Saturday 19 July 2014
The End and the Beginning
So here we are, Land's End at last. Much to my surprise, everything fitted into the car and the bike rack stayed attached during an eight and a half hour drive from home (I had to stop at Fleet to make sure; see below). The weather was truly biblical on the way,with extremely heavy rain and lightning tempered with glorious sunshine by the time we reached the Land's End Hotel. For those interested we took the M3/A303/A30 route with the usual hold ups near Stonehenge. Dinner was excellent, given the somewhat tacky surroundings of the tourist trap shops and "King Arthur 4D Experience featuring Brian Blessed". A group of cyclists arrived at the same time as we did, having done the JOGLE; it was interesting to see how utterly destroyed they looked, and to wonder what state I will be in in ten days time. Almost time for sleep now; my bike is where it should be, in the room, shorts are to hand for the morning, and all there is to do now is sleep and face what tomorrow will bring.
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Good luck Sean! As I'm writing this you are probably crunching out your first miles on the road already. Hope the weather holds for you; its looking ok so far in sunny West Molesey. Great to hear all your preparations went well, and hope you didn't forget the vaseline!! I am going out for a measly 90 minute cycle with one of my clients this morning along the tow path, but will be thinking of you. With Beccy and Romeo the Fox in your support crew you cant help but succeed and make it in one piece. Look forwards to reading news of Day 1 later on. Go for it!! Boosty
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