JogLe - oldest man to do LeJog is back doing it the other wa

[FasterFerret]

No sight nor sound of Laurence Brophy?

Not as far as I can see, but he was intending to go LEJOGLE I think. But if he left in Mid-August one might have thought there would have been a report of him getting to JOG by now.

Perhaps he may pop-up again if he gets reported lost again:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sou ... s-41136912

[IanH]

Chapeaux to Laurence Brophy!
At 88, the oldest cyclist to complete LEJOG's 874 miles!

Oldest man to ride length of Britain did it twice to be sure
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/ ... cle/103857

[Paulatic]

As with all things Laurence it’s always confusing or maybe the Torygraph can get nothing right.
I suspect he did more than 874 miles and his own admission was to ride 2000 miles in 25days
https://www.llamau.org.uk/news/laurence ... -of-llamau
That’s 80 mile a day for 25 consecutive days.
Also note he’s forgotten all about his 2018 attempt?

[Norman H]

Chapeau! A remarkable chap and a remarkable achievement. Yes he not only cycled from Land's End to John-O'-Groats but he cycled to the start from his home in south Wales. He had planned to cycle home again from JOG but having begun his journey in mid August and endured the worst of storms Ellen and Francis, he wisely decided to take the train home.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/laurencebrophy

[robgul]

The report isn't quite accurate - although the chap is to be admired nevertheless.

In 2017 an 89 year old man, Norman Franklin, rode the E2E - but he was on an electric bike so perhaps not quite in the spirit of the cycle ride?

I've just re-vamped the www.cycle-endtoend.org.uk website - the one section that is yet to be updated is the "Records" .... as there is no official event or route/rules for the event it is difficult to publish the accurate or definitive facts with any certainty.

As the site owner I get loads of claims for youngest/oldest rider but they can seldom be substantiated. There are a couple of record-recording associations that do scrutinise record attempts and those records are perhaps the ones to publish?

I'd be very interested to receive feedback and thoughts on the records etc in order to improve the website content

Rob
Cycle : End-to-End webmaster

[Paulatic]

Peter Langford is at it again hoping for a 90 yo LEJOG
https://twitter.com/WeAreCyclingUK/stat ... 1880184074

[Skipper9999]

Good on him and thanks for keeping this post alive .

How you doing these days ? It’s 10 years next year since I done it with Tony .

[Paulatic]

I’m still out there meeting interesting E2Enders on the route.
Good to hear you’re still going, I called in to see Tony but he’d had his stroke by then. An unfitting end for such a lovely guy.

[Paulatic]

Latest on Peter, last seen riding out of Chepstow on Friday morning.

[Norman H]

Day 22 and he's arrived in Edinburgh.

https://peterlangfordbikeride.co.uk/

[Paulatic]

Peter Langford aged 90

He’s done it!
What a great achievement

[Norman H]

Congratulations on a wonderful achievement. Impressive enough at that age but even more so when you consider the time of year. Peter's birthday is on the 18th August, that's the very earliest that he can start. All of his rides have been completed as autumn fast approaches.

[Morzedec]

Er - sorry folks, we don't all seek publicity - nor do we ride with back-up, nor a camper van - some of us just do the ride because we want to, no matter what our age is - and some of us are already older than this bloke is.

On one of my previous E to E's, way back in 1979, I rode part of the way with a guy who was 89 - going slowly, yes, and at Inverness already three weeks in, but just enjoying himself. I will always remember his comment that, "I phone my daughter every other day, just to let her know that I'm still alive!"

Happy days!

[robgul]

Er - sorry folks, we don't all seek publicity - nor do we ride with back-up, nor a camper van - some of us just do the ride because we want to, no matter what our age is - and some of us are already older than this bloke is.

On one of my previous E to E's, way back in 1979, I rode part of the way with a guy who was 89 - going slowly, yes, and at Inverness already three weeks in, but just enjoying himself. I will always remember his comment that, "I phone my daughter every other day, just to let her know that I'm still alive!"

Happy days!

Indeed - my E2E website has had loads of claims for oldest, youngest (and numerous other parameters) - none can be validated definitively as there is a) no official route, and b) no official recording - and the supported/unsupported issue is relevant too . . . there was a recent high-profile claim by a woman as the oldest . . . I happen to know of her and about her "days in the car" on the ride.

BUT who cares? - it's a great experience no matter how old or young you are (I've ridden both ways, 5 years apart)