E2E Day 2. We had a bit of a lumpy morning with plenty of goings up and down! Lunch was fish & chips at a little cafe on Padstow Harbour. Then we had to go onto the beach to catch the little ferry over to Rock. We stopped outside a house that had a hosepipe by the road and washed the worst of the sand off the bikes – hope they didn’t mind! Then we were off up hill again…
E2E Day 1. Land’s End Youth Hostel is a lovely house nestling just outside St Just, and the journey to it had been mainly sunny. Today however was a different matter. We were greeted by a misty morning at Land’s End itself. After that it was a constant drizzle throughout the day and sadly as a result the views were minimal. At least the wind was behind us all day and the temperatures fine, and we were thankful for that….
We got a lift to Manchester airport, flew to Exeter, taxi to the train station, train to Penzance then walked to the bike shop to collect our bikes. After pumping up the tyres, we then cycled to St Just, bought some food then cycled on to Lands End Youth Hostel. After cooking chilli for tea, we had a lovely relaxed evening ready for the big start tomorrow. You can view our E2E Day 0 route below: [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/e2e-day0.gpx”]
It’s early Monday evening, and at 6.55am tomorrow morning our End-to-End cycling adventure begins. It’s hard to believe that it is all actually going to happen. Little did I realise 3 years ago when I met up again with Ian Riley (an old friend from my teenage days) for the first time in over 20 years that eventually we would reach a day like this. He came along to one of our Stockport Community Cycling Club rides having just completed…
The E2E ride (End to End from Lands End to John o’Groats) has been meticulously planned over the last two years. With there being eight of us doing the whole ride, 1 extra going from Lands End to Cheddar and then an extra 5 from the Isle of Arran to Inverness, there are going to be quite a few folks that will need to be kept well fed. I (Sarah) have been in charge of planning the catering to ensure…
