Welcome to our 'mini' bike ride.




We're off again ! This time down to Falmouth in Cornwall. Mary Ann's son Jack is coming to the end of his 3 years at uni down there and we haven't ever seen the house he moved into for his second year ! Sal has to see it too as she is his Godmother and feels the need !
So we are leaving from Putney Bridge on Friday 9th March 2012. This is near the beginning of the UK cycle route 4 which ends in Wales. Actually we are jumping off at Bristol and then heading down to Glastonbury and joining Route 3 which is part of the Lands End to John O'Groats route. We should take 7 or 8 days to do it soooo Welcome to the ride.

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Wednesday 7 March 2012

Planning.

Two more sleeps! We are catching the train to London on Friday morning and aiming for Weybridge. Not too far cos I know what we are like and we will no doubt stop at a billion London Landmarks!. Boris J has sent us the most amazing map of cycle routes in London (absolutely free) and we now have to choose our route from Liverpool St Station to Putney bridge. There is so much choice. Do we go North of the Thames and go passed St Pauls, up Fleet St, round Trafalgar Square, passed Buck Palace and round Hyde Park Corner into Knightsbridge or do we go across the river at Tower Bridge and go passed the Golden Hinde and HMS Belfast, the London Eye, Tate Modern, The Globe and the Royal Festival Hall.
All exciting and there are other choices too. We will decide tomorrow!
Sal is already packed. I'm not. Are we likely to stay in our cycling gear all day ? Will we get away with going out in our nighties in England ? WE WILL NOT TAKE TOO MUCH LUGGAGE. Noooooo! Actually half our gear so far is spare inner tubes, pumps, puncture repair kits, lights etc. Oh we are so 'bikey'
Can't wait to get started.