Eden Project to Mortonhanpstead 61 milesWell was never going to be an easy day.The route book said hard, Martin said hard and Strava said 6000+ ft of climbing.We departed from the container at 0730.As we left Steve found that the remote handset was for the noisy air con and not the TV, shame as it was somewhat annoying.The Cornish hills seemed never ending and a break in Looe was most welcome. The coffee stop at a bakery was great value, especially the Chelsea bu...

Penzance to Eden Project, near St AustellDistance 51 miles The YHA was seemingly full of French cyclists who also had breakfast at 0730. Still made us feel young as against the previous day when we were by far the oldies.Got some lunch in Tesco, no Waitrose around here, then an easy cycle round the bay past St Michael's Mount. However once away from the coast the route became "Undulating". Around every bend seemed to be a steep hill so we learnt to change...

Today was always going to be gentle.After an early breakfast we were on the road to Lands End just after 8am.Even so the A30 was busy and not great to cycle on.If was very quiet when we arrived at LE and Steve persuaded the photo booth chap to take a picture of us with the famous sigpost in the background for free.An enjoyable wander around in the sunshine and we set off away from LE.Not before doing a geocache, found by Steve. No more until JoG.We took the long...

Finally after many months planning and even more hours spent in the saddle it's time to go.We had to go a day earlier than originally planned due to bike on train issues.Beth kindly did a photo shoot before Lyn drove Steve and myself to Swindon station.Apart from a mad dash at Taunton when changing trains, the journey to Penzance was uneventful.Finding the YHA was not so straightforward, eventually found it, checked in and cycled back into the town for food a...

Leaving our lovely apartment early we managed to see a few of the standard distance triathletes cycling past as we headed to the station. Other triathletes were manoeuvring there bikes through the station and making the short trip to the airport. The airport was very busy but although the flight was a bit delayed we arrived with the bike back in one piece in London, and we even managed to get past Oxford without too much trouble. Lisbon had been a great destinati...