Climb: 3,640 feet
Average speed: 13.59 mph
Pain ratings (out of 10)-
Adam: 3 (body still a temple)
Alan: 8 (muscle cramps)
Neil: 5 (claims the training paid off)
At long last the waiting was over- a 9am start from the Commercial Hotel in St Just (better than it sounds- beer was excellent) and in a few minutes we found ourselves face to face with the 4D interactive dinosaur hunt, dodgy signpost (£10 for a personalised photo if the bloke had been prepared to open before 10am), 70's style hotel and assorted pleasures that comprise Land's End. Obligatory photos taken we bravely headed off on our odyssey, quickly passing St Michael's Mount (so quickly that even Neil didn't take a photo) before being sucked into a series of busy roads and dual carriageways around Penzance.
What can I say about our Cornwall experience ? Well, in terms of quaint fishing villages, crusty old sea salts propping up ancient bars, Tarka the Otter etc....we didn't see any of that. We did catch a few glimpses of ruined tin mines, distant views of the hills around St Austell (before cycling up them) and the odd nice stone cottage but a lot of the time was spent on busy roads- which I think goes with the territory when cycling in Cornwall (at least when cycling in Cornwall as part of a 12 day ride to John O'Groats) . If I could get a decent mobile signal at the Premier Inn Liskeard with its splendid views over the A38 I would have treated you all to a quote from the late great Lord Denning about inland Cornwall- but the signal is rubbish so you'll need to look it up for yourselves.
Still, a serious day's cycling with some even more serious hills, rounded off with a pint before dinner....and the prospect of a much longer ride, across Dartmoor, to Tiverton tomorrow.
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