Lands End - Sun 28th July

 Tracy's blog.  

So today was travelling day. We set off at 8am with Mum and Dad, us, 2 bikes, 4 panniers and overnight bags all squeezed inside our Fiat Doblo. Actually, there was still room to spare... sort of.  Although Dad did kind of have a saddle in his face for much of the journey!

We had a very good run down, traffic surprisingly light and arrived in Lands End to beautiful sunny weather and fantastic views. The Lands End hotel is very luxurious (robes and slippers no less!) and we enjoyed a wander around the attractions  in the glorious sunshine with a fun game of mini golf (thrashed by Dan 😡). We finished with drinks in the sunshine on the cliff top terrace with beautiful views of the Atlantic and a lovely meal (albeit a bit pricey but that's Lands End for you).  First time I've been to Lands End and it wasn't blowing a gale.

We all got excited about an object splashing in the water offshore - pretty large, dolphin? basking shark? A rare humpback whale? What a start to our trip! Oh, wait a minute, it's a rock.

All this makes me wonder what on earth l am doing! From tomorrow, all rest and relaxation is out the window for the next 15 days.... Oh well, too late to back out now! I was very conscious of the succession of hill after hill after hill as we drove through Cornwall. For the next 2 days I will be cycling back through Cornwall, more or less the same route,but taking 2 days instead of 2 hours. And it's going to be a lot harder on the bike! Still, the weather looks like it will be kind to us for a couple of days, perhaps even a bit too warm, but I'll take a couple of wind free days. 

So all set for a relatively early night and trying not to dream about all those hills....

miles ridden 0

Cake of the day: none (disappointed!)

Tracy whinge factor 0/10 (probably for the last time)