We're there!

Treyarnon to Newquay: left around 1.05pm arrived around 3.30pm. 19.6k/12 miles, avg speed 12.5kph, max ?

1:33:58 cycling time, I'm a little slow

A little further on and with 3 miles to go I knew where I was. I’d gone for a run up here the last time so knew it wasn’t far and more importantly there weren’t any more massive hills left. What was that feeling creeping up inside of me? Feels like…joy. This felt good. The weather was lovely, my hands weren’t freezing and I’d made it from London to Newquay. OK I’d skipped a tad but it was still something of an achievement, right? I’d miscalculated how much I could cycle a day but like you’ve never made a mistake Mr Perfect! Yeah the cold was unbearable and there were a few low points but I felt grand now and stronger for it. Feeling the muscles in my legs when I tensed them was satisfaction enough. Some people have an instinct that automatically tells them not to do a trip like this. Others might do it but would have to plan everything out first. I have neither of those instincts and that led to some problems but I still made it in one piece. The sign at the hostel said it all

OK not so much “live your life stay in a hostel,” but you know go for an epic cycle, go surfing in Baltic conditions, you’ll probably enjoy it in the end. One more for the things to avoid list: waking up in 30 years and realising I didn’t do enough stupid cycles like this, it was definitely worth it and I still hadn’t gone surfing yet.

Stef had come down early too so I met up with her and had food with a couple of guys she knew. One of them offered me a lift. Oh that pisses me off, that pisses me right off, I’d only just paid for the non-refundable minibus.