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UK
4CORNERS RIDE
This ride
is now recognised by the IBA as a certified ride. It was first completed in April 2008 by John Phillipson on a Honda
NTV650.
The ‘Corners’
are as follows:
Lands
End England
St
David’s Point Wales
John
O’Groats Scotland
Lowestoft England
It is understood
that these points are not the geographical land points but Lands End and John O'Groats MUST at some part or the ride
be incorporated in any order, then it was also natural to include Wales in the ride. Note you dont nessesarily have to do
an End to End ride as part of this, Do the 4 Corners in any order you want.
The ride
has more than SEVEN options to complete. The route is around 14-1800 miles depending upon your starting point, as follows:
Anti clockwise
Start JOG, end Lowestoft 1,475
Start St David's, end JOG 1550
Start LE, end St D 1,896
Start Lowestoft, end LE 1778
Clockwise
Start JOG, end St D 1535
Start Lowestoft, end JOG 1475
Start lands, end Lowestoft 1763
Start
St D, end LE 1882
There
are more options for this ride which will all be looked at. As long as all 4 corners are visited in the time allowed go which
ever way you want.
An
average for the whole ride of 50mph is sufficient for all IBA rides except Golds.
1 ride,
3 Countries, 4 Corners, 8 Options
END 2 END RIDES
There are two End2End rides which can be completed.
Both involve riding between Lands End in Cornwall and John O' Groats in North-East Scotland.
A basic E2E ride is achieved by riding from one end point directly to the other - the shortest distance is around 850 miles.
For those wishing for a longer ride, the E2E Gold ride involves travelling between the two end points via a third point such
as Clacket Lane Services on the M25, to make the total ride over 1000 miles.
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End to End News
Roger Allen has become the first finisher of the Iron Butt Association's
End to End ride in the United Kingdom! leaving John O'Groats on the northern side of Scotland at 6.00am he rode to Lands End
on the extreame southwest tip of England in less than 24 hours. Most people would find that ride to be very difficult (in
hundreds of enquiries we could not find anyone that had docemented the ride in one day). But a straight shot was not what
Allen had in mind, he wanted the IBA End to End GOLD, which meant a lengthy trek east to get the mileage above 1,000 before
reaching Lands End
1,079 odeometer miles and 1,049 GPS miles to be exact in less than
24 hours
Roger, a Bunburner GOLD finisher on his HarleyDavidson Ultra Classic
(so he knows what a HARD ride is) called this one "a tough ride". The first 100 miles out of John O'Groats had him facing
40 feet visibility trying to ride through a heavy cean mist on mountain roads, as if that wasnt enough, as he neared Lands
End, a heavy rain added to the challenge, but as an experienced long dstance rider Roger knew a slow, but safe pace would
bring him in and he made sure he stayed consistent and rode a very safe pace into the finish
What an exciting year this is turning out to be
Michael Kneebone
President
Iron Butt Association of America
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| Roger Allen at Lands End, the finish of his E2EG |
Click here to read Roger's End to End Gold ride report
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