The day dawned...after quite a sleepless night! Richard left at 7.00 to pick up Nigel and they headed off for the easy bit..train to Penzance! I was able to text Sophie's GCSE results to Richard on the way. Auspicious to send him on his way with good news.
The first stage of the ride was hilly, as expected...very hilly, but thankfully still no rain, and interesting stuff on the way included disused tin mines.
Now ensconsed at Nanterrow Farm B & B at Hayle near St Ives on a working farm; Linda, the landlady greeted them with tea and cake and has given them a lift from to and from the pub! Thanks Linda & Glyn!
Richard commented that it was all quite surreal, like when you go somewhere famous for the first time, that's it's as you expect. He had planned this...train ,then to Lands End then off, and it was just as expected. I think that's good! By the way, very limited bike spaces on a great big Great Western train that had to be pre-booked months ahead; well done to GW for joined up transport solutions..NOT.
Anyway, having never blogged before, bear with me; I may have got the hang of this by the end of the trip!
21/8/08
Apparently the weather got worse and worse on the journey but thankfully once the ride from the station to Land's End started (about 12 miles) they were in the dry. Land's End was a bit of a theme park; in true RW tradition Richard refused to stump up cash to have his name put on the signpost to John O'Groats...but had pics taken near it!!!
Hopefully he may be able to download pics tomorrow. Going to the Land's End hotel was interesting where you sign a book and get a stamp to prove where you started. There were 5 or 6 people setting off today, on foot, bike and motor bike (easy life). Lots of emotional messages about people's motivations too. Richard has the Parkinsons logos on his paniers and people were coming up and saying "well done" and asking questions.
The first stage of the ride was hilly, as expected...very hilly, but thankfully still no rain, and interesting stuff on the way included disused tin mines.
Now ensconsed at Nanterrow Farm B & B at Hayle near St Ives on a working farm; Linda, the landlady greeted them with tea and cake and has given them a lift from to and from the pub! Thanks Linda & Glyn!
Richard commented that it was all quite surreal, like when you go somewhere famous for the first time, that's it's as you expect. He had planned this...train ,then to Lands End then off, and it was just as expected. I think that's good! By the way, very limited bike spaces on a great big Great Western train that had to be pre-booked months ahead; well done to GW for joined up transport solutions..NOT.
Anyway, having never blogged before, bear with me; I may have got the hang of this by the end of the trip!
21/8/08
2 comments:
Thanks for posting the first day's progress report. Great to hear that it was a good start to the trip.
Poor Penny, off to Nirvana now to relax following a hectic day of blog updating!
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