we arrived on time and the weather was unexpectedly lovely, we even had to crack open the suncream. Unfortunately we also had to make an emergency stop to the local bike shop, my pedal had been broken by my last minute service at another shop the previous day. never mind the guys in the penzance shop were really helpful and friendly and we were back on the road about an hour after the train arrival.
About 12 very hilly miles later we got to Land's End, it was beautiful you could see for miles, we took a few pictures and chatted to guy who had just finished a heavily detoured JOGLE. he had been on his own since April and seemed a little bit lonely.
As it was already near 6pm we decided to head for Hayle (about 20 miles). Apart from one near death experiance with a national express coach, which i'm still not ready to talk about we got to our B&B between Hayle and St Ives. Not a bad place, clean good bike storage and the sugestion of a good full english.
we headed to St Ives for dinner, along the beach; again some stunning views. Sorry no camera though, so no pictures of this. A good meal at a posh burger place and a longish walk back and its game over.
Julian's statoids - day one
Distance: 18.82 miles
Top Speed: 35mph
Average speed: 14.7mph
Ride Time (in the saddle):1.16 hours
calories burned - 1100
Terrain - very hilly
One broken bike pedal
One Near Death Experience
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