Every year Adventure Syndicate directors Lee and Jenny ride North in a straight line for five days and encourage schools, workplaces and individuals to Match the Miles. This year, between 27th April - 1st May 2020 they’ll be riding 825 off-road miles, from The Peak District - Cape Wrath, the most west northerly point in the UK.

On their journey the pair will carry a GPS tracking device that will represent them as a moving dot in real time on the map below. By signing up to this challenge either as an individual, a small team (under15) or a large team (over15) you will also be represented on this map using miles you collectively upload that week by way of a unique upload code that your team will be given by email.

While Lee and Jenny will be focussing on encouraging ten schools across Scotland to increase their levels of active travel to and from school, this year we are also opening up the challenge to work places, clubs and individuals too.

Ultimately this is a race the length of the country with prizes for different categories and a separate inter-schools race but every miles counts so no one should feel as though they can’t contribute.

In the past schools have followed Jenny and Lee online while collectively matching their daily mileage using indoor trainers, by performing laps of the school grounds, running bike clubs and by travelling to and from school by bike.

Any active mile travelled counts (whether cycled, walked, run or scooted) and will be offset against the number in your team so rankings remain fair. A live leaderboard hosted here will calculate your placing throughout the week.

Please register your workplace or school and we will send you all the details you need to be part of this exciting challenge. Complete the form below, or this link on a tablet or smart phone: https://goo.gl/forms/mR5qFjM2vIIuY7hJ3

Help us to understand how many people are going to Match the Miles in 2019. We love to know where and how you are doing this.

After Match the Miles Challenge in 2019, the winner of the school competition will win an overnight backpacking expedition for eight selected pupils.

Our backpacking expeditions aim to engage selected teenage girls who would otherwise not choose to take part in physical activity.

The Adventure Syndicate School Project Team (Lee, Jenny, Kate and some incredible freelance staff) meet regularly with participating schools to:

  • Inspire pupils with tales of our adventures through film showings and talks at schools assemblies.

  • Challenge the entire school to participate in our national Match the Miles* campaign.

  • Encourage all pupils to feel capable of more than they think they are by teaching camp craft activities and delivering bike skills and maintenance sessions.

  • Enable a smaller group of eight teenage girls to change their relationship to outdoor adventurous exercise permanently, resulting in improved levels of self-esteem, resilience and confidence that will last them a lifetime.

Last month a school specific Match the Miles happened when Jenny and Lee rode from Inverness - Galashields via the Cairngorms and right through storm Gareth!! After a fantastic welcome by Gala Academy, seven students and two teachers joined The Adventure Syndicate and Go Where Scotland for their first ever bikepacking trip and overnight in a bothy.

#kinlochbervie welcomed The Adventure Syndicate with open arms this morning 🤝 Primary and secondary came together at this very special little school to find about about #matchthemiles... they may be wee but they packed a punch 👊👊 were gonna have o
#bikelife perhaps the simplest life of all 🥰 from the 13-17th May we'll be spending 5days on our bikes riding from Cape Wrath the top west point of Scotland and travelling 500 off-road miles south until we reach the English Border. Get involved and
“...and there was this woman who took a pony over all the high passes in Wales.” “Was is hairy?” “Well...it had a mane and stuff” #funnierwithfriends #bikepacking #capewrathtrail
The beautiful Bealach Na Ba is hill of choice for @leecraigie_ and @jennygrahamis_ ‘s #everesting - 7 laps in 7.5 hours - they’ve passed half way! 🙌🙌 #taseveresting #hells500 #everesting #theonlywayisup #upupup #smashingit #snackhardrid
This weekend new friendships were made. A team of 12 including staff and pupils from Gala Academy, Lee and Jenny from The Adventure Syndicate and Aneela and Elissa from Go Where Scotland came together for a #bikepacking adventure in the Scottish Bord
Time for another #bikepacking adventure this time with ⁦‪@Gala_Academy‬⁩ It’s around this age that physical activity drops off in young women but what if we reframe it? Who doesn’t want to go on an adventure? ⁦
Divided wins Best Bike Film @shefadvfilmfest #bmcshaff ! Win a showing in your school or workplace by entering our #matchthemiles challenge this May. Link in bio.
So #galaacademy did us proud. They racked up 720 miles while @jennygrahamis_ and @leecraigie_ rode 220 between Inverness and the borders. They arrived to a hero’s welcome but the hero’s were already in Galashiels. Thanks so all the staff

As you can see below, in 2018, the participating schools didn't just match our miles they smashed our miles!