01 July 2019

Stage 1 complete

Our first day went according to plan. We spent 7 hours on trains, we arrived at Penzance station at around 15:00 in glorious sunshine. Quick spray of SPF30 and then set off on the A30 to Lands End. This was the most direct route but fairly busy and not great for cyclists. We soon arrived at Lands End, took some photos and filled out our entry forms and signed the guestbook at the Lands End hotel.



Now the real riding begins so we set our Garmin's using preprogrammed GPX files which took us on the NCN route 3 rather than the A30. This was a slightly longer route back to Penzance and then north to Hayle but much quieter and enjoyable cycling.

We arrived at our overnight stop, the Tamarisk guest house around 18:30. We found a beefeater restaurant 5 minutes walk from the B&B, ate a decent meal and then called it a night 😴
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1 comment:

  1. Unknown01 July, 2019 17:29

    Glad the trip has got off to a good start. What you're doing is truly amazing and I wish you both all the best. It's great being able to catch up on your progress through this blog

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