Palace to Palace Cycling Adventure: Leeds to Sandy | Ep. 5

In this thrilling episode of the “Palace to Palace Cycling Adventure” series (Ep. 5), join me on an incredible journey as I pedal my way from Leeds to Sandy, pushing my limits and embracing the unexpected.

The adventure kicks off as I bid farewell to fellow veteran Lewis in Leeds, where he generously hosted me and treated me to a hearty meal. Our camaraderie and engaging conversation set the tone for an epic cycling escapade.

Embarking on a challenging 35-mile stretch to Howden, I faced the grueling terrain head-on, testing my endurance to the limit. The following day, I pedaled to Cleethorpes, where I reunited with my old friend Lee and his wonderful family. The visit turned into a memorable celebration, complete with a seaside party, a daring dip in the sea, and a rejuvenating session at the gym, embracing the full spectrum of life’s experiences.

As the journey continued, I cycled to the historic city of Lincoln, offering a serene respite before the ultimate challenge – the ‘longest day’ ride to Sandy. The path was arduous, long, and shrouded in darkness, demanding every ounce of determination.

Join me in this captivating episode filled with camaraderie, adventure, and personal triumphs. Will I conquer the ‘longest day,’ or will the journey present unforeseen challenges? Hit play and let’s find out together on this unforgettable Palace to Palace cycling odyssey!

