E2E Day 4. Having cycled the toughest day yesterday in getting to Exford we set off this morning still feeling the tired legs. And it was straight in to another hill! Thankfully it was a lovely day and in between huffing and puffing of the hill climbs the scenery has been spectacular. Take a look at some of the photos below: We arrived at lunch in the Quantock Hills (the name gives it away!) rather pooped and an afternoon of…
E2E Day 3. Today was all about climbing hills! This was looking back at where we had just come! However the weather was good which meant we could see the views – which were amazing! We even went past some ponies on Exmoor which where lovely. Had a lovely meal at The Crown in Exmoor. You can view our E2E Day 3 route below: [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/e2e-day3.gpx”]
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….
With the time for us to leave on our journey almost upon us it means the deadline for us to have our routes planned and finished is almost upon us too. For some cycling touring, a flexible itinerary is possible. However when you are part of a team of eight, with limited time it is often better to have as much planned beforehand as possible, and this latter approach is what we have taken for our End-to-End. It has meant…
