Author: Jenny Oliver
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LEJOG Day 1 – Land’s End to St Columb Major
After over a year of planning and preparation, the day finally arrived for us to embark on our epic cycle trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats! We set off from our AirBnB Avalon Annexe, which was very comfortable, and drove to Land’s End, the starting point for our ride. It was quite deserted early…
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LEJOG Itinerary
The following is a summary of our itinerary: 09/09/2024 Drive to Land’s End 10/09/2024 Perranporth 11/09/2024 Launceton 12/09/2024 Dulverton 13/09/2024 Glastonbury 14/09/2024 Chepstow 15/09/2024 Ludlow 16/09/2024 Market Drayton 17/09/2024 Culcleth 18/09/2024 Clitheroe 19/09/2024 Sedbergh 20/09/2024 REST DAY 21/09/2024 Brampton 22/09/2024 Ettrick 23/09/2024 Edinburgh 24/09/2024 Perth 25/09/2024 Braemar 26/09/2024 Granton-on-Spey 27/09/2024 Dingwall 28/09/2024 Altnaharra 29/09/2024 Thurso…
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LEJOG 2024
On Monday 9th September, a group of ladies will be embarking on an adventure to ride our bikes from Land’s End to John O’Groates. Claire rode this last year and she will be our support, driving our gear each day and hopefully rescuing us if we get into trouble! Carol, Soo and myself will be…
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Jenny’s Cowman Aquabike (With Camping!)
Since Adrian was persuaded to sign up for the Calfman standard triathlon in Milton Keynes, I thought I might try the Cowman Middle Distance Aquabike. I really enjoyed the recent Aquabike at Upton. I have been doing regular long rides in preparation for LEJOG, and the swim at 1.9km was not that much longer than the standard…
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Adrian’s Calfman Standard Triathlon (With Camping)
Emberton Country Park in Milton Keynes was the setting for The Cowman, Calfman, and Stampede Triathlon plus Aquabike. For the Calfman Standard distance we had Jon Cassell & Adrian Oliver on the start line. Out of 203 starters, Jon finished 4th in his age group 18th overall. This was attained with a rapid swim (1st in age group ) and a spritely 42 minute…
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World Champs Australia Here We Come!
The Upton Standard Aquabike was a race that I had been very interested in doing alongside friend and fellow Tuff Sue Simpson. The event also happened to be a qualifier for the World Championship Triathlon Series to be held in Wollongong near Sydney, Australia in October 2025. Although Colin had assured Sue and myself that…
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Upton Standard Aquabike
One Thursday evening swim Sue Simpson turned up in a tri-suit. I asked her why and she said that she was practising for the Upton Aquabike. My interest was piqued because I had been considering trying Aquabike. I experience Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO) on more intense efforts such as running! I expressed an interest…
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My Cancer Journey 12 – Respiratory Physiotherapy
I was extremely privileged to be offered yet another chapter of expert care. Respiratory Physiotherapy was to take place at the Royal Brompton with Jacob Beard. In the first session Jacob got me to breath normally in a relaxed seated position whilst he observed and timed my breathing. I had read 2 books about breathing:…
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My Cancer Journey 11 – CLE 2
After allowing some months to evaluate whether the Supraglottoplasty had resolved the breathing issues on exercise, I was able to return to Professor Hull at the Royal Brompton for a repeat Continuous Laryngoscopy during Exercise test. This time I did the test on the tread mill as running is more likely to bring on the…
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My Cancer Journey 7 – Voiceless
In November 2022 we were beginning to socialise again after a long period of lockdown. We were happy to be invited out to see some dear friends with a young family. We had a lovely time, but unfortunately I caught some viral infection from one of the young ones! Quite often a virus will linger…
