got :) A mixture of BandB's and cheap rural hotels. All were incredibly accommodating when asking to put my bike somewhere safe. Outside Wick it was kept in a garden shed with a bit of string for a "lock", that was a bit nerve racking! :D I've got a list of the places i stayed if you wanted them
Cheers Danny, i filmed it all on a GoPro Hero Session 5, just in my hand the whole time. Pretty much the smallest/cheapest GoPro available. You learn a lot in hindsight. Doing it again i would have put it on a bracket maybe, and used a wind protector of some sort. It's a really nice simple bit of kit though and only the size of a golf ball :) Best of luck with your trip, it's a wonderful experience. Let me know if you have any other questions...
@@Napoledan Haha, pretty much. There's a pic of my bike at the start of the video in the train station. That's it. I had two sets of bib shorts and jersey. Plus a wind gilet and a raincoat. Other than that i took a t-shirt and thin joggers to wear in the B+B's, plus a thin pear of slippers. I had two bottle cages on the bike. One with fluid, but the other one is where i put all my bike repair stuff, like inner tube and tiny multitool. I then gaffer taped a small pump to my top tube. I used the triangle inner frame bag for spare food, and the tiny top tube pocket to keep my phone and go pro in :)
Ewan Dunlop you’re a true minimalist. You mentioned the GoPro rack was something you wished you had done. Any other major learns to share? It says on the description that you were going to do a prep video. Hope that’s in the works still ;)
@@Napoledan To be totally honest, i prepped really hard for this ride, more so in logistics and bike packing than i probably did training. I think i got my kit just right, and loved my chosen route. I wish i'd done more practice with the go pro. I've since learnt how to reduce wind noise, and that was something i was disappointed with, but you don't know until it's all done. I do still intend to do the video, making this one just took so long, and i didn't want to look at my bike again for a while :) it will be on it's way!
Not yet Pete but it is on my to do list. If you've got any questions I'd be more than happy to give full answers as best I can :) give me a shout at ewan8488@aol.com if you wish
Cheers Kev, yeah it blows my mind, especially this time of year. Even middle of summer i'd still have lights on my bike and hi vis, why wouldn't you? :)
this is a great video my brother and I who are woefully unprepared are going to try JOGLE' next march starting on the 24th . I am planning to use an electric bike and my brother some super up 'real bike' we are probably not going to do it all in one go so will do another leg later in the year .. any advice or are we mad
Haha, i think you might be a little mad doing it in March!! :D At the end of the day though you can prepare and prepare and prepare, at some point you just have to get out and do the bloody thing. No matter how much you read or watch videos, you'll still learn a tonne of stuff on the road which you can't prepare for, and the experience will be worth every second :)
Hi Matt, sorry for the slow reply. I did between 150-250 miles per week for about 4 months (with a fair CV base to begin with). I was commuting to work 50 miles three time a week and then tried to get a good 100 miler in at weekends. The key nearer the ride was doing back to back long days, maybe back to back 70's at weekends. Hope this helps and best of luck, any other questions let me know!
Thanks Pete, i carried no camping equipment, my aim was to be as light as humanly possible as i'd be having no assistance through out. I stayed at the cheapest B+B's i could find, apart from staying at my mums in Glasgow and Dads in Cheltenham which perfectly fitted into my average 125miles per day. The photo you see at the start of my bike is all i took for the week, buying food as i went along.
@@ewandunlop3350 Well I got around to doing my Le Jog last July, having being inspired by your video and several others. So I thank you, it was a brilliant experience and one I will never forget. Here is a link to the video of my trip if you are interested ttps://th-cam.com/video/Ze9hkacmSQk/w-d-xo.html
@@RileysRamblesCentral Great work Pete, very much enjoyed your video, a lot of effort went into both the ride and the making of it :) some great memories for you. i'm hoping to do another soon, it's about time!
