Saturday Sept 8th 2007 8.30am
Doron and I arrived in Penzance last night and, keen as mustard ,cycled 8 miles to Lands End for the obligatory photo shot this morning. Stretched well and got the bikes organised.
Weather dewy at first but promising to be fine if a bit cloudy today, couldn't be better.
We were not deterred only disappointed when we found that they take the special signposts away overnight and don't put them back up till 10am. Couldn't possibly contain the enthusiasm till then so made do with other photos and you will have to believe it was Lands End!!
Set off for St Just to find a bike shop to pump up the tyres and then we were really on our way.
For a city boy today was a rural education. At St Ives a cow attacked Doron as we chatted with the farmer who was driving his herd along the road. It headbutted his bike fairly robustly but fortunately didn't take a fancy to him. Further along I was seen off by a sheep dog that thought I might be upsetting its flock. I rode through something called a 'cowpat'...really began to feel part of rural England.
But the real highlight of the day was not 1,2 or 3 and not even 4 but
5 punctures. The last one just 4 miles from our destination! At the B and B we had our first break, the owner Carl knew all about punctures and took pity on me. Thanks to his help I was able to get roadworthy again for the morning.
Route
Against alot of advice we took the A30 and it was horrid! Hadn't realised it was such a main route, dual carriageway and very unpleasanr route, after 15 mile son it we headed into the lanes of Cornwall and made our way via to Bodmin
Statistics
Miles today 86.9
Miles so far 86.9
Time in the saddle 5hours 23minutes
Average speed 12.3mph
Maximum speed 32.6mph (downhill!)
Found that 2 pints of Cornish Coaster and a chinese takeaway revived us. Must find a cycle shop tomorrowto get some more spares!
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