Glasgow help needed

[Andrew Butler]

Sorry Paul can’t help you with this one, I’m in Lancashire, but if your journey brings you through these parts then feel free to stop off for a brew. Good luck in your quest.

I am now tho beginning to question your sanity, as I am sure you are.

Anyway best of luck and hope all goes well

Andy

[Paul Rollason]

Cheers Andy

I will be travelling through Lancashire so I will get your number off you nearer the time.

I could do a tour of the sign shops of the UK. 😉

Could be worse, I once saw a couple on TV who spent their holidays visiting every ASDA in Britain. Now that is sad. 🙄

paul r

[Lynn Normington]

Paul if you find yourself this way feel free to call coffee will be on the go

Good luck why are you doing it (?)

Lynn

[Paul Rollason]

Thanks Lynn

Where abouts are you

I don’t really know why I’m doing it, I do cycle quite a bit and it’s a classic goal.

I am also doing it to raise money for Shelterbox

http://www.shelterbox.org

paul r

[Phill Fenton]

We are based in Livingston (Halfway between Edinburgh and Glagow) If your passing our way drop in for a cold Pepsi. We’ll pump up your tyres, oil your chain and scrape the midges of your cycle helmet 😀

[Robert Lambie]

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We are based in Livingston (Halfway between Edinburgh and Glagow) If your passing our way drop in for a cold Pepsi. We’ll pump up your tyres, oil your chain and scrape the midges of your cycle helmet 😀

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hi paul
your one keen biker mate… i have a very good friend that did that run last year. i thought he was nuts, now you :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
joking asside it would be some acheivment mate, best of luck to you. 😉 im just down the road from phill, im on outskirts of glasgow about 12 mile from city centre but i know the city etc very well, if i can be of help in anyway feel free to email me paul and ill do what i can. 😀
as for tea etc, well if you land here on a saturday or sunday, ill meet up with you in the city and take you for a pint, i mean cuppa tea. 😉

[Lynn Normington]

Paul we are in Luton

Lynn

[Brian Little]

Hi Paul ….were in Perth…..do pop in

Regards Brian

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Will you stop in Dunfermline? (sp?) the abbey is realllly neat there.
I can pronounce it but not spell it.
You are going on quite a trek! Have a safe ride.
Love….Jill

[Lynn Normington]

Paul how long do you think it will take you ? what is the shelterbox charity I haven’t heard of this one

Lynn

[Lynn Normington]

just had a thought Paul as you are in the lands end area would it not be better to start there and finish at john o groats at least you could rest on the train/plane on the way home you would need the rest more after the ride than before it wouldn’t you 🙄

Lynn

[Carrie Brown]

Good on you Paul and all the best for your long journey …. If you pass by Herefordshire I’ll throw you a jammie dodger as you cycle by …. or you could always just pop in and take in the views of our unit on your UK sign shop tour and have a nice cuppa.

😀

[Lee Harris]

Hi Paul

I know we are just up country from you but when you get into Somerset and you need a rest, we live in Bruton.

Keep us updated on things.

Good luck for September…

Lee & Jenny

[Paul Rollason]

Thanks for all your support.

Shelterbox is a charity that sends a box containing everything to help ten people survive after a disaster.

The box contains a ten person tent, ten sleeping bags, equipment for cooking and water treatment, first aid etc.

They are based about ten miles from where we are but their aid id global.

check out their website http://www.shelterbox.org

I will be doing this alone with all my camping equipment and no back up.

I plan to do the trip in nine days (100 miles a day) so there will not be too much time for sight seeing.

The reason why I am going in the opposite direction than is traditional is because I would like to get the difficult travelling (getting me and all my kit to the tip of Scotland) out of the way and from then on, every peddle turn will take me closer to home.

Should be fun

I will post my basic route soon so people can see if I will pass near by

paul r

[Bill Dewison]

Good luck with the bike ride Paul 😀

If you’re anywhere near Leigh, you could always pop in for a brew, or a sneaky lift up the motorway if you’re really knackered :noeveil:

Sure you’ll do well with it, but careful if you go through Liverpool, if you stop for too long, they’ll have your wheels! 😮 :lol1:

Cheers, Dewi

[Nicola McIntosh]

good luck paul 😀 wish you all the best 😛

Nik

[Paul Rollason]

Thanks guys

I think I’m going to miss out Glasgow altogether by getting the ferry across to aran and then back to the mainland.

It’s a few more miles but I avoid a big city and get to visit Oban and aran

What do you think, good or bad idea?

paul r

[Brian Little]

Paul if your in Oban you might as well nik over to mull on the ferry …..youll love it !!! 😀 😀 😀

Regards Brian

[expressgraphics]

Hi Paul,
I’d miss the Arran leg out, come down the Great Glen alongside Loch Ness and through Fort William. If you don’t mind a bit of a climb go through Glencoe. Once your up there it’s down hill all the way(almost!) to Crianlarich. Then a nice long, mainly flat run along Loch Lomond to Glasgow. Assuming your reasonably fit, the run from Fort William to Glasgow takes about 6 hours.
If your planning on stopping at Glasgow, I’d be happy to put you up for the night and then get you back on route in the morning.
Give me a call on 0141 429 4240 if I can be of any help.
Regards,
John.

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Oban was nice and so was Fort William!
It’s gorgeous there.
Just be sure to pack your long johns.
Love….Jill

[Paul Rollason]

Cheers John

You sound like a bit of a cyclist yourself

I,m just a bit worried about navigating through the city and I know the Arran route is an alternative.

paul r

[Andrew Boyle]

Paul,

if you do the Arran route give me an e-mail….only 12 miles from ferry in Largs…….just across from Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, got 2 Sea Kayaks in the garage for an early morning paddle then I’ll race you to Ardrossan on the bike..

Cheers

Andrew

[Dave Bruce]

Paul, if you are in Oban give us a shout, I’ll put the kettle on

dave@obansignstudio.co.uk

More used to cycling down hill myself, although I did cycle from South Yorkshire to Skye and back in my younger days think we did 60 miles a day, so 100 is pushing it.

Best of luck

Dave

[Andy@Acorn]

More than welcome for a drop of liquid if you drop in on us at the greatest town in the world of Mansfield
Good luck and enjoy the ride
Andy

[Paul Rollason]

Cheers all

Andrew I am in the middle of building a canadian canoe at the moment out of 4mm ply

My next project will be a sea kayak, I’ve just received a brochure from Chesapeake Light Craft http://www.clcboats.com and there is some nice stuff in there.

I will give you a shout Dave if I go the Oban-Arran route

Cheers Andy, I will have to start collecting phone numbers of all the people on the boards who I will pass near by so I can pop in and say hello and get some directions.

paul r