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2009

In 2009 we cycled from John O` Groats to Land`s End , the furthest possible distance in Britian , in an End-End Epic challenge that many can only dream of . We started cycling in Scotland (because of the psychology of always going downhill) via lochs and highlands , gliding along the Welsh border , through Cornwall and finishing on the southwestern tip of England at Land`s End . A distance of nearly 1000 miles through some of the most stunning and remote countryside in the UK to raise money and awareness for fellow Leukaemia survivors .

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START : John `O Groats Tues 22 September 2009

* 22nd John O` Groats - Brora : 52 miles
* 23rd Brora - Inverness : 57 miles-Inverness hospital-transfusion
* 24th Inverness - Fort William : 65 miles
* 25th Fort William - Tarbet : 68 miles
* 26th Tarbet - Largs : 54 miles - Glasgow hospital-transfusion
* 27th LAY DAY SUNDAY
* 28th Largs - Sanquhar : 56 miles
* 29th Sanquhar - Carlisle : 61 miles - Carlisle hospital-transfusion
* 30th Carlisle - Lancaster : 67 miles
* 1st Oct Lancaster-Warrington:57 miles - Liverpool - transfusion
* 2nd LAY DAY FRIDAY
* 3rd Warrington - Shrewsbury : 54 miles
* 4th Shrewsbury - Hereford : 53 miles
* 5th Hereford - Avonmouth : 58 miles -Bristol hospital-transfusion
* 6th Avonmouth - Porlock : 64 miles
* 7th Porlock - Bude : 65 miles - Exeter hospital - transfusion
* 8th LAY DAY THURSDAY
* 9th Bude - Newquay : 44 miles
* 10th Newquay - Lands End : 42 miles

FINISH : Lands End 10 October 2009 ... God willing


The John `O Groats to Lands End , End - End Epic , trip was by no means easy - it was very tough - especially considering I`ve spent the last year in and out of hospital fighting for my life ... again , on more than one occasion battling chronic ITP as well as but on a seperate front to Chronic Myloid Leukaemia . I am receiving 3 platelet transfusions a week to avoid serious internal haemorrhaging which could be ... fatal :-( . On my trip I still needed these life saving transfusions so I had my special HLA Matched platelets sent to 7 hospitals along the route . In fact , I stopped at 7 hospitals , had 14 platelet transfusions , was seen by 8 doctors , 26 nurses and had an ECG .
Doing the End - End Epic was about raising funds and much needed awareness for Leukaemia sufferers but it was also about me keeping the dream alive , keeping moving and staying one step infront of Leukaemia and trying not to get caught !
The trip was amazing ! Definently cold and wet at times but I chose to do it because it was something that I believed in and knew that it would be one of the most rewarding things that I would ever do but also psychologically if I can continue to move then somehow I won`t be sick anymore . 

Joining me for a few days halfway through the trip was my old school friend Glen Strachan and providing much needed support in our van for the trip was my very long time primary school friend Ollie Hilton .


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