Day 1 "The Big Dipper"

So finally the time had come to begin our voyage, we were up for breakfast at 07:00, and left the hotel at 07:45. Arriving at Lands End (which was closed) at 09:00. We managed to sneak through and took the obligatory pictures, but without the sign! We then had to find the only building open (a hotel) to stamp our tracker!

The weather was lovely yesterday, but as we set off from Lands End at 09:30 the rain began to move in, and did so for about 8 miles! I mentioned yesterday the the locals call the A30 "The Big Dipper" and we soon found out why! For every downhill section their is a bigger, longer uphill section (or so it felt!) Bikes and equipment were all in good working order, and we ventured out of Cornwall and into Devon, the weather had started to pick up now. This saw the first incident of the day as I (Tim) came to a stop I forgot about my cleats and subsequently fell into the grass verge on the A30! As we set back off down a lovely down hill section, the envitable uphill section was next, and guess who fell here! Yes, Frank! causing no injury at first, although as the day has gone on we are discovering more and more!

While all this was going on we sent Bazza to buy lunch (from Tescos!) at 12:30 we met Bazza in a layby and soon ate everything barry had provided! We arranged the next meeting point to be Launceston (our final Destination!) We continued our ride along the Big Dipper, enjoying the beautiful scenery the South West has to offer! As we came over another hill, we saw a burger van! and a cup of tea was required. We soon drank the tea and continued on our quest. A few miles down the road, Frank heard a loud bang, and yes, his rear tyre had burst! out came the phone and the emergency call to Superman Bazza was made. Within minutes Barry was on the scene with the spare, and a pit stop was made (Brawn GP would have been proud!) We then sent Bazza to get the tyre repaired and we continued on our journey.

The sign post all had Launceston on, and as the time passed by, the miles to Launceston didn't seem to come down. Eventually after 9.5 hours after leaving Lands End, we arrived at Launceston, just as the rain started pouring.

And so we arrived at our Plymouth hotel, we have jsut had dinner (10:30) and now it is time for a long hot bath! and up at 06:00 tomorrow!!

Distance Travelled: 79 miles
Journey Commenced 09:30
Journey Finished 19:00

Penzance 10:00
Truro 12:20
Bodmin 16:00

Incidents:
Tim 1 fall
Frank 1 fall and a puncture.

More pictures in the slide show or visit: http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww205/AGend2end/