Monday, 24 March 2008

Day One

The journey down from Manchester to Penzance took only four and a half hours in the hire car, the same distance will take us four and a half days on our bikes!

After meeting Alistair at Penzance train station, we cycled to Land's End - the starting point of our journey...

Land's End to Penzance

Distance: 15.51 miles
Time: 1 hour 37 minutes
Ave Speed: 11.6 mph
Max Speed: 39.6 mph


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After the obligatory cheesy tourist photo, we headed to Penzance. Soon after we were confronted with our first route dilema... The coast road or back along the A30?

Alistair really wanted to go along the coast road so we could visit the Minack Theatre. We climbed the huge hill only to find that it was closed! Alistair won't be making any more decisions :)

As the sun set over the sea, we cycled along the undulating road and into Penzance.


3 comments:

Ashwin said...

Good luck Lee! i hope you dont fall off your bike i was only joking! take care and hope to catch up with you in lancaster!xxx

Dianne the twist Gladwin said...

Ride 'em boys!

Ma and Pa C said...

Dave Welcome home for one night. Hope you have a good kip before you set off on the second leg and the weather is ok.Good luck to you all.Everyone is full of admiration for your achievement. Keep up the good work and don't forget to save something for your golf final. Cheers. Ma and Pa