At first, it was the land on the right that vanished. The deep blue line of the sea taking its place on the horizon. Then further on the land on the left ran out, but a new hillock on the right hand side meant that we still only had the ocean on one side.
But when we passed the hill, the ocean was on both sides. The rolling up and down roads had ended and now it was more or less a gentle descent to the end. The sun was out, it was finally hot and in the distance we could see the houses and churches of Sennen, the last village.
As we neared the land in front of us shrank, and soon we could see the end, support team waving. Hugs and delight at finishing. We rushed to the sign post at the back of the visitors centre for photos.
And that was it - wow what a journey! I think in my head I'll still be pedalling for days. Those last sections in Cornwall, the unrelenting up and down, was harder than the days through the mountains in Scotland.
But today, by Redruth we had broken the back of the journey. We picked up a great cycle path from Redruth through Camborne. Then a bit of climbing to Hayle, and from there a flat ride towards Penzance.
The worst bit, turning into the bay at Penzance, was the headwind. Ferocious and constant. Gre
at for windsurfing, sucks for cycling.
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