@@ewandunlop3350 Thanks Ewan,, look forward to seeing the Video of the next one. This End to End thing does get into one's blood doesn't it. Best Wishes !!
excellent, really enjoyed it, really good commentary, not too anything, well done but please you have a hx of kidney failure PLEASE give the iboprufen a wide path my wife who consults a renal physician as she donated a kidney to me was told in no uncertain terms NEVER to take iboprufen again all the best, repeat, well done
Thanks so much Kram. I actually got the kidney failure/rhabdomyolysis from taking ibuprofen during a 100 mile running race when i was going full pelt on a baking hot day. I knew it was a risk taking it on this ride, but i wasn't dehydrated or operating at full effort, it was simply the pain in my knee. I have no doubt you're right though and in hindsight a poor choice given my prior experience. Hope you're staying safe yourself at the moment. Much thanks again. Ewan
Hi There, I would so love to make this journey but am new to cycling. I would really love to chat to someone maybe on Zoom or Skype, or just via email about how to get started. Would it be possible for us speak sometime? Please let me know.
Hi Stuart, thanks for the message and i'd be happy to help, although i'm by no means an expert cyclist, i can offer my best advice on getting the whole ride organised well. If you drop me you e-mail address here i'll start by sending over a short e-mail :) Thanks, Ewan
My answer to question 1 is that: I would do it for me and my adventure and not for charity, I do not believe in charity in my country Spain they keep the money you give them and the worst thing of all is that they laugh at you so no charity.
Thanks for watching and commenting Jesus. Sorry to hear of the charity situation in Spain. We do have some great charities in the UK, but this adventure was just for me and my own enjoyment :) safe cycling
excellent job Ewan (film and ride) have done E2E ride 1995 (40th) 2005 (50th)and in 2015 for my 60th ..but had to abort after day 5 this has fired me up again to poss next year ...thanks
Thanks so much Larry. That's incredible! Wow.i'll definitely do it again one day in the opposite direction! Happy to have helped stoke the fire again for you. As you know, it's an incredible journey :) Best of luck!!
Very enjoyable , entertaining, and humorous. Well done. Sustrans have guided you on a wonderful journey and you've done it credit.
Thank you so much John, i'm delighted you enjoyed it. Best of wishes for your own cycling adventures. Ewan
Really enjoyable journey vlog. Thanks.
Several reasons to laugh but the top tube bag shots of yer gooch and: "This trip is still 75% solo" made me giggle!
Your style and sense of humour reminded me a little of two of my personal fave bike adventures: Adam Watkins single-speed (correction: fixie) Lejog and Dave Barter's Sweary Tour Divide.
Thanks again.
Thanks so much! It was good fun to make so really glad you enjoyed watching. Happy cycling brother :)
Well done as a professional docu film prodcuer I appreciate the work to make this - its fun and entertaining - well done and many thanks for sharing
Much appreciated, that's really kind many thanks. It was my first video and took a lot longer than expected to edit the footage. A good learning experience and was pleased to get it finished. More to come this year hopefully :)
indeed, very long hours to make this film
I just had a go, had three days of gale force wind driving non stop rain into my face, camping out for three nights, being attacked by clouds of midges, got to Inverness with a bad chest infection, so had to bail. I will try again when we have a summer
Hey Phil, i'm so sorry to hear this, sounds like you got incredibly unlucky, not just with the terrible patch of "summer" weather. On a positive note, you've learnt some things i'm sure that you can only gain by actually giving it a go for the first time, so you'll be even better prepared for round 2. Good luck!! :)
@@ewandunlop3350 I did learn, carried too many things I didn’t need
There are many many vids/blogs now on cycle touring many of which are highly polished with drone footage and great editing but you finish watching it and feel impassive. I always prefer the firsy person, open, often raw shooting style that captures more about the person/s journey rather than the scenery alone especially with humour thrown in.
Your day 2 calamity of following a mountain bike path happened to me on my legog near Llangollen in Wales. Like you, too stubborn to ride the 15 minutes back on myself and ended up carrying 30kgs of bike and gear down a mountain path for 2 hours that even goats would struggle on. I found your tale of this very reassuring that it happens to others as well. Great vid...Great humour and well done of course.
Also if your looking for a bigger end to end challenge...I took on the most southerly (Tariffa in Spain, although actually started on top of nearby rock of Gibraltar for a more dramatic start and views of Africa.) to most northerly ( The Northcape in Norway) points of mainland Europe, Approx 5000miles. It was 40 degrees in Spain when I started and would have been single figures if I made it all the way. Unfortunately I scratched in Oslo but it was still an incredible 3500 miles.
