HUGE thanks to Hilary and Dr Steve! Their care for Joules was amazing - ice pack, hot tub, Ibuleve gel. The perfect combination to get us on the road this morning. They should open up as a health spa!
Wearing most of the contents of our bags, plus a support bandage for Joules' ankle, we set off. As you can imagine, our day started uphill as usual. Bodmin is not the flattest of places! For the first time in two weeks we started off in full rain. Accompanied by a strong head wind.
We picked up the not very old A30 across Goss Moor. A fantastic cycling route, hard to believe so much traffic thundered along it only three years ago. Then onto the new A30 at Carland Cross. Reality hit big time.
Bank holiday weekend, Run for the Sun, and cabbage rigs thundered past... Only to hit road works at Chiverton Cross combined with sheer volume of traffic. We serenely coasted by, chatting with some through their car windows, making our way further and further west!
As we passed Redruth we paused for a bite to eat, Richard looked at the bike computer and realised we had just passed 1,000 miles! An enormous milestone! One of our goals for the ride had been achieved. The tears mixed with the rain on our faces.
We had decided that we would end the day's ride in Hayle today, leaving the bike at Joules' Auntie Pauline's. Arriving early we stopped at Marks & Spencer only to meet two of our supporters, Annette & Alan. We don't know who was more emotional! While we were chatting a lady came up to us with a donation - she had first seen us on the A30 at Summercourt!
So tomorrow we draw a close to this chapter, for those who have followed us thank you SO much for your support, for those who haven't, where've you been? Yesterday we thought it was all over, now, thanks to Ibuleve and the Bodmin Spa, Land's End is in sight.
See you tomorrow (Sunday 30th), Land's End, 1pm. Oggy Oggy Oggy!
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