Truro - Lands End!!

We stocked up on calories for our final day of pedalling with another full English breakfast at the B and B and were then on our way into an ominously grey morning sky. We were delighted to be following a garmin route to lands end, kindly constructed by my dad to see us through the last day after a tough time with the roads of Cornwall the previous day. Just on our way through Truro centre it started to piss down TORRENTIALLY and we stopped to waterproof up (having very optimistically eschewed them as we left the B and B).

We cycled through road-rivers and felt like salmon heading upstream on several occasions, but got the miles in very efficiently as we thankfully didn't have to keep stopping to map read in the rain!

On reaching Redruth we ducked into a nice dry bakery and made their floor wet whilst scoffing pasties before continuing on towards Hayle. Between Hayle and Penzance we joined the A30, though where it was non-dual carriageway and has a pavement alongside that you can cycle along - a great tip off and a good compromise for less hilly cycling without worrying so much about death-by-traffic. We stopped in Penzance for a wee stop in Tescos and to wring out our gloves. Happily it had stopped raining at this point and as we left Penzance we de-waterproofed!

The A30 from Penzance to Lands End was much, much quieter and quite a pleasant road but we couldn't remotely see where we were going as it was thick with fog! This should have been the first real views of the Cornish sea but we were struggling to see the road ahead. 

As we were following a garmin route we knew exactly how many miles we had left and excitement carried us through the final miles under the Flame Rouge to lands end.

Arriving at the Lands End retail opportunity and mini theme park was surreal. We were desperately searching for the finishing post, what we felt was the definitive end of the land, but had to pass through shops, cafes, and restaurants full of people who'd just driven there.

On finding the post we had the obligatory  photo opportunity (official prints to follow :p) and then ducked into a bar for lunch and a celebratory half:

(N.b. the views were much the same as at JOG. Very white.)

In the restaurant we watched the sun come out and the fog clear up. Maybe we should have waited for our photos but its well representative of our morning's journey there!