Well it's our first day proper and we are all awake before 7 (all sharing one room) Not sure if it's exitement or trepidation but the start will have to wait as breakfast is not available until 8.00 am.
Well John (GOF) and I (TVR) managed to not eat a cooked breakfast but Eddie (CFE)has no willpower. These young uns!
Well wheels were ready to roll at 08.58 and with a cheery "Nice and steady - watch those wheels" we were off. Only 73 miles today, a mere walk in the park although we were concious that Cornwall and Devon are the toughest - according to experienced End to Enders.
The weather was overcast but quite humid so bare legs and arms were displayed from the tough Scottish contingent. The southern softy decided that arm warmers would be prefered! The early ride was comfortable so we stopped in Truro and no expense was spared for lunch as we sat in the square eating sandwiches and drinking coffee - John did comment that the coffee tasted of pisch. Not sure what that means! Is it a Scottish delicacy?
In Truro TVR decided to invest in a wing mirror cause it looked cool (and both the others had one!)
The second half of the ride proved tougher as the panniers seem to gain weight - what's that all about?
As we approached Launceston we were counting down the mile markers, 20, 10, 8, 7, 7, 7 were we not going to arrive? 4 and 2,
Anyway we made it to Launceston at 18:14 and in desperate need of a shower, food and drink but not necessarily in that order.
The garmin advises we have cycled 82.7 miles and cycled up 1754 meters in 7 hours 5 minutes although we have been on the road 9 hours 16 minutes.
Such was the eurphoria of our tight little group we all agreed that we must do it again sometime. Oh yes we are - tomorrow!
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