Riding the distances you did in legog you could probably complete in 6 weeks. One for the future maybe 🤔
Hey Samuel, thanks so much for the comments. Although frustrating at the time, the mistake of following the MTB path is in hindsight a funny highlight. I'm sure you had just as much fun too. I can't imagine stepping up to 5,000 miles yet but that sounds amazing, Did you make a video at all about it? Thanks, Ewan
Hey Ewan, more than 3 years after attempting that ride across Europe and I still haven't sat down to cobble a video together. When I finally do I will remember to send you a link although it will be very amateurish indeed 😁
Great video and very good one to one pieces to the camera - especially the section when you tell people to 'Deal with it'. Impressive daily distances as well. Nice work.
Thanks very much Peter, really appreciated. Have a great summer of cycling :)
great video & awesome personallity dude ;) loved it
Cheers Hippy, very much appreciated :)
Excellent video. Looks like a nice route you picked too. Well done 👏
Thanks very much Andy! Yeah i planned it all using google maps and street view and was 90% really pleased. Maybe should have gone a little more rural in places but overall really happy :)
Nice vlog.Great adventure. Well done
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the video :) Happy riding
such a great story mate! I'll be bikepacking the same in July :)
Thank you buddy, really glad you enjoyed it. Have a great ride! Any questions do let me know :)
Hi. Nice entertaining video. Well put together. These long bike rides are tough mentally. I cycled from Santander to Roscoff into a headwind. After 3 days I started to swear at the cyclist's heading south with a tailwind. All just plodding along at 20mph fully loaded while I was slogging my guts out just to keep the bike moving. You just have to keep going in the hope that things will improve. Talking to the camera helped me out. It was like my .
Little agony aunt.. That was a great ride you did with long days in the saddle. Top stuff... extra kudos for that. 👌
Thanks very much Rob, really pleased you enjoyed it. I totally empathise with your into headwind days, they seem to go on forever. Talking to the camera was my company for the entire ride too, i didn't realise how much it would help. Happy riding :)
Absolutely brilliant and entertaining, you should definitely make more videos. All the best!
Cheers Frazer, much appreciated there's a couple more adventures coming this year :)
Thanks Ewan, I enjoyed that. I did the LEJoG in 2015, effectively cycling home to Orkney and it was nice to revisit the experience by proxy whilst on the turbo.
Thanks Steven, glad it could be of use. I watched so many similar videos on my turbo whilst training too. The Mark Beaumont ones are really great if you're looking for some more :)
Great video, brought back memories of my LEJOG the year previous. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching Simon, hope you had a great trip too :)
One of the best 'end to end' videos out there. Great effort.
Thanks Cap, the video took three times longer to make than do the bloody bike ride :D
Fantastic video and well put together fella. Your sense of humour really came out on that trip which was quality. I did JOGLE in April 2017 and have just finished editing the bloody thing ! All the best Daz.
Cheers Daz, I quit my job the day after I finished (had an epiphany or something) and so had a few weeks unemployed to put the vid together! Took some serious hours mind. Look forward to your own vid, leave a comment with a link. Thanks mate
Will do, I did my JOGLE in April 2017 and the editing has taken for ever !! Might get it finished this weekend. BTW I liked your route it looked like you had planned a really good one there. All the best fella.
Great video Ewan. I work at Spirax with your Dad, and he told me all about your JOGLE adventure. Fantastic achievement, well done! Regards, Darren
Thanks for the kind words Darren, i'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Is his Dad Alan Partridge ? No I just like their similar style of humour .Well done
Great video and sense of humour.
Cheers 👍
Thanks very much for watching Tony, happy cycling :)
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done 👍
Thanks Mark! Safe riding :)
Great warts ‘n all account of the ride mate. Really enjoyed it. Felt for you so much going up that dead end. We’ve all been there!
