Day 1 Lands End to Launceston

What a day! 80 miles in 5 and a half hours at an average of 15mph. Cornwall would be size of Australia if they ironed it flat! What a blast! My thanks to all who left best wishes - emails, texts and comments on this blog. You will not believe what a difference they make - keep them coming! Bike and rider (inc knees and bum) doing well. Presently devouring fish and chips and dehydration in a pub in Launceston. Gotta go now, sleep, then another big day to Bridgewater tomorrow. Cheers John.

It starts

It's 7am laying in b and b bed in Penzance, taxi to Lands End booked for 9am. Raining outside but forecast is quite good. Can't help but be a strange combination of nervous and excited. Fabulous train journey down but scary 4 mile cycle ride through London. More later. Cheers John