How it came about<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Emma was inspired to do this particular journey by Deb, Chloe\u2019s mum and the founder of the Chloe Smail Foundation. \u201cDeb wanted to do something epic in her daughter\u2019s memory to raise money and awareness\u201d, she explains. The monumental journey from John o\u2019 Groats to Land\u2019s End in less than 24 hours was the perfect thing. The Director of the Wolfruna Chapter, Kevin Taplin, had first met Deb at Clo-Fest (a festival for the Chloe Smail Foundation) last year, where he learnt that Deb and Chloe had gone for a ride with the Riccione Chapter in Italy. Deb told him that she was keen to go on a Harley\u00ae again, and so the idea was born of doing a ride in Chloe\u2019s honour, for charity, which could include some of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite never having done such an intense journey, Emma undertook the challenge with enthusiasm. She didn\u2019t run into any trouble organising the challenge, despite having to plan for more regular stops in the night for a warm drink to accommodate the drop in temperature. Her organisation was, in fact, adept: “I had two Sat Navs going so I was prepared just in case one failed and I knew where our planned stops would be to meet up with other H.O.G.\u00ae<\/sup> Chapters,” she tells us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When riding up to John o\u2019 Groats, Harry and Cheryl from Wolfruna rode up with the team to wave them off from their start location. “I was excited to get some miles done, as I knew the longer we\u2019d be riding for, the harder it would be,” reflects Emma. “Everything went as planned, there were no issues on the motorway or roads. However, night riding down the A69 was extremely dark and, being the ringleader, it was difficult at times to see the bikes behind me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The journey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this, the journey was a success. “The best part of the journey was riding from Thurso down to Aviemore \u2013 the roads were amazing, twisty and scenic. The type of roads I love to ride!” says Emma. She also encountered some nice surprises on the road, particularly from H.O.G. members who came out and supported them, no matter what time of the day or night it was. Emma was particularly grateful to the Dunedin Chapter and Clyde Valley Chapter, who brought the team replenishments, and is especially thankful to the Geordie Chapter, who prepared care packages for the riders, brought flowers for Deb to lay at the bridge and provided an escort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After stopping at Thurso, Aviemore, Perth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, Tebay, Wolverhampton, Warwick, Oxford, Exeter and Angarrack for the last fuel stop, the team were welcomed into Land\u2019s End with a round of beers in the sunshine, courtesy of Chloe\u2019s dad, Daz. Emma says she was surprised at how good she felt when she finished \u2013 “I didn\u2019t feel tired at all, and the weather was amazing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On reflection of her magnificent undertaking, Emma says that if she were to do it again, she would leave earlier in the day so she could get most of the riding done in the daylight. She doesn\u2019t have any more Iron Butt challenges planned at the moment, but she is considering doing the four points of the UK \u2013 a 2,000-mile journey in 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, the Wolfruna team have raised more than \u00a31,500 for The Chloe Smail Foundation, which will go towards offering support, guidance and alternative and holistic education for children and young people from all backgrounds. If you would like to contribute, donations are open through this fundraising page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A team of H.O.G. members tackled the epic End-to-End route, raising money for charity in memory of Chloe Smail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8,10],"class_list":["post-6779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-community","tag-riding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6784,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions\/6784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image0-1024x852.jpeg\")
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