Morning all,
It's been a while now since my last contact so I thought I'd give you all a quick update.
Entries are very healthy and a few more places will be made available for the inevitable DNS etc. There are places left and entries are still being accepted. We have plenty of overseas interest for the event with entries coming in from: Ireland; Japan; USA and Australia.
EVENT ROUTE:You might have noticed that I've uploaded some draft maps onto the event website. There are some clearer maps currently being designed and they'll be uploaded onto the event website sometime over the next few weeks. There are one or two detours being planned to possibly avoid busier roads (such as the A30) etc. It is of course inevitable that the route will follow some main/A-roads at some point along the route. Paisley, as opposed to Abington is under consideration for Tuesday's overnight control in order to even the distances out. There are some other variations under consideration as we continue to build the event.
https://lejog1400audax.com/event-route/GETTING TO/FROM THE START/FINISH:I've been asked by several riders for the best transport links to/from the start/finish. I've done some digging on the travel websites and come up with the following:
Travel to Land's End:Rail:
The nearest railway station to the start is about 10-miles away in Penzance, which is basically the end of the line! There are direct train services from London/Birmingham (for connections from the north).
The website is:
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Although you can normally only book up to 3-months in advance.
Air:
The nearest airport is Newquay, about 50-miles away. There are direct flights to Manchester/Heathrow & Dublin.
The website for Newquay airport is:
https://www.cornwallairportnewquay.com/n.b. Land's End airport only serves the Scilly Isles.
Expect to pay more by taking your bike.
Travel from John o' Groats:The nearest railway stations to John o' Groats are:
Wick (about 17-miles south)
Thurso (about 20-miles west).
Scotrail has direct train services to Inverness where you can connect to the south (Edinburgh/London etc).
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ is the tool for this.
You could try some of the travel websites such as: expedia; lastminute.com etc for more info' on flights etc.
Air:
The nearest airport to JoG is Wick, about 17 miles south. BA has a direct flight to Edinburgh departing at 1:10 pm where you can connect to flights to over UK airports. Expect to pay extra if you fly home on the Friday.
I've updated the event website with some of this information. Many riders have discussed taking a shared shuttle from John o' Groats to the Inverness area (train station, airport etc).
Andy Corless
Organiser
LEJOG AUDAX 2020