Land’s End to John O’Groats Day 2 – Bodmin to Whitestone (Exeter)
Day 2 of my Land’s End to John o’Groats ride threw up some challenges— the Devon hills, and my first full-on bonk of the trip – hopefully the last.
I hit the wall around the 75 km mark after under-fuelling on a tough morning of climbing, and things got grim! Cold sweat, energy crash, and serious doubts.
Luckily, I found a café just in time, where a flapjack, coffee, crisps, and juice drinks brought me back!
📍 Route: Bodmin ➝ Whitestone (near Exeter)
📏 Distance: 114 km
⛰️ Climbing: 1,822m
🛠️ Lesson of the Day: Fuel early, fuel often – real food
This series follows my 13 day solo unsupported ride across the UK, carrying light gear, staying in B&Bs, and navigating the physical and mental highs and lows of the ride.
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🎒 My Setup:
• Gravel bike with saddle, handlebar, top tube, and frame bags
• Filming with DJI Action 4, Insta360 GO 3S, iPhone 16 + wireless mics
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[Music] it came out the best they were very kind to the lady that was here last night yeah yeah that’s perfect actually I’ll leave my stuff out here then can build it out here so here we go day two um that was a good night premier in uh big shout out to them they were very nice very accommodating uh let me use a special different room for my bike um had a really good breakfast and looking forward now to day two heading to see my sister in Witstone in Exat 17 km 1,700 m of climbing and let’s go okay day two so uh quite a big day today confidence factor to finish the ride i don’t know i crashed last night after dinner felt terrible i’m I’m not even going to call it at the moment i’m a solid four out of 10 I think uh felt hard yesterday so fingers crossed [Music] so I’ve been cycling for an hour and 20 minutes and I’ve done 11 km seems to be like that’s been all uphill i’m very high up now so hopefully what goes up must come down [Music] so this of course is what Devon is famous for we get these steep downs and then steep ups and uh can just go on and on sometimes but uh yeah that’s what we that’s what we expected all at last a cafe and a bike shop actually as well well stopped in a cafe having a coffee feeling absolutely dreadful just need a rest i’m really really really tired so going to have a rest for about 20 minutes half an hour and then see if I can carry on oh my life how many more of these descents and climbs it’s crazy my whole day has just been downhill uphill downhill [Music] okay this is an ecoin veterary practice that very kindly sent us cases so got to drop in see if anyone’s here [Music] look who it is i can’t believe it small world you’re right well done yeah man that is absolutely crazy [Music] [Applause] i don’t know why my sister has to live at the top of the biggest hill on the whole route Witstone Hill yay hello woohoo you made it why do you have to live up the top of such a big hill i know i’m really sorry so I didn’t do a video last night cuz um I wasn’t feeling so good and um it’s kind of like a cycle hangover i properly bonked yesterday when I got to the cafe the pump and pedal and yeah I just run out of energy and I think yeah it may have even been sodium so all of those guys that are cycling to Land’s End in a headwind doing over 100 miles a day I do not know how you do that because I was pretty dead after yesterday in the climbing so I don’t feel brilliant this morning but I’m off to the Somerset levels so I hope that’ll be a bit better fingers crossed [Music]