I decided to ride Lejog again this year with Peak-Tours, this time with Michele Brougher of Minnesota and Wayne and Melanie of Florida. I rented the bike again because it's so much cheaper than flying a bike back and forth across the Atlantic and their rental bikes are more suitable anyway.
I did a test ride with Michele from the hotel in St. Just to Lands End and back and the bolt holding the front mudguard to the fork fell out so they zip-tied it into place which caused a lot of rubbing issues until we figured it out.
I took Michele to the Cook Book and she had her first cream tea there. Two plain scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam, hot cross bun, pot of tea. She liked it.
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| Cream Tea at the Cook Book in St. Just, Cornwall |
We started the tour on Sunday at about 9:30 riding from Land's End to Fowey headed into a strong, cold headwind. That's pretty much what I expected. We should pick up the tail wind on day 3.
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| Le Grande Depart |
Riding along the coast through Penzance to Fowey, the scenery is amazing. It's 65 miles with about 5,000 feet of climbing so it's not easy.
Lunch was not as good as I remembered - just a sandwich, really. I was hitting the brew stops harder than last time. Michele tried millionaire's shortbread for the first time. I think she likes them.
The rain got to Fowey about 30 minutes before we did. The last climb with heavy traffic was a bit scary but otherwise the route was amazing. We stayed at the Galleon Inn and arrived quite hungry. Did the first of many loads of laundry here.
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