Day one got off to a very antisocial start as my alarm went off at 5.15am! Caroline very kindly gave a lift to my chariot that was Ian and his daughter... By 6.15am we were packed and leaving Warminster! We had breakfast just outside Honiton at an imitation grotty Little Chef which served us a hearty breakfast for the day ahead! I wish that I could say that the rest of the journey was uneventful but that would be lieing! At our chosen overnight spot of Launceston the support wagon lost power and we were struggling to find garage that was open! Eventually we stumbled upon one and the very kind Cornish gents sorted us out and we were on our way!
We got to Land's End 2 hours late but managed to get the obligatory picture taken and off we set! The A30 was our chosen route for the day, a very fast and dangerous road! A light bit of rain and 77 miles later we arrived at our destination! Tommy-two dinners lived up to his name and demolished a steak and a half!!!
This is only half a blog as i'musing my iPhone but as soon as I have wi-fi again,I shall fill you in on the details
Tomorrow- Weston beckons!
Take care and please keep donating!!
TK x
The full blog!
I finally have internet and here's the backdated blog!
We started off from Land's End at around 2pm and cycled along the very dangerous A30. Andy and I stopped to wait for Ian and whilst were weren't looking Ian cycled past. We kept waiting for a while and then decided to cycle back a half mile and look for him. After not finding him, we phoned him to find that he was several miles in front! It took us some time but we finally caught up with hime and we took to the dual carriageways!
Whilst on the dual carriageway we were negotiating roadworks and Ian did a decent David Attenborough impersonation by heading up the embankment but thankfully at no cost to his health.
After numerous hours cycling it slowly started raining and we finished the day in dark and rainy conditions.
We finally made our over-night stop and very quickly found Jim Morrison of Kidney Research UK who was there to find out a bit more about us. He was a very nice guy who kindly bought us a drink each and provided us with advertising paraphanalea. A nice steak followed and an early bed.....
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