The morning however, was completely unexpected, warm, sunny and the forecast had changed we were in for a dry sunny day!
I had been wanting to go for a swim ever since John'O Groats...and finally my chance had come...
Although the water was a tadge colder than I expected!
I did eventually brave it in, mainly because Joy jumped straight in.....but then again she is Scottish and used to the cold...
We returned to the B&B after the swim and had another fab cooked breakfast, I can recommend the Pengilley B&B most highly. Joy was happy as another guest commented on her sun tan!!!!
We had to load the bikes onto the car and return to our pickup point from the night before.....
I had planned a nice scenic route to Land's End but we had both decided we just wanted to get there so had no real idea exactly what distance we had to go....
We continued on the A39 until we reached Blackwater then we opted to go onto the rather faster but busier A30...
We stopped for a Philp's 'Famous Pasty' at Hayle then continued on ....The signs indicating Land's End showed a continual count down in milage...
When we got to Penzance we detoured to Marizion and to the sea front to have a look at St Michael's Mount.
The ride from Penzance was really quite nice although my emotions were very mixed, pleased that we were about to achieve but upset that it was all coming to an end....
We eventually crossed the Finish line at Land's End at 14:44 on 10/06/2009 after completing 950 miles...
We were both grinning from ear to ear.......and took lots of photo's....
We celebrated our completion with another cream tea/coke then loaded the bikes on the car and started the drive home at 5pm
After stopping for food on the way home we made it back to Wiltshire at 11:30pm......I was more worn out and tired by the drive home than I was by the cycling there!.....Thanks Joy for driving the last leg..........
The Cycle computer had the days ride as... 57.08 miles in 4 hours 27 mins
The GPS track can be found here...
1 comment:
Well, it's all over. Hope you're happy and proud. Will you be starting a new blog for the next challenge? I think that I'll keep out of the next adventure; you seem to have proven your extensive capabilities. I'm interested to see where you go next; you're a bit of a cycling Indiana Jones! Keep the wheels turning buddy.
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