Hi, new to this forum but saw a thread titled "Lejog 2021 plans" so wanted to let you know there's another idiot hoping to embark on the adventure this year.
I'm travelling with a Brompton bike loaded up with all my camping gear and my small dog (who will ride in the front basket). I've booked my ticket for end of May and will be doing the ride over 5 weeks. I'm an over 60s female, over excited about the adventure, and not a little over weight! so the plan is for a gentle 30 mile per day average with plenty of time to walk the hills, get lost, do some watercolour painting and - most important of all - meet nice people and see my country. Despite my current shameful state of fitness, I've ridden a bike just about every day of my life since about 1966 when my father took the stabilisers off my little Triang bike, so whilst I don't look much like a proper cyclist, my body is actually very used to pottering along at a slowish pace all day, particularly if there are tea shops and chippies on the route!
I've never had 5 weeks off work so this is a very special holiday for me and Lil the dog. I've booked the first 10 nights' camping and one or two other stops along the way. Tonight, there is talk of the new "India Variant" being a bit of a problem but I'm hoping it won't interfere with the ride, which was planned for last summer - and we all know what happened to holiday plans last year!
I hope I see other riders along the way. I won't be the fastest, and I look far too fat to be riding all that way but please be kind! Rain or shine, I'll be having a ball