Introduction and Daily Route Links

Follow the progress of our team of 4 cyclists: Alastair Lefley, Paul Forshaw, Tom Forshaw and Wallace Ascham.


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Sunday 19 June 2011

115 miles today

Well today we took a wrong turning and ending up visiting Weston Super Mare en-route. So that added an extra 10 miles. But ,we've arrived in Portishead at the end of day 2!

(Must get some pictures to you later.)

We've had a few interesting moments each morning. Everyone seems to disappear for a private ASSOS-cream moment. If you don't know what ASSOS is, look it up, and laugh.

Today started with the most fantastic tour over the top of Dartmoor. We were all at our fittest and flew along. After Dartmoor we then enjoyed the mostly flat terrain for a long long way north. Paul was the unlucky one who had to keep stopping for ponies and sheep.

Kathy, our first, and fantastic support driver, has now set off home. Kathy, from ALL of us, a thousand thanks.

We have eaten many many cakes and pasties. It is great being able to eat eat eat as much as you like. But, even then, it is not enough. In Lostwithiel, when we were exhausted, before eating our specially baked pasties, the cafe served up "Gentleman's Tea" - coffee + two cakes. (Or, in Tom's case, orange-and-mascarpone milk shake.)

Very long day on Saturday

Saturday proved a very long day up through the many hills of Cornwall. We arrived at our hotel after 9pm, and by the time we'd eaten, had little energy left to blog.

More later...