Day 2

The riders' route on Day 2 took them from Carnon Downs to Camelford, a ride of 47.5 miles. The morning started as yesterday had finished - wet... but it soon dried up and by the afternoon a fine range of cool-dude sunglasses were on show at last. The route took the riders through classic Cornish lanes, around Truro and up to the north coast. The riders stopped in Newquay for a brief rest and photo opp' then sped further eastward.

The visit to Newquay was slightly further north than originally planned by the team but the GPS seemed to think they should go there anyway. Next stop was Wadebridge where the ride team stopped for essential carb loading (fish and chips) and took the opportunity to rattle the Just Giving collection box. The people of Wadebridge were incredibly generous - thank you so much if you're following LeBlog (who isnt?).

Now weighed down with several hundredweight of copper Dad found the collection box strapped to his pannier a slight problem and had to improvise by moving it to the water carrier and putting his water bottle in his vest - not a good look.

The riders encountered and suffered the legendary Cornish hills on the final part of the journey, but thats good practice for the equally legendary Devon hills coming up in the next two days.