And also I’m from Warrington and absolutely agree with you hahaha
Thanks Andy glad you enjoyed it, happy cycling! :)
@@Andy-ri1ns Haha just seen this one sorry! Think i caught it on a bad day to be fair :)
Thanks for the time and effort you've put into this. Well worth watching. I'm planning on doing this some time in 2022 and will definitely be avoiding your alternate route along the loch. :)
Thanks so much for your feedback! Yes i definitely made a couple of route errors, but on the whole i was 95% really pleased :) If you have any questions ahead of your trip please don't hesitate to get in touch. Many thanks, Ewan
Enjoyed this 👍
Thanks so much for watching and your feedback, happy cycling! :)
Thanks Ewan, great video! My turn in 2022!
Thanks John, best of luck, very jealous :) Let me know if i can help with any questions!
Cheers Ewan, Enjoyed the video greatly. I Jogled in May 2016. Several of your references brought a huge smile to my face as I reminisced my own adventure. Your first puncture - Glasgow. Well mine too but I had 2 there a mile apart. A friend did it in 2015. His only puncture was Glasgow. Devon and Cornwall were brutal no amount of training can prepare you. I live 8 miles from Lands End and cried as i "got home". Its certainly a tough trip not only physically but maybe more so mentally, especially as you did it alone. So now you have had time to get over it, whats the next adventure? Congrats & all the best Neil .
Cheers Neil, much appreciated mate, glad you enjoyed it. I can see already that's it's equally enjoyable looking back as it was actually doing it. Haha, must be something about the roads going into Glasgow, i must admit I was looking down and thinking, "that looks a bit rough". The final 100 miles was relentless, i don't recall a flat mile apart from the roll into the car park itself :) I'm looking at the North Coast 500, i really enjoyed Scotland and enjoyed the solitude, would like to see a bit more of it. What about yourself?
Well done Ewan an epic adventure and really well filmed. ATB Paul 🚴👍🏻
Thanks Paul! The video editing took more effort than the bloody ride :)
Your an inspiration to us all at what can be done if you are positive about things, well done to you 👍
Cheers Gazza, i've got a couple more vids coming this year so i really hope you enjoy those too. Thanks mate :)
Brilliant, thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching Tony, glad you enjoyed it :)
Well done Ewan, I always enjoy looking at jogle videos, but I must say yours is my favourite, I found it so inspirational and really like your Rowan Atkinson like style😊 and of course your great charisma, best wishes and good luck
Hi Tomart, many thanks for your kind words. I've been told David Brent and Alan Partridge before, but Rowan Atkinson is a new one :) Good luck with your own adventures also! Keep riding
running 100miles..?? oh no.. never do it again!! glad you took it easy and went at a steady pace.
Thanks very much for watching Simon! Have a great years cycling in 2022
Really enjoy this video/blog, have watched it 6 times now.
Did you plan your own route or use a previously planned route. Do you have your route available to share as I’m planning my JOGLE for this year. 😊
Hey Adrian, thanks so much for your kind message and i'm incredibly happy you've enjoyed the video that much! I planned my own route from scratch using a combination of google maps and the national cycle network. There's only so many variations you can create from a point to point but I had a couple of planned stays at parents so that help guide a good bit of it. I also wanted to go a little more off the beaten track. My route is available on my Strava (forgive the lack of any recent activity) so please feel free to scroll back to 2017 and use what you can to help draw your own. Google maps was by far the best tool as you can literally "see" parts of the journey to know what roads conditions and scenery look like. Any questions at all about a trip don't hesitate to let me know :)
@@ewandunlop3350 thanks so much, that will definitely help me out. Stay healthy and safe 👍👍
Thank you, funny and inspiring, just restarted cycling myself after a long absence, i am pleased to say and I'm not bragging 36 miles unaided, Chorley to Manchester (I went the wrong way more than once!) Think I'll do a couple more practice runs before I try the Jogle.
Hi Gary, that's very kind thank you. I'll be honest I've not ridden my bike more than three times since the JOGLE, i find it hard to ride without a goal in mind. Planning on a North Coast 500 trip this year mind so will get back to it soon. Going the wrong way is all part of the fun, you'll find places you never knew existed :) Best of luck with building up the miles, best thing about a JOGLE is that you can take as long or as short as you like
great film amazing effort well done
Thanks very much Paul, happy cycling :)
@@ewandunlop3350thanks ewan you to brow
Great video Ewan thank you for sharing
Congrats! I'm trying to collect some information about the transfers from London to John O'Groats and from Land's End to London by train. I would love to ride the JOGLE in the spring/summer 2021 (hopefully!). Thanks a lot for any suggestion!
