Things started off badly, Emily managed to fall off her bike before we'd even left the carpark at home. Ollie found it hilarious and started a 'Toeclip Tumble Tally'! Emily assured him this was a total waste of time as there definitely wouldn't be any further tumbles to add to the tally (it hurt a lot!!)
Things improved significantly on the train when (to our bewilderment) we were upgraded to 1st class and spent the journey eating as many complimentary biscuits and drinking as much complimentary coffee as we could. 6 hours and 7 or 8 visits to the loo later we arrived at Penzance. A friendly passer by asked where we were off to and Emily smugly answered "John O'Groats!". Enjoyed that.
Cycled the 10 miles to Land's End, needing the loo all the way, we couldn't see much at the famous landmark in the heavy mist but took the obligatory photos and visited their toilets. A lady randomly handed us a tenner for Save the Children, which was unexpected!
And so it began, with over 1,000 miles in front of us we crossed the start line. Despite the forecasts, the weather held and we had a good journey along the coast to Marazion, the place for our 1st night stop. It was only 2 miles further up the road that "navigator" Ollie realised this! We retraced our steps to Marazion where the steep drive to our B&B took Em by surprise, ending her day as it started - on her butt! TTT=2. Emily not impressed. We really need to get lost and fall off less or this is going to be very long and painful!
20 down, 1,030 miles to go, Looking forward to what will likely be the hardest day of our lives tomorrow...
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Location:Tiverton,United Kingdom
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