Cycling Day 1 (12.5.11) – Lands's End - Carnon Downs - 66.5 miles
When I woke at 5.30 this morning, my first thought was ‘Why are we doing this?’ Soon we had to get up and get on with it.
Left with the 7.12 am train for Penzance. One other cyclist on board. Good journey. At Penzance station organised a taxi to Land’s End. Just as well we did, the total mileage would have been too high for us.
Once at Land’s End we had a picture taken at THE Signpost. We took a picture for a group of students, who were making a short film, and they took our picture and emailed it to us. We then went to the Land’s End Hotel where we signed the visitor’s book and registered our ‘LeJog’. Papers were duly stamped, we had a coffee and off we went. Took The A30 to Penzance, it was hilly but we felt ok about it. From Penzance to Marazion, past St.Michaels Mount, then more inland to Goldsithney, Nancegollan, Porkellis, Stithians, Perranwell to Carnon Downs where we are staying. It has been a wonderful first day, a day dedicated to Michael and Alice, who both had to attend hospital. We wish them well. Some much younger cyclists passed us on a killer hill and made a joke about it as we were all pushing hard on the pedals. The joke was on the hill, not about us, I hasten to add. People respect ‘silver cyclists’! And so they should.
When I woke at 5.30 this morning, my first thought was ‘Why are we doing this?’ Soon we had to get up and get on with it.
Left with the 7.12 am train for Penzance. One other cyclist on board. Good journey. At Penzance station organised a taxi to Land’s End. Just as well we did, the total mileage would have been too high for us.
Once at Land’s End we had a picture taken at THE Signpost. We took a picture for a group of students, who were making a short film, and they took our picture and emailed it to us. We then went to the Land’s End Hotel where we signed the visitor’s book and registered our ‘LeJog’. Papers were duly stamped, we had a coffee and off we went. Took The A30 to Penzance, it was hilly but we felt ok about it. From Penzance to Marazion, past St.Michaels Mount, then more inland to Goldsithney, Nancegollan, Porkellis, Stithians, Perranwell to Carnon Downs where we are staying. It has been a wonderful first day, a day dedicated to Michael and Alice, who both had to attend hospital. We wish them well. Some much younger cyclists passed us on a killer hill and made a joke about it as we were all pushing hard on the pedals. The joke was on the hill, not about us, I hasten to add. People respect ‘silver cyclists’! And so they should.
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