1,000 miles....Why are we doing this????!!!

Its time for something closer to home - a 1,000 mile charity cycle around all 42 Scottish League Football Clubs with Phil to raise money for a 2G pitch for Balerno High School.

At the time of writing this blog the 'Pitchfever' campaign has raised approx 70K with a target of 100K needed to make this all weather pitch happen.

The current pitch is a dust bowl in the summer and a mud pit in the winter with kids grazing their knees if they fall. Hopefully when we reach our target the new pitch will be put in place for Football and Hockey training.

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So, the bike has been dusted down and about 250 miles of training has been completed over the last couple of weeks.

The Route

Day 1 - Balerno - Livingston - Dunfermline - Cowdenbeath - Raith Rovers - East Fife - Dundee -
Dundee Utd

Day 2 - Dundee - Arbroath - Forfar - Brechin - Montrose - Aberdeen

Day 3 - Aberdeen - Peterhead - Buckie

Day 4 - Buckie - Elgin City - Inverness - Ross County (Dingwall)

Day 5 - Ross County - Inverness CT - Aviemore - Newtonmore

Day 6 - Newtonmore - Pitlochry - St Johnstone (Perth) - Auchterarder

Day 7 - Auchterarder - Stirling Albion - Alloa Athletic - Falkirk - Stenhousemuir - East Stirlingshire - Clyde - Albion Rovers - Airdrieonians - Motherwell - Hamilton Academicals

Day 8 - Hamilton - Queens Park (Hampden) - Celtic - Partick Thistle - Rangers - St Mirren - Dumbarton - Morton - Seamill

Day 9 - Seamill - Kilmarnock - Ayr United - Stranraer

Day 10 - Stranraer - Castle Douglas - Queen of the South (Dumfries) - Annan Athletic

Day 11 - Annan - Newcastleton - Jedburgh - Kelso - Coldstream - Cornhill-on-Tweed - Berwick Rangers (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Day 12 - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Gifford - Tranent - Portobello - Hibs - Hearts

DEPART Balerno      Tuesday 21st April
ARRIVE  Hearts         Saturday 2nd May