After an early start leaving Joe's house from Wansted at 7:30am we cycled along the Regents canal and Victoria Pk reaching Paddington Station in good time for our journey down to Penzance.
The train was rammed and we had difficulty finding a seat, so Joe and Paul sat in the gap between the carriages,much to the annoyance of the other passengers seated in the quiet carriage with Deb and I, as they heard the whole life story of Joe's cycling history. Opposite Jayne sat a women with her fingers permanently stuck in her ears to block out his dulcet tones! One elderly women sitting at the far end of the carriage tried to slam the door to drown out his voice. Finally arriving 5 hrs later in Penzance to glorious sunshine after a wet journey down. We dropped our bags off at the B&B and soon headed down to Lands End to sign the official End to Enders book.
Had a good nights sleep, before setting off at 7:30, which turned in to 8:30 before we left! Good weather all day with no wind but plenty of Hills - we soon lost count how many times we had to climb another hill - it was challenging to say the least. The first casualty of the trip was Paulie who fell off, grazing his arms and legs, but nothp too serious. We stopped on a bridge to admire the disused tin mine at Nancey Gollem When Eric Bray called out " are you holiday?" "no" we replied, we are cycling Letjog "fantastic - let me give you some money if you are cycling for a charity" Eric soon ran up the road with a fiver - Thanks Eric he even offered us refreshments and the use of his facilities.
We continued on to have a wonderful lunch, before joining the King Harry ferry across the Falmouth estuary - unfortunately Joe and Paul didn't make it in time so the girls crossed the river without them we met another two groups doing the same journey, which we overtook and beat both teams on the distance today - hopefully we shall meet them later in the trip.
We reached our B@B at 6pm, 58 miles, 2597 calories each burnt off, taking 5 hrs 49 minutes greeted by a cream tea
We hope to update you tomorrow with more details of what the day brings, providing wifi available
Good luck for tomorrow Andy - love Deb!!
I always have to block up my ears when Joe is going on about his cycling career !
ReplyDeleteWait til you have to share a room with him. what you doing here then ??
Enjoy
We think the cream tea sounds the best bit so far!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work. Love Jackie and Paul x