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right I’m major off mode right now because nothing nothing’s working I can’t get this thing off that on there so it didn’t fall out but now I can’t get it fing off it’s absolutely doing my brain and I’ve just got it off for that the next thing was I can’t get the light to go on oh man I’m literally losing my patience here like seriously it I don’t think I’ve got that much more left in me m right this one’s a long one um but it’s sort of like it is literally up to the second from last day it’s all the way from leads through CLE thorps across to Lincoln and then down south to Sandy so this one is about half an hour long so just like to introduce this quickly cuz I don’t want to be wasting any time on this one right yeah some ups and downs on this one lots of UPS lots of down so it really did go a lot of different emotions uh it’s great seeing Lee and the family and also it was fantastic going back to Lincoln actually that’s where I ended up on the last long cycle that I did actually theot really big cycle 22 days of cycling around the country that’s another story so this one it takes me um all the way down to Sandy which on the last day of this particular episode uh the actual series actually you’re watching is uh from Edinburgh to London Hollywood Palace to bucking and Palace uh but on this particular episode I go down to Sandy is the longest day that I do on this one as well so uh I hope you enjoy it and I hope you get through it all it’s a long video so it’s you know who knows who knows if anyone’s going to get past 5 minutes on this video who knows let me know how far you get on this video right and honestly be honest I don’t mind it’s cuz I’m just learning here right so let me know how far you get and then I can start to work on uh the length of my videos as I go along but I just wanted to do a long one I’ve not done a long video yet this is the longest yet so [Music] [Applause] [Music] enjoy [Music] call a breakfast steak egg mushrooms beautiful thanks man what day am I on and it’s like is it Saturday is it Satur is it Friday right Friday yeah all right it’s day seven then Friday so day seven um and I’m in um leads and I’m I’m heading to how and um I’m standing in a hotel in Howen I put 60 quid a night perfect um the Wellington Hotel so that’s my next it’s only like 30 miles away so easy ride that’s it [Music] [Music] really [Music] [Applause] [Music] all it’s a bom track it’s a bom track basic very much [Music] noise right I thought do a video from the center of what is leads High Park or High Park leads um where my mate Louis now my new mate lisis who is Alex’s best mate um kindly put me up and looked after me and all that sort of stuff which was amazing um and I’m now in the part I’m just about to set off to Howden um and I’ve got a hotel there cuz I thought it why not you know what I mean been doing a lot of riding and stuff it’s good I just get to chill out I like hotels as well I do enjoy that part of it so um yeah cuz I’ll Camp when I need to Camp staying places when I need to staying places and I’ll sofa surf when I need to sofa surf you know what I mean that’s the way it [Music] is [Music] page yes nice yes right as I prepared myself to for uh night riding okay got my lights on I just want to quickly go through uh what I actually wear when I’m riding okay so first of all these are the sport tee like hiking boots really climbing hiking boots with some um innovate Gators to stop the water stop the boots turning into buckets they’re gortex as well so they’re really good boots but obviously water goes inside and they’re slushing about I’ve got some uh Marino socks Marino leg warmers Columbia shorts see here Columbia shorts a minute um there Marina leg Columbia shorts and I have a RAB sort of a pol tech jacket underneath we got Marino shirt underneath that Marino vest price on well L all right we even got like a Marino I love the Marino obviously Marino like sort of uh snoo yeah and these are my [Music] sunglasses right I’m coming to the last part of my route today I’m coming up to Howden so I thought I would do my last video now um pretty much uh just to say thank you very much everyone for watching this and uh this has been great for me the reason I’m doing this is just to get out on the RO and get on the bike get used to using the gear riding in the winter navigation also meeting people as well which has been great um and just exploring really I just seeing England Scotland it’s been great so um yeah so I hope you enjoyed it I’m really I’m really enjoying it I’m about halfway now so really just a downhill from here as I’ve been saying throughout the whole journey I’ve never really had experienced many downhills I have actually loads I’m joking there’s loads of downhills but loads of uphills too but I think they get less and less as I go down south so [Music] anyway this is quite possibly the longest 30 miles I’ve ever done in my life absolutely ridiculous just goes on and on and on I did 70 yesterday I didn’t feel like this I can’t see myself what’s going on man this one’s wind to be honest I think with the hills and stuff it just doesn’t feel as long but when it’s quite flat [ __ ] me it’s an enough drag honestly should be close now [Music] man [Music] okay I’ve uh got to Howen I made it um and uh actually that was a lot tougher than any other 30 mile I’ve done I did actually like challenge myself this time to not look at how many miles I’ve done and how much time I’ve been riding for so just it made it feel so much longer and it was quite flat as well so there wasn’t many downhills or anything like that at all it it was just mainly flat sort of Rolling Hills a little bit but uh yeah felt it today really did and I was really happy for this one to end even though this was only 35 miles and that’s like half of what I’ve done before and it’s you know what I mean I’ve been doing more than that usually but anyway um I’m here so happy days that’s it what’s up good morning good morning it’s gav and I’m coming to you from Howen I’m on my way to Cle thorps uh and this is my first moment in this day I’m I’m back it’s gav um and um yeah I’m basically in Howen I’m just on my way to um CLE thorps it’s going to take me about I don’t know 3 or 4 hours it is 75k so that shouldn’t be a problem really um pretty flat as well so it’s going to be sort of a lot of pedaling but I am H heading for the sea I’m also going to be going over the Humber Ridge which I’m really excited excited about so that’s cool and uh yeah and having a blast so I’ll she keep you all updated on the journey it’s been a great adventure so far and um Howen has looked after me well great little place so um yeah nice little Papa stayed in last night and uh yeah it’s all good I’m going to um TR off now see you [Music] soon so right I’m on the uh a63 I think maybe I don’t even know actually I didn’t well it could be on the a63 could be the a63 I don’t actually know 100% I’m not really looked I should look first let me let me look what’s happening I’m on the B1 230 at the moment U I’m just heading to um somewhere I’m heading to cleop obviously but I want to heading to the Humber Bridge but this road is not going to take me to the Humber Bridge uh I’m going to have to turn off pretty soon right okay so what that hey hey I’m on the b1230 going pretty nice what a beautiful day I just have to mention right cuz I left on um the Saturday last week right and um so a week ago and um it was pissing down and the first few nights were pretty rubbish first three days pretty rubbish right uh but I’ve just had amazing weather ever since honestly every day it’s been like so to this but this is exceptional so I’m really really grateful for the weather today um and I’m just so glad had to be out doing this to be honest well I literally riding with this all opened up that zip and