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14/08/2011 00:00
  First of all, an update on my last day in Cornwall; when I checked out of the B&B in St. Ives, The Tregony guest house, the owners knocked a very generous £20 off my bill asking me to add it to the charity donations, Thanks very much for that. I then set off on my bike to ride the 8 miles to...

Day 15 - Padstow to Land’s End; I can't go any further without getting wet!

06/08/2011 23:00
 Well, I made it but only just  - what a day! There was a steep hill to ascend as soon as I turned onto the road from the hotel and that proved to be a taste of things to come. I have read other cyclists blog's about how difficult the Devon, and particularly Cornish, hills are to...

Day15 The End has landed

06/08/2011 16:30
    6th August 2011. 4.30 pm - I'm finished and absolutely blogered.  

Day 14 - Crediton to Padstow - Cornwall, the final frontier

05/08/2011 00:00
 Who'd have thunk it, there's a chance I might just do this thing. All through this trip I've upheld a self-imposed curry ban, I'm sure I don't need to go into the reasons why, well last night I broke the ban. In for a penny, in for a pound, if I can cope with the Herefordshire and Devon...

Day 13 - Cheddar to Crediton - Nearly near the end

04/08/2011 00:00
 When I sat having breakfast this morning the sound of the rain on the roof of the conservatory was deafening. By the time I set off at around 9.30 am it had slackened to a torential downpour. This was to be a geriatric morning (wet and windy). Unlike yesterday, I had a few miles to warm up...

Day 12 - Hay on Wye to Cheddar - Cheese soufle

03/08/2011 00:00
 When I checked out of the B&B this morning, the owner knocked £5 off the bill and asked me to donate it to the charity, very nice of him, thank you. Within half a mile of setting off I had started to climb a hill. it was a hill that I knew was on my itinerary and that it would be a...

Day 11 - Criggion to Hay on Wye - Wrestling with the dragon

02/08/2011 00:00
Today I've been cycling on roads very similar to the 2nd half of yesterday, small, traffic free 'B' roads with just the occasional and brief foray onto 'A' roads. There were numerous junctions to negotiate and if it wasn't for my satnav the journey would have taken twice as long. As predicted, the...

Day 10 - Bolton to Criggion - Oh no, not those frogs again!

01/08/2011 00:00
 Yes, today was another tough one, the first few miles to Warrington were generally down hill but as I headed towards Frodsham the hills started to appear. None of them were that significant on their own but they kept coming, lots of them, then some more, followed by even more. I left Bolton...

Day 9 Bolton - Bolton

31/07/2011 00:00
Rest Day

Day 8 - Ambleside to Bolton – Riding with the real stars

30/07/2011 00:00
 No, I didn’t have my music playing, today I had the pleasure of cycling with some friends.   I would have preferred to stay in a B&B at Ambleside but when I tried to book everywhere required a minimum 2 nights stay, I was therefore left with little option but to book-in at the...
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