Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day 1: Land's End to St. Agnes


Finally on our way and it feels GOOD.

In bullet form, the day went like this:
  • Departure
  • Rain
  • Mist
  • Heavy rain, leaking overshoes
  • Despair
  • Recovery
  • Good steady ride to Hayle via St. Ives
  • Pasties with friends in Hayle
  • On to St. Agnes via backache, vomit and wrong turns
  • Check in; relief
  • Great, relaxing meal in village
  • Watching (now) 'Mind of the Stalker', in a half-arsed way, in our B+B room
Some photos...

The road ahead - all 1000 miles of it:




Rain; first hill:



St.Ives:





Hayle folk:



Rosie's modified volunteer's tabard:



Once again, thanks are due to lots of people for their support - moral, practical and financial. Massive thanks to Bex and Shoes for looking after us so well in Hayle last night, and for ferrying us to the start line today. Thanks also for all the encouragement from Hayle people when we passed through on the way to St. Agnes today, and to Horrors for publicising the ride at work.

It's late (well, 10:00), we're tired and have the promise of a fantastic breakfast tomorrow as an extra incentive – if any were needed – to get some kip right now.

Same time tomorrow? Good. x

3 comments:

  1. Well this will surprise you Rosie, your first comment coming from Bree Louise :-) Glad to hear you have started your journey, and look forward to reading daily updates. Er, where's yesterdays then??

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  2. Looking forward to daily updates too! Returning home from Spain tomorrow so will sponsor you then. Hope ur ok.xxx

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  3. Thanks for making my morning a little bit better with this great article!!

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