Sunday, June 4, 2017
Land's End to Perraporth, UK
44 miles, 3,000 feet of climbing
For a day that was forecasted to be miserably rainy, it turned out to be a pretty great day! We woke up to drizzling rain in Land's End, but it stopped raining around 8:00 am, and by the time we headed out on our route, the sun was shining, the sky was blue with just a few clouds. The high temp of the day was about 65 degrees, but it was dry and mostly sunny. As cheap insurance, we carried our rain gear with us . . . just in case. It was a beautiful and hilly ride to Perranporth. Plenty of steep climbs - I found myself running out of gears more than once. I can tell it is going to take some effort to get accustomed to riding on the left side of the road. I only came close to hitting a car a couple of times today - much improved from yesterday's test ride, where it happened just about every time I made a right turn. 😳 Fortunately, the drivers here in the UK seem to be very kind, patient, and willing to share the road with cyclists.
After a glorious and challenging ride up the rugged and scenic north Cornish coast, Art & I arrived at our destination, Perraporth, at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Perranporth is a resort town with a beach and many little shops and eateries. By the time we arrived, we were hungry, so we rode to a little place in town and shared a veggie "pastie" (pronounced "PAST-ee"), which is a baked, filled pastry, a traditional fare particularly associated with Cornwall. It was quite tasty, but I'm glad we only got one pastie to share, because it was huge. Nonetheless, in accordance with our own tradition, we treated ourselves to a post-ride ice cream cone.
Tomorrow we continue our journey north to a town named Tavistock. Rain, again, is in the forecast. Maybe we can get lucky again?
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| Elevation profile of today's ride
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| Our official LEJOG tour jersey. The flags on the side panel represent the three national regions and one country we will be cycling through: Cornwall, Wales, England, and Scotland |
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| The Duke of Cornwall |
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| Biking along side the sea shore all day |
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| Cow crossing |
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| Views from the road |
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| First cappuccino stop of the tour |
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| Arrival in Perranporth - a beach town |
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| Relaxing after a tough ride with a cone of homemade ice cream |
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