So with the kind of casual disregard to planning that you would expect from all of us, we have ended up in a remote campsite about a mile from Crediton. No showers, no power, but a fabulous view, as we sit in the sunshine, listening to the gentle sound of a river running by. By this you will have worked out that we have no signal to connect the laptop to the internet, so once again this has to be typed on the tiny BlackBerry keyboard, and once again we are unable to update the map.
We left Newquay this morning at 09:00 and set off first to Bodmin, where we passed a sign warning us to mind the blind cat. Between Bodmin and Launceston we caught up with a large group of cyclists who were planning to get to JOG by saturday, we stayed with them for a while before they slowed down and we cracked on to Launceston. As we arrived in town a photographer stepped out into the road and started taking photos of us, it all seemed a little surreal, until we found out the group that we had cycled with were meeting the mayor.
We lunched in Launceston, then bashed on to Okehampton on quiet A roads, which continued the theme of the day, which was up down, up down, up down. We arrived in the camp site at 16:00 and are currently waiting for Rob to get back from the shops with some onions. Discovery of the day, yesterday was that cheap wine tastes better chilled (the only bottle they had in the shop was in the fridge, and if red wine is good enough for cyclists on the Tour de France then it is good enough for top athletes like us).
The photo in this posting is of the three of us leaving the campsite in Newquay this morning. Alan would like you all to take particular note of his belly, which he believes will be shrinking considerably over the next ten days.
Peace
Iain, Alan and Matt
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2 comments:
Hi Mathew and Co
Good to hear that everything's going well so far. Looking forward to hearing more updates. Will be saying prayers to Madonna del Ghisallo (patron saint of cyclists). I'm afraid there isn't a patron saint of bottoms so you're on your own there, guys. Sorry.
Love from Nick, Alex and Little Nicholas
PS I told Nicholas about the 'naughty' car that tried to knock Uncle Mathew and his friends off their bikes. Nicholas wanted to know if you told him to go on his 'Time-Out Pad' (aka the naughty step).
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