Day 1 Lands End to St Newlyn East 60 miles

1. Alison and I travelled down to Lands End on Thursday night and stayed near Sennan cove. Friday morning the day of departure dawned and it was raining hard as I set out from Land's End. It was not just light showers but the heavy stuff. It felt sad to say goodbye to Alison as I headed out along the hilly coast to Zennor and then Penzance. The coast line was shrouded in mist and as I ate a cerial bar about 10 miles out I could not in my wildest imagination think that I would ever get to John O Groats a 1000 miles away! I then heard a Cuckoo and that lifted my spirits and I set out on the road again. From Penzance to Cambourne I got seriously lost on a cycleway and ended up going round in circles and did an "extra" 8 miles in the pouring rain. I sheltered under  a railway bridge and took stock of the situation. Eventually the sun broke through and I headed via Redruth to St Newlyn East. The road turned out to be a roller coaster with long ups and downs. I eventually arrived in sunshine about 5pm and decided to have a shower to clean the brake water stains off my leg. I could not work out how to get the shower hot and the cold water nearly took my breath away. Eventually I got it warm and dissapeared down the pub for some food and a pint. All in all a successful day!