Apologies for my lack of updates.
Reasons as follows.
1. Poor phone reception
2. Late arrival times
3. Being completely mentally knackered.
Day 2
Lands end - Treyanon Bay (padstow)
60 tough miles up the beatiful cornish coast. Lovely weather. This was supposed to be any easy day. After yesterdays late finish it was anything but. After a hefty breakfast in the b & b it was down to lands end for the obligatory photos and Is this it remarks we were off on our quest. Lands end is neither the most southerly point in Britain or the westerly point in Britain but it is the most south westerly point in Britain. Which therefor qualifies it as our official starting point on our end to end challnge.
What I thought was going to be an easy day bimbling around the ports and coves of Cornwall instead turned into the toughest single days cycling I have ever done (on the road) and it put into perspective how easy Manchester-Blackpool was the previous week. With the 55 miles in my legs from the night before and more mechanical issues with broken driveside spokes ( the ones on the side with the rings on the back wheel) and repeated climbs the equivalent of interval training up monks road about 40 times. I was getting a taste of what I had let myself in for.
There were plenty of good moments. Nice cycle repair people at the coast to coast trail hire shop where you could imbibe cool cider as you waited for you bike to be fixed and arriving at the beatiful treyanon bay youth hostel around 7.45pm. In what could only be described as the most beatiful location in the world.
In reality though I suffered quite a bit today and it's back to the well worn maxim of one day at a time from now onwards me thinks
good night
Well done to the 3 of you! See you all soon in Patterdale.
ReplyDeleteLinda and I went up to see the 3 intrepid cyclists this weekend and were lucky enough to see them outside the Kirkstone Inn as they topped out of the Struggle from Ambleside. We had a meal with Neil in Patterdale later and he updated us with his news. All 3 seem in good spirits, despite minor setbacks, in the face of the daunting challenge they have taken on. They are well on schedule despite some very long days in the saddle and are en route off to Dumfries as I post this. Neil apologised for his lack of blogging and hopes to find more time later in his trip
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