Hi Fabio, Merry Christmas and thanks for watching :) The absolute best way to get from London to John o Groats is on the Caledonain Sleeper Train (www.sleeper.scot). It's a train that departs London at 9pm and travels overnight to Inverness, arriving at about 8am from memory (you can book a bed on the train - but i wanted to save money so just booked a seat and slept in that, very uncomfortably though). From inverness you can catch the train to Wick. From Wick it's about another 15 miles to John o Groats, which i just cycled - then turned round :). At the other end, you can get another sleeper train from Penzance (10 miles from Lands End) to London, this time on the Night Riviera Sleeper (www.gwr.com). Hope this helps, let me know anything else i can be offer support with! Many thanks, Ewan
Hi. I have been looking at options for getting to Inverness from Torbay. Looks like I will hire a car from Exeter and drop off at Inverness. Then train to wick.. cheapest way for me. Luckily I don't live to far from penzance, so getting home is a doddle...
Cracked up throughout this. Hilarious. I set off on Thursday!
Particularly liked "deal with it". Solid advice.
Many thanks, you're going to have an amazing time! Enjoy every second, even the ones that hurt, there will be plenty :)
Enjoyed the video well done!!
Thanks Michael
Probably my favourite JOGLE doc so far! Attempting it at the end of the month. And this has just got me even more excited! Excellent vlog (is that what its called??) haha x
Thanks so much Tracey, i'm really glad you enjoyed it. Have a fantastic ride, and please let me know any questions you think i might be able to help with beforehand. You'll have an amazing time i'm sure, it's al about the journey :)
Hi Ewan. Great video. I'm doing a JOGLE later on this year, not in 8 days though. By the way I live in Warrington right near where you cycled past the power station along the canal at 17:36 you cheeky sod, ha ha ;)
Hahaha, sorry Kevin, i think i may have caught Warrington on a bad day!! I'm sure it's lovely :D Best of luck with your jogle, you'll have an amazing time :) anything i can help with let me know
@@ewandunlop3350 yeah no you're right its mainly shit ha ha. Cheers I'll give you a shout for any help.
Very Nice Film
Brilliant vid
Proper funny
Thanks Rik! Have a great Christmas
You too.
Well done on the challenge.
Fair play
I hope to do this next year.
inspirational well done
Thanks Micklemus, i;m glad you enjoyed it :)
Ace vid, fair play 💪💪🏁🏁🏁🍾🍾🍺🍺
Thank you mate, really appreciate it 😍
Thanks for sharing this mate, I'm doing it next year. Would you say it's worth just sticking to the official longer NCN route? Looks more hilly but I fear for the mad 'A' roads!!
Hey Roady, really sorry for the slow reply! The NCN route i've no doubt would be absolutely fine, and is an official route for a reason, taking in safety combined with a good element of scenery. My adventure senses got the better of me, and wanted to go a personal route, although a fair bit of it was on NCN roads simply because some of them are fantastic. The best thing nowadays is that you can look at your entire route, and choose it, using google maps street view. I picked a lot of my route based on how cool it looked on street view, including the desolate highland roads. So in short, a combination in my opinion would be great, using the NCN route as your starting point, but cutting out the boring bits. There are some amazing long, rural roads out there to discover :) Have a great build cup, and hope i can answer any other questions you might have before then too. Cheers, Ewan
I feel your pain with the wind, myself and 3 others set a relay record in June 2017 on standard road bikes in 52hrs, 30ish mph head wind all the way.
Glad you liked the film :) Tell me about it, id didn't film the bit cycling from Wick to the start, horrific windspeed. That's a great achievement in those conditions, surely you need to have another go and smash it?
Ewan Dunlop cheers, we are going again on 27th April.
That's awesome, proper best of luck, you could go way under 48 hours surely in the best conditions
You didn’t sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper? Did you purchase a sleeping berth, or travel with the paupers? Because there’s no better place to sleep than on a train after a good meal and wee dram or two. The soporific movement of the train has put me to sleep in no time at all. You do whinge a bit, are you aware? Enjoy yourself? You are so fortunate. Thanks for the vid. I think!
