Stats

My final blip on the Land's End to John O'Groats trip... back to normal tomorrow.

Some stats:

Miles cycled: 1010 (plus 16 from John O'Groats to Wick)
Days on the road: 15
Hours spent cycling: ~130 (8.5 hours/day) [1]
Average miles/day: 67
Longest day (miles): 86
Shortest day (miles): 47
Calories burnt (approx): 38,000 (~2500 calories/day)
Weight lost (lbs): 4
Hills climbed (feet): 42,000 (~2800 feet/day)
Highest elevation (feet): 1432 (Dartmoor)
Punctures: 0
Other mechanical failures: 0 (apart from occasional chain falling off)
Hills (part-)walked: ~8 [2]
Cooked breakfasts: 2
Pork pie elevenses (England): 4
Meat/steak/scotch pie elevenses (Scotland): 3
Oatcakes consumed: lots
Bananas consumed: ~30 (2 bananas/day)
Midge bites: ~1,000,000 :-)
YHA/other stamps collected (see photo): 10
Tubes of Ibuprofen used on knees: 3 or 4
Hours of rain: ~3
Hours spent listening to music: ~2.5
Top bunks slept in: 2
Money raised for charity (to date): ~£2700
Pedal rotations: ~500,000 [3]

Note: I'll probably add to this list over the next few days as I think of things.

[1] This is very approximate because I didn't log my starting and stopping times. The time here includes stops for elevenses, lunch, shopping, etc.

[2] I know that real cyclists [tm] get upset by this kind of thing but I'm not proud, my bags were heavy (particularly in Cornwall where the hills were worst) and my left knee needed protecting!

[3] This is very approximate and probably a bit of an over-estimate to be honest (though I don't think it is a totally stupid number). I worked it out in my head to pass the time cycling between Carlisle and Lanark.