Day One – 24.05.09 Lands End - Glant

Jolyon and Jo set off on their 1012 charity bike ride first thing on Sunday morning. After cycling from their Bed and Breakfast to Lands End to have their first picture taken (see right) they left the starting point at 9.15am for Glant. The first few miles were full of lovely scenery and mostly flat ground, however it soon started getting rather hilly. After their first successful day they reached their Youth Hostel just after 7pm on Sunday evening, arriving only just in time to get some dinner, and enjoyed a few well deserved beers.
In total they cycled for 6 hours and 45 minutes on the first day covering 68 miles with an average speed of 10mph and a maximum speed of 34mph.
Unfortunately the first nights sleep was disturbed by another person sleeping in the same dorm snoring loudly throughout the night resulting in Jo only being about to get 3 hours sleep.