Hi James, thanks for watching and reaching out! No I din't sleep on the Sleeper, I was on a budget, so yes took a cheaper option on seating, although I'd hesitate to call myself a pauper, or those around me. And yes I had the trip of a lifetime thank you, incredible and happy memories. The "whinging" was for some added comedic effect only, I thought that would be a bit clearer than maybe it comes across! Thanks again :)
I liked that. That was a great video😃
Mate, please, just keep away from playgrounds and schools.
Hey thank so much John, you just prompted me to watch it for the first time in a few years :) And yes, avoiding children when filming is good practice always!
Hi Ewan, fantastic video. I'm doing LeJog in April with 5 mates and it was a great insight. I've got a GoPro to film the ride, any tips on how to best use it...
Hi Eddie, thanks for watching i hope it helps your ride somewhat. Regards the GoPor, i honestly just held it outstretched in my hand - no gimble or mount. I didn't check ANY footage until i was home, just kept filming and hoping for the best. Do make sure to recharge it every night no matter how little you use it. Most of all keep it really handy, i kept it in a top tube zip bag wrapped in a sock, so i had access to it in seconds at every moment. You don't want to stop and have to get it out if you see something cool. You can see in my other video on my channel how i carried all my other stuff too. Have a great ride, let me know any other questions you have and send me the link when you've done your ride video :) you'll have such a great time :)
This has to be the best JOGLE video on You Tube. Fancy riding from London to Amsterdam in one go? wild camping etc, unsupported.
Thanks Gavin! :) I've got a couple of things planned this year and next. Outer Hebrides over a couple of days wild camping is one of them. North Coast 500 in the same way. I haven't thought of venturing into Europe yet but it'll happen eventually no doubt. I'd like to do L'alp D'huez etc. Is that what you've got in the diary already then?
Very enjoyable video, I’m planning a supported LeJog any tips?
Hi Heath, best advice is to make sure your number one goal is to plan like hell so you can simply enjoy every minute of the ride. Have your route on a gps stuck to your handlebars, pre book all your stop overs and practice diligently with your kit. I made a lot of adjustments to how i carried my stuff on practice rides! You want nothing on your mind for the ride other than enjoying the scenery and having an adventure :) Best of luck, and fire away with any specific questions whenever you want
Excellent! :)
Cheers Martin :)
Decided to do jogle (or maybe lejog, haven't decided yet) with a friend in the summer, so have been watching a lot of these videos. Yours has been a great watch. We're coming over from Ireland so don't really know the route/roads at all. From the footage you're route looks great, but I was wondering did you use any of the busy A roads at all or stick mostly to the ncn routes?
Hi Ruairi and thanks. I spent literally a couple of months planning and changing my route after watching videos and studying google maps. I was really happy with my choices once on the route. My only hesitation was using the A82 out of Glencoe down to Glasgow but theres not much alternative. It turned out to be one of the best days. Yes it's a bit busy with the odd trucks but if your used to commuting by bike then it won't bother you in the slightest. Plus the scenery is out of this world. If i had more time i would have gone more coastal in Cornwall but it was the last day and I just wanted to finish :) Best advice is use NCN wherever possible (especially along Loch Ness - southerns side), definitely go along the North coast in Scotland so you can go down/up through the rural highlands (wow!!), avoid the A9 like the plague. Any other questions let me know :)
Well done Euwan. Just came across this vid. Like your style mate, enough info and camera without being overkill. What ride did you do this on.
Thanks Amin, really appreciate that. I was riding a 6 year old Specialised Tarmac Elite, a couple of upgrades but nothing special :) thanks for watching
Great vid. You should do more! What camera did you use?
Thanks Pace, it was filmed on a Go Pro Hero Session 4. The smallest i could find to fit into my top tube bag :) I have the intention to do a couple of videos this year too!
