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{ 12:13, Wednesday 7 September 2011 }
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Went down to Lands End on Friday to get photos taken at the signpost, as we were leaving Saturday before he arrived and set it up. Beautiful day, sunny and warm.On Saturday morning at 9.30 am we arrived at Lands End and set off. Weather was a little cloudy, but it didn't look threatening. It was very very hilly, and constantly so. We finished climbing one, and a short distance later another arrived! After a couple of hours though we felt confident that we could cope ......... and then it began to rain. Slight shower at first, and then it turned to a torrential downpour. Shortly after that, the howling winds started and it wasn't long before we were soaked through. The winds and rain continued right through the morning, and all the way through the afternoon ..... and the hills got bigger and more regular. By later in the afternoon the country lane roads we were using were slippery and running with water and we decided we had to divert onto the main road to try and recover time. It must have been about 4 pm when, trying to keep behind the white tram line along the side of the road in terrible weather conditions, that I caught a slippery uneven piece of tarmac and the front wheel slid from under me and threw me off the bike onto the road. Unfortunately I was wearing cycle cleats that attach you to the pedals and was unable to disengage quickly enough. That resulted in a cut leg, bruised ribs and a few abrasions, but after a motorist stopped with some plasters we were on our way again after a bit of cycle maintenance. Arrived in St Austell at around 6.30 pm, so about 9 hours riding, and my left knee was really quite painful because of the constant hills and maybe a bit of bruising from the fall:-) So we had managed to pick the worst spell of weather that they have had in this area for some time now, and the next few days are supposed to be getting wetter and more windy { Last Page } { Page 4 of 7 } { Next Page } |
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