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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 14 – Thurso to John O’Groates – 20 miles – (19/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 21st August 2023
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Day 14 – Land’s End to John O’Groates – DONE!  (19/08/23)   Day 14 delivered truly terrible weather and certainly the worst we had ever ridden in. If at home, you would not even venture outside to put the rubbish bins out. The combination of rain and wind made it feel like we were in…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 13 – Invergordon to Thurso – 107 miles – (18/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 21st August 2023
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Day 13 – The unplanned longest leg (18/08/23)   Today’s leg of this epic ride was tough to say the least.   Storm Betty really had it in for us. Our Day 13 leg should have been 77 miles from Invergordon to Betty Hill, followed by a planned 50 mile final leg on Day 14…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 11 – Tyndrum to Fort Augustus – 82 miles – (16/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 21st August 2023
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Day 11 – The awe inspiring Highlands (16/08/23)   Today was another awesome day and another day closer.   The Highlands are just awe inspiring and amazing, I feel like I’ve just taken a job with the UK tourist board!!                           We started…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 10 – Hamilton to Tyndrum – 75 miles – (15/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 16th August 2023
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Day 10 – Loch Lomond & The Trossachs (15/08/23)   And so we are on day 10 and, with only 4 more days to go, we are nearly there!   Today’s 75 mile leg took us from Hamilton, around and out of Glasgow along the River Clyde – past the Big Bike, along the banks…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 9 – Gretna Green to Hamilton – 85 miles – (14/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 15th August 2023
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Day 9 – A real Bone-Shaker (14/08/23) Well it would be fair to say that after yesterday’s long, hilly leg, today we were all a little fatigued……. so it was a pleasure to have a flatish route with only one real significant climb; but a climb which was amazing!     Once again some of…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 8 – Carnforth to Gretna Green – 88 miles – (13/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 15th August 2023
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Day 8 – Around The Lake District & into Scotland (13/08/23) Today marked the day we crossed over the border into Scotland. The day started with the weather not on our side which was unfortunate as this was to be the longest leg of the challenge – nearly 90 miles. The upside is that those…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 7 – Leigh to Carnforth – 67 miles – (12/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 14th August 2023
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Day 7 – Half Way There – living on a prayer! (12/08/23) We left Leigh with the weather grey but dry; we know we are likely to get wet at some point today.   The day’s journey threads between Bolton & Horwich, directly through Ryal Fold (for the first Tea Stop), around Blackburn, into Slaidbank…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 6 – Shrewsbury to Leigh – 79 miles – (11/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 14th August 2023
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Day 6 – Sunshine & Smiles (11/08/23) Leaving Shrewsbury we again had the fortune of beautiful, lovely, sunny weather. The day’s route to Leigh, just to the West of Manchester, took us briefly in-and-out of Clwyd – Wales and up through Cheshire and into Lancashire.                    …

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 5 – Hereford to Shrewsbury – 74 miles – (10/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 14th August 2023
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Day 5 – The Beautiful UK (10/08/23) So once again we were blessed with wonderful weather and the day’s route took us through some really nice scenery; it’s a great way to see and appreciate beautiful parts of the UK away from Motorways and main roads. Yesterday we crossed the Severn Bridge and rode through…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 4 – Wookey Hole to Hereford – 76 miles – (09/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 10th August 2023
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Day 4 – Gorges, Bridges & Rivers (09/08/23) Beautiful weather; a much sunnier start to the day.   7 miles in and we have the mighty Cheddar Gorge; a beautiful looking piece of landscape.         We happened to bump into a crew taking pictures for the new kit to be launched by…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 3 – Bovey Tracey to Wookey Hole – 87 miles – (08/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 9th August 2023
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Day 3 – Kelly wears ‘The Jersey’ (08/08/23) So day three started a little grey with the weather not as good as we might have hoped. One major climb in the middle of the day, just before lunch, really took it out of us, but it was only one of three climbs so you would…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 2 – St. Austell to Bovey Tracey – 77 miles – (07/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 8th August 2023
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Day 2 – Roads, Ferries & ‘A Brew in Looe’ (07/08/23) Well they said today was going to be tough and they did not lie.   Unfortunately we started off the day with a mechanical issue which meant that Kelly had to be transferred to one of the spare bikes; this is not ideal as…

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LEJOG 2023 – DAY 1 – Land’s End to St. Austell – 60 miles – (06/08/23)

Published by: B&D Plastics at 7th August 2023
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Day 1 – .ST. Michael’s Mount and a nice cup of Tea (07/08/23) ….and we’re off!!!!   Day one went really well. If the first day of a 14 day adventure could be scripted then this was it. The weather was amazing with a light wind, blue sky and sunshine.            …

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LEJOG 2023 – Supporting The British Heart Foundation

Published by: B&D Plastics at 3rd August 2023
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LEJOG 2023 “Bottom to Top” – Supporting The British Heart Foundation On Sunday 6th August two of our B&D team members, Helen Arnold & Kelly Phillips, will embark on a “Lands End to John O’Groates” cycle ride – LEJOG Bottom to Top!   This brave and adventurous 1009mile/1624 km trip will be achieved in 14…

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B&D Plastics exhibiting at CHEMUK 2023

Published by: B&D Plastics at 5th May 2023
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CHEMUK 2023

B&D Plastics will be exhibiting at the forthcoming CHEMUK Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham on 10th & 11th May 2023.
B&D have been making preparations ahead of next week’s CHEMUK exhibition with a trial run of a new eye-catching Display.

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Safi valves supplied by B&D for waste water system

Published by: B&D Plastics at 17th May 2021
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A classic example of B&D’s technical assistance adding tangible value to an end-user was in evidence as we were presented with a challenge to replace some valves by one of our water utility customers.

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