TRAVEL
Travelled to Lands End-was very uneventful...that is apart from a traumatic encounter with an escalator at Liverpool Street Station and Paul getting trapped in the cycle carrage at Exeter (all will be explained later)
Paul and Han managed to pick up a fellow lejog'er at Penzance (Craig a.k.a. whipper snapper/nutter aiming to complete in 8 days 120/day with just a lonely planet guide and a tent) and Ian keeps meeting people who give him £2 whilst he is painting (they feel sorry for him). Paul has suggested that they gift aid this money...
Ian was the only one to get wet, facing the torrential downpour before the arrival of Paul and Han, but chanced upon a pair of CHI (Dads Charity-Christian Hope International) knitters from Basildon and St Ives
DAY 1
After coping with snoring fellow hostellers in the dormitory we set off at 8.30am and made our way to lands end (see pic 1) where no one was about and we had fun and games using the self timer on the camera. Off we went along the lovely country lanes in glorious sunshine with amazing clouds passing by but not dropping rain on us! Visual highlight was St Michael's Mount with the tide out and we then set off for Camborne and Redruth finding a cafe for a cuppa and then when Ian went to do a sketch the family got split up due to a directional misunderstanding. Ian went into emergency satnav mode and arrived at 3.30 after negotiating the 6 monster and I really mean monster 13, 15, 16 and 17% hills between Newquay and Treyarnon. Unfortunately Hannah and Dad got a little lost and their satnav sent them on strange paths once returning them back down one of the aforementioned mini mountains... Dads faith in new technology is failing, although he does actually have a mobile (but never switches it on)
Dad says that he always thought that if you go up a hill inevitably you have to come down... it seems that in Cornwall this is not the case because we seemed to ascend rather more than descend. Hannah and Dad want to know whether you have to actually cycle all the way rather than push the bikes uphill, after arriving at 6.15pm? so Paul wants to know whether he gets overtime for 10.5 hours cycling today?
The views from Treyarnon bay are second to none in Cornwall and Ian has completed the second watercolour - see the photos!
Please pray for energy as the days are longer than anticipated and its only day 1!
Sounds great... 10.5 hr day! give us some pretty pictures! Sam
ReplyDeleteHi The Guyvers, well done, I agree with dad technology, what fun we have had just trying to work this site out. Looked for pictures can't find anything. Ian don't worry dad and Hannah just giving you enough time to paint your pictures. What goes up must come down eventually. Just warming up like every good athelete. Have a nice sleep, bless you guys. Sweet dreams. xx
ReplyDeleteFantastic, good on you guys. What a threesome. You look great, all of you. Well done, four days down already, and you must have seen some beautiful scenery. The water colours are fantastic Ian, you are really gifted brother, keep them flowing. God bless you, have a refreshed sleep. xxxxx
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