Land's End-John O'Groats

[Beemer-5]

Anyone done it and how long would you say it should take?

I am doing it in a Bond Bug for charity in June.

[Beemer-5]

How many nights out, that is, taking it fairly easy!

[Balmoral Green]

I haven't got a clue what i'm talking about, but as that never stops me from passing comment, I would say three days, two nights in a Bond at about 50-70mph.

Sounds like a right hoot, but potentially exhausting due to the ride and the noise and relatively slow progress.

Good luck with it.

[Wacky Racer]

pwig did this a few years ago in a Dax "seven" sports car....

[Beemer-5]

Cruising speed is about 50 max, so i,ve now settled on 5 days 4 nights, Warren.
Aye, will be fun.

[Beemer-5]

Well, it,s going to be Aviemore, Seahouses, Fillongley (Coventry), Westbury-sub-Mendip (Wells), as the 4 nights, staying with friends, so more dosh goes to charity.
4 nights will also ensure no stage is too hurtful on the bones!
Looking forward.

[Will26]

You should turn it into some kind of Top Gear race. See if you can beet a man who is using public transport to get there. Should be quite even.

[cj_eds]

Will26 said:

You should turn it into some kind of Top Gear race. See if you can beet a man who is using public transport to get there. Should be quite even.

If you didn't stop, and taking a google maps estimate for the journey its 15 and a bit hours driving.

Off to the top of my head, compared to public transport:
Local bus to Penzance train station (hour?)
Train (probably have to go through London?) to Luton Airport (5 hours?)
Hang around for a couple of hours for a flight.
Fly to Inverness (2 hours)
Up to an hour for change-over to bus or train station.
3.5 hours bus/train to Wick or Thurso
Another hour or so local bus to John O'Groats.

You could easily gain or lose that at change-overs if you they're not at convenient times or there was any delays so you missed the connections (which in fairness, is 100% likely to happen in this country!). Depends how committed the driver was - almost 16 hours of motoring would need a few comfort and caffeine breaks!

[Beemer-5]

Doing it quickly would be fun, say in my Jag, but this is a slow, painful trek!

[Flying Peach]

I rode from lands end to John o groats on my racing bike, it took me six and a half days in April 2004.

[Beemer-5]

5 days should be ok then, with a 700cc Relaint engine assisting!

[Beemer-5]

Reliant, even.