We are currently recovering in a steamy hotel room (Premier Inn) in Liskeard praying that our stuff gets dry overnight. Sarah is lying on the floor with her legs up the wall. Perhaps this and the recovery skins will help.
Our route today
It all started with an overnight in Penzance, where we watched the sky turn pink over St Michaels Mount
After a short bus ride to Land's End, we spent 1 hour of adjusting bikes, bags, getting instructions and taking photos.
We started off with Maria and Lizzie, but soon got into a mini pack with Vajrin (a lung physician) and Matt (Lizzie's boyfriend). Both helped us enormously. We found it easy to ride behind Matt (who is an ex rugby player wearing pink!) in strong wind uphill.
It was quite fun, and not something we do normally. It made us quicker!
Overall day 1 was quite tough - but the weather was very good to us. We had "almost sunshine" all day.Winds were SSE so cross rather than head on! 5 hours 13 mins in the saddle, covering 74 miles.
Roads were busy, especially the A30 and A390; not our favourite cycling environment.
We are looking forward to crossing Dartmoor tomorrow, and hope the roads are quieter! Now for a slap up dinner to pile on the calories lost today. :)
Oops sorry......got ahead of myself............ well done on Day 1 and your hotel tomoz looks lovely.
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