Ewan Dunlop I will look out for them. I appreciate they can take time to make so thanks in advance
Gran in the backround saying bye 😂😂
Yeah she couldn't hold the camera very steady in her videos either :)
@@ewandunlop3350 😂😂
What time of year did you do JOGEL? I'm set to head up on the 31st July
Hi Saf, i headed off end of June. I was hoping for good weather throughout but the first few days were a bit sketchy - just unlucky really. In July/August i think you'll have the best of everything. No guarantees of course but it shouldn't be cold at least :) Have a great time! Any questions i can help with let me know.
Great video, from start to finish. Was interesting to follow your journey and some of the ups and downs along the way. I’m interested in doing this within the next year or so, since doing a few long distance rides this year. The longest ride I have done is 116miles, but always had a good rest day or two between rides. Can’t imagine how to keep that up for 8+ days? Can you share what sort of training you did before attempting this? Thanks for sharing
Hi Bexxy, thanks very much for watching - and Merry Christmas :) To be honest i didn't to anywhere near as much training as others, but i am a keen runner so i had a pretty good base. Only in the last few months leading up to the ride, i would cycle to work 50 miles each day (25 there and back) three times a week, and then do a 100 mile ride on the saturday, sometimes with another 50 miler on sunday. So about 250 miles per week. Until i started the JOGLE ride, I had NEVER cycled 100 miles two days in a row :) That was part of the adventure for me, not knowing if i could do it. And honestly, once you've done the first two days in a row, doing three, four...eight, didn't feel much different. You get to a point where you're quite sore all the time, and then its really just how long you can put up with it for. The scenery and adventure numbs it 90% of the time, it's only on some long boring stretches through suburbia where it's a bit of a drag - that's where getting a really good route can help! Let me know if there's anything else i can help with :) Many thanks, Ewan
@@ewandunlop3350 - Thanks for the response! That’s really helpful, it’s good to know you don’t have to do crazy preparation, although 25 miles before and after work must be an effort in itself. I suppose you just get used to it after a while and is good prep. Merry Christmas to you too :-)
What kind of places did you stay in? Awesome work and video.
Thanks! I gave myself a budget of £50 per night, which got more difficult the further south i got :) A mixture of BandB's and cheap rural hotels. All were incredibly accommodating when asking to put my bike somewhere safe. Outside Wick it was kept in a garden shed with a bit of string for a "lock", that was a bit nerve racking! :D I've got a list of the places i stayed if you wanted them
Well done! I’m doing this in May. What did you film everything on? The sound doesn’t even seem so bad
Cheers Danny, i filmed it all on a GoPro Hero Session 5, just in my hand the whole time. Pretty much the smallest/cheapest GoPro available. You learn a lot in hindsight. Doing it again i would have put it on a bracket maybe, and used a wind protector of some sort. It's a really nice simple bit of kit though and only the size of a golf ball :) Best of luck with your trip, it's a wonderful experience. Let me know if you have any other questions...
Ewan Dunlop thanks! I have loads of questions.
Where is all your kit? Did you only take the clothes on your back?
@@Napoledan Haha, pretty much. There's a pic of my bike at the start of the video in the train station. That's it. I had two sets of bib shorts and jersey. Plus a wind gilet and a raincoat. Other than that i took a t-shirt and thin joggers to wear in the B+B's, plus a thin pear of slippers. I had two bottle cages on the bike. One with fluid, but the other one is where i put all my bike repair stuff, like inner tube and tiny multitool. I then gaffer taped a small pump to my top tube. I used the triangle inner frame bag for spare food, and the tiny top tube pocket to keep my phone and go pro in :)
Ewan Dunlop you’re a true minimalist. You mentioned the GoPro rack was something you wished you had done. Any other major learns to share? It says on the description that you were going to do a prep video. Hope that’s in the works still ;)
@@Napoledan To be totally honest, i prepped really hard for this ride, more so in logistics and bike packing than i probably did training. I think i got my kit just right, and loved my chosen route. I wish i'd done more practice with the go pro. I've since learnt how to reduce wind noise, and that was something i was disappointed with, but you don't know until it's all done. I do still intend to do the video, making this one just took so long, and i didn't want to look at my bike again for a while :) it will be on it's way!
