London-Edinburgh-London 2013

The 1400 km randonnée bicycle ride started 28th July and finished 2nd August 2013.
The registration for London-Edinburgh-London started 4th January 2013, 22:00 o'clock. Already a few hours later, all 1000 participant places of the cycle event were totally booked up.
Manfred got the rider number: P56

The London-Edinburgh-London prologue started outside Buckingham Palace at 06:00 on 28 July 2013. The prologue was about 30km long and took you through some of the best sights in London before you arrived at the event headquarters in Loughton for the main start.

London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) is a randonnée bicycle ride of approximately 1400km held in the UK on an out-and-back course between the capital cities of England (London) and Scotland (Edinburgh). LEL is the British equivalent of Paris-Brest-Paris and the flagship event of Audax UK. It is held every four years.
The first LEL was in 1989, when there were 29 starters and 26 finishers, all British. In 2013 the number of starters was limited to 1000.
Manfred got rider number P56. During LEL you could check Manfred's progress online.

This Album shows photos of Manfred's northbound ride from London out to Edinburgh, passing the control stations St Ives - Kirkton - Market Rasen - Pocklington - Thirsk - Barnard Castle - Brampton - Moffat.

London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) is a randonnée bicycle ride of approximately 1400km held in the UK on an out-and-back course between the capital cities of England (London) and Scotland (Edinburgh). LEL is the British equivalent of Paris-Brest-Paris and the flagship event of Audax UK. It is held every four years.
The first LEL was in 1989, when there were 29 starters and 26 finishers, all British. In 2013 the number of starters was limited to 1000.
Manfred got rider number P56. During LEL you could check Manfred's progress online.

This Album shows photos of Manfred's southbound ride from Edinburgh back to London passing the control stations Traquair - Eskdalemuir - Brampton - Barnard Castle - Thirsk - Pocklington - Market Rasen - Kirkton - St Ives - Great Easton - Loughton. Manfred reached the final point happily without accident or mishap. However, for getting a medal Manfred's total time was not short enough. Manfred enjoyed the wonderful scenery a little bit too long! :-)