Day one and our target was Bodmin. After our long trip down to Land's End we felt that a lie in was in order so after forcing down as much of our full english breakfast we got back into bed, stretching the time until we checked out. By the time we had got to the very tip of the country, explored and done the compulsory photo taking it was almost approaching noon with our target 60 miles away. At this point we met a couple of lads who just finished the journey in the other direction and they warned us that they found Cornwall to be the hardest part of the journey because of continual ups and downs. It isn't mountainous but "even worse, hilly". With worry, we set off for the long haul.

"Hilly", it was. At first we made good time getting to Penzance and agreed that it was certainly easier the other direction. Perhaps the hills were better viewed from a different angle. More likely, a good night's sleep in a comfortable bed and some food played a bigger role in bringing down the difficulty setting. From then on the hills got steeper and longer. We were lucky to see other end to enders, in particular riding for a while with a great guy called Ben. Like a modern popular artist of the last few months he was riding solo for Unicef and camping.


We took a slight detour through some villages due to roadworks on the A30 before rejoining the main carriageway and splitting company. Our new hobby became watching the number next to Bodmin go down, very slowly. As we got to 20 miles from our final destination and hitting the wall it appeared that the town was actually moving away from us. We passed place after place and the distance literally did not alter. Once we passed this weird area of space-time it did get flatter and easier with us finishing by climbing a steep hill up to our B&B for a well earned hot shower and cup of tea.

Now in an overelaborate wetherspoons in the centre of Bodmin I have the chance to use the Wi-fi thanks to John, who let us share his table so we could use a plug socket. We will sleep well tonight...