and have you done the ''How to'' video yet ? Hungry for info
Not yet Pete but it is on my to do list. If you've got any questions I'd be more than happy to give full answers as best I can :) give me a shout at ewan8488@aol.com if you wish
That's very Kind Ewan, thanks v much
Great video. I agree with the wearing black thing, just don’t get it, I use daytime running lights as well. Atb
Cheers Kev, yeah it blows my mind, especially this time of year. Even middle of summer i'd still have lights on my bike and hi vis, why wouldn't you? :)
this is a great video my brother and I who are woefully unprepared are going to try JOGLE' next march starting on the 24th . I am planning to use an electric bike and my brother some super up 'real bike' we are probably not going to do it all in one go so will do another leg later in the year .. any advice or are we mad
Haha, i think you might be a little mad doing it in March!! :D At the end of the day though you can prepare and prepare and prepare, at some point you just have to get out and do the bloody thing. No matter how much you read or watch videos, you'll still learn a tonne of stuff on the road which you can't prepare for, and the experience will be worth every second :)
How's much training is needed for this as I want to do it to raise money for autism in 2020
Hi Matt, sorry for the slow reply. I did between 150-250 miles per week for about 4 months (with a fair CV base to begin with). I was commuting to work 50 miles three time a week and then tried to get a good 100 miler in at weekends. The key nearer the ride was doing back to back long days, maybe back to back 70's at weekends. Hope this helps and best of luck, any other questions let me know!
Well done, enjoyed your video, shared your pain... Thinking of doing it myself this year... Curious, did you carry camping gear ?
Thanks Pete, i carried no camping equipment, my aim was to be as light as humanly possible as i'd be having no assistance through out. I stayed at the cheapest B+B's i could find, apart from staying at my mums in Glasgow and Dads in Cheltenham which perfectly fitted into my average 125miles per day. The photo you see at the start of my bike is all i took for the week, buying food as i went along.
@@ewandunlop3350 Well I got around to doing my Le Jog last July, having being inspired by your video and several others. So I thank you, it was a brilliant experience and one I will never forget. Here is a link to the video of my trip if you are interested ttps://th-cam.com/video/Ze9hkacmSQk/w-d-xo.html
@@RileysRamblesCentral Great work Pete, very much enjoyed your video, a lot of effort went into both the ride and the making of it :) some great memories for you. i'm hoping to do another soon, it's about time!
@@ewandunlop3350 Thanks Ewan,, look forward to seeing the Video of the next one. This End to End thing does get into one's blood doesn't it. Best Wishes !!
excellent, really enjoyed it, really good commentary, not too anything, well done
but please you have a hx of kidney failure PLEASE give the iboprufen a wide path
my wife who consults a renal physician as she donated a kidney to me was told in no uncertain terms NEVER to take iboprufen again
all the best, repeat, well done
Thanks so much Kram. I actually got the kidney failure/rhabdomyolysis from taking ibuprofen during a 100 mile running race when i was going full pelt on a baking hot day. I knew it was a risk taking it on this ride, but i wasn't dehydrated or operating at full effort, it was simply the pain in my knee. I have no doubt you're right though and in hindsight a poor choice given my prior experience. Hope you're staying safe yourself at the moment. Much thanks again. Ewan
Hi There, I would so love to make this journey but am new to cycling. I would really love to chat to someone maybe on Zoom or Skype, or just via email about how to get started. Would it be possible for us speak sometime? Please let me know.
Hi Stuart, thanks for the message and i'd be happy to help, although i'm by no means an expert cyclist, i can offer my best advice on getting the whole ride organised well. If you drop me you e-mail address here i'll start by sending over a short e-mail :) Thanks, Ewan
@@ewandunlop3350 Great, thanks. It's richard030580@hotmail.com
i think a woman did it in the 30s,it took her 2 days 11 hours
yeah the record is insane, i think it's well under 2 days now, i wanted to stop for cake and chocolate too often :)
My answer to question 1 is that: I would do it for me and my adventure and not for charity, I do not believe in charity in my country Spain they keep the money you give them and the worst thing of all is that they laugh at you so no charity.
Thanks for watching and commenting Jesus. Sorry to hear of the charity situation in Spain. We do have some great charities in the UK, but this adventure was just for me and my own enjoyment :) safe cycling
Great video, really enjoyed it.
Thanks Kelvin!