Day 3

The luxury of a car trip started the day as Nick brought Richard back to Wadebridge. He stopped off at the Post Office to get a stamp on his "official" Lands End to JOG form; you have to get 6 "proper" stamps from places along the way to prove you're not cheating. Signatures don't count but Richard has collected a couple of those too.

This was a tough day, with even more hills; Richard admired Launceston and Okehampton as he passed through. I drove down to meet up with him but sadly the M5 was a car park and the diversion off it that I took didn't help much so sadly I didn't get to catch him along the way, a particular shame as by mid afternoon, the hills were proving hard work physically and mentally.

A couple of amusing stories...he got stuck down a country lane with a farmer herding sheep; how rustic! Anyway as they walked behind the flock they got talking and the farmer gave him all the money he had on him...£1.20...for Parkinsons (though he did invite Richard back to the farm house to pick up more, but that was about 3 miles in the wrong direction so he declined!).

Richard also bumped into his first " end to ender" (someone else doing the trip); this poor chap was camping and had tons of gear to cart along. He asked Richard to sign his map as a souvenir, and he did the same to Richard's, quite a nice touch.

The B & B at Crediton was interesting! Independently SAT NAV and Multi map took us both separately into the depths of a council estate on the top of a hill...rather confusing when it was meant to be a farm house. To add insult to injury it also started to rain. Richard finally got there first (I had taken the dog on to Dartmoor for a quick walk on the moor) and rang and rang at the door, no answer. Eventually it was opened slowly in an Adams Family kind of way! The poor dog was very confused when Richard came down the stairs when we got there.

Excellent pub meal at the Rose and Sceptre, Newton St Cyres.