Day 1

Apologies for the lack of a proper day 0 entry.. No signal at all could be had at our hotel in Sennen Cove.

We set off from Land's End later than planned, but the mist was starting to burn off and it became a nice day with a light tailwind for most of it.

On the drive down, I managed to scare myself a little looking at the hills we'd have to ride back up. And make no mistake, today was the hardest and hilliest day of the whole route. But I made it, even the really nasty climb up to Okehampton on the A30, just.

The Project Mobility land rover "Nellie" is already becoming our favourite sight as she sits in a layby for us to refuel and have a quick break.

Saw a load of people starting off this morning, I hope they all had a good day of riding, we know 4 did as they arrived at the travelodge at the same time as we did (from a different direction, and they set out about 40 mins before us from LE.

Pretty tired now, we've eaten and are back in the room winding down after a pretty successful Day 1. P's new bike has been amazing and a real step up in comfort levels with geometry and position. And my new rear cassette , with it's 30 tooth sprocket, has been a godsend (my "mountain" gear) and I needed it a few times today..

Easier start tomorrow as we don't need to transfer the bikes anywhere first, so it will be up, and eat, and out.

Thanks for your support, either here, on twitter, Facebook or the lovely people on the road who've asked us abut what we are doing and why... Night all.