Launceston - Truro

As much as we could have stayed in the B & B's loft suite for some time, we had to leave and progress further onto lands end. With a B and B booked up in St Day, near Redruth we set off into the grey cloudy morning (a little late having lingered over our lovely breakfast).

The day was undeniably hilly and we had a bit of a nightmare trying to avoid the A30 but avoid very hilly lanes. The biggest problem with the lanes we were on was that with the showery weather, stopping to map check every few turns was particularly tedious and time consuming.

After stopping for a bite to eat in Camelford we started to realise how far Redruth still was and started to wonder whether we could make it there without more night cycling (we've had enough for the time being).

We thought the unclassified roads along the A30 would be lovely and quiet but were proved wrong as one turned out to be completely terrifying (i think we found the beast of bodmin!) so we rerouted a again, turning off as soon as possible. This lead us up towards Treviscoe tin mines and heading in the direction of St Austell. We realised at this point that the B and B in St Day was too far to reach before dark and made an SOS call to cycle touring central (my mum) who did a fantastic job of sorting us out with a lovely B and B in Truro for the night. 

From Treviscoe we found a fairly straightforwards route of A, B and more A roads to launch us in the direction of Truro. It was starting to get dark and we were glad to find that the route wa a fantastic gradual downhill and time trialled our way into Truro, finding that our B and B was on the road in, perfect for tired legs after 60 hilly miles!

We were welcomed into the B and B, quickly showered and then headed out for a Thai meal before getting an early night in preparation for our final day of cycling!