that has my money passport card as you can see here money that’s like tip card bank card passport and I had it open riding along jeez man bad [Music] men [Music] I’ve said the reason why yeah but another sort of thing about doing this is it’s not just riding home or riding back to Essex Way to look at it it’s also just being stronger it’s like when I finish this I’m going to be better stronger wiser you know if I have got the train plane or rented a car or got a lift or whatever then I wouldn’t have got this from that you know what I mean I would have got strength from it I wouldn’t be better at riding I wouldn’t know like where to pack my kit for that sort of thing so this is really just about being stronger get being better really waking up the warrior I call it and I tell you what a great way to do [Music] it [Music] oh [Music] a [Music] [Music] pleas all [Music] right [Music] right [Music] now [ __ ] having the best time ever had a very very good time [ __ ] i’ [Music] been now that was awesome gym swim steam sauna chill jacuzzi awesome just so good man feel so refreshed ready for uh my root deav or to the gavlar morning back on the road again this time heading uh towards Lincoln and down to sleeper where I should be finishing sleeper today so we’re going well it’s a bit windy this morning quite a head wind so that should be fun but I decided to go this route because it just seemed like the better route and I really want to visit Lincoln as well well so uh anyway back on it been a great few days massive shout out thanks to Lee beex it’s great to see you and also see the little ones growing up went to the gym yesterday sauna steam swim gym awesome so uh yeah great few days now back [Music] on [Music] oh [Music] [Music] tell you what there is a lot of Countryside wow I mean jeez this I’m on the route one which I highly recommend for anyone cycling South along the east side is us the route one it’s a really nice room but my God is there a lot of Countryside [Music] jeez oh my food’s here fantastic good timing than very behind you oh what sorry sauces oh sauces yeah thank you Lely that look just about to start speaking all right so here I am the WEA SP right this is really [Music] good Lincoln as you know I got a rib um holiday in and I’m uh living the dream right that was easy absolutely pained it so hungry I could have eaten two of them eat meals to be honest I could eat again but I’m not going to I’m not going to e CU I don’t need to but I could have a Guinness and then we go walk about the town today it’s my second last day so I’m going to enjoy [Music] it good morning off to um be now I’m picking up myself a um High VI jacket should have had one before really but kept on um basically forgetting to get one so yeah um just about to do that get some snacks plan on a big ride today so let’s see what happens here I am in bnq for got a big this place was right look at the high jacket and out ask right got it here I go good morning everybody this is um second last day really I suppose uh about 240 K to get K to get back to London so I’m just going to go as hard as I can today uh the weather’s not great just now but it’s been great since the whole more or less the whole Journey’s been amazing um and uh yeah so bit of rain you know why not the at the last few days there’s a storm coming as well on Thursday quite lucky for me really considering I should be finished by Wednesday but um I’m going to crack on I’m literally going to go as far as I can this time I’ve got no sort of stopping point there’s nothing for me to stop for apart from my own sort of mind or energy or tiredness or whatever you know what I mean so um yeah just see how it goes and then uh I’ll keep you updated as a guog as I normally do thanks for watching [Music] C [Music] right I’m in Bourn at the moment I’ve done 60k so far um so um I know what distance I’m going for I’m not going to say anything um but I know exactly what distance I’m heading for or aiming for to today so I have got a figure in mind so I’m just going to keep on going um and then when I hit that figure then I’ll let you know but I’m in Bor did I say I’m in born I think I’m in Born AR you I’m grabbing a coffee I’ve been through a flood already ready so I went through a huge flood so my feet absolutely soaked cuz the uh flood went right above the pedals so I just had to Pedal through it um so that was good um so there so that’s it really oh yeah I need got one over as well so that’s great anyway so up that good day [Music] [Music] cheers as you might be able to see behind me maybe I don’t know actually probably not there is actually good weather behind me over there right it has been following me this whole way I can just see it creeping up but I’ve seem to be going faster than the weather at the moment so there you go but I think I’m moving quite a good place actually I feel really good highly energetic feel very strong so uh there no reason why I shouldn’t hit my Target today so not I told before every other time I’ve done it just SW okay I’ve had like like uh destinations to get to so that’s kind of like a Target but now I have no destination so apart from Buckingham Palace excuse my sniffing by the way it’s just it’s a bit cold it’s actually not that cold at all actually but with the wind and all that and wet whatever but anyway who cares right stop this [Music] video right still daylight I’ve done 105k so far uh I’m going to keep on going uh I’ve got a while to go yet I think so I’m just stopping for a p basically um and I’m just going to crack on starting to it’s going to get dark pretty soon though I think so yeah I don’t know how long I’ve got left but I’m going to keep on going as far as I possibly [Music] can right I’m major Death Mode right now because nothing nothing’s working I can’t get this off that I put there so I didn’t fall out but now I can’t get it off it’s absolutely doing my brain and I’ve just got it off that the next thing was I can’t get the light go on oh man I’m literally losing my patience here like seriously losing it I don’t think I’ve got that much more left in me man honest such a bull blinding myself literally can’t going to stay there hello hello right so this basically was not having none of this before don’t know why there we go Jesus man honestly God need a piss as well trouble is having a piss is not that simple as having a piss you have to around where your closeth as you can see I’m not in the best of [ __ ] mood right now so anyway bollocks Bullocks are this close to end end point What mileage have we done now I think 133 .77 km so far make right piss first thing is can’t have can I cuz it’s like impossible close on and the GoPro is not working either it’s another thing the GoPro just suddenly decided to the SD card stop working Mighty pissed off honest I’m going to stop in the next 20K I think so I am done [ __ ] I just ride I just rode from Edinburgh I need a piss otherwise I’m going to piss myself there’s nowhere to go cycle yeah yeah seriously and I’ve done 130 km today all right never [ __ ] A kchen do [Music] [ __ ] what’s happening everybody I’ve stopped riding I’ve had a shower sort myself out um I found this Pub stopped after down and the uh vac vacancies yeah vacancies not for a job you know like just any rooms and they did so um yeah cool I’m staying here um I did 143.5 km so I thought I got to here and it was the next town was like miles away away you know so I thought yeah I’ll just stop here it’s all good I’ve done enough I wondered they get to 150 but 143.5 oh well but anyway tomorrow only about 80k to go so get to Bucking Palace for like lunchtime 12: 1:00 something like that hopefully so we’ll see um but yeah it’s been a good ride today um yeah couple of Dramas but nothing crazy all the Red Arrows um yeah it’s it’s been a pretty good pretty cool ride enjoying myself anyway CH for [Music] out