Ready to go!

Friday night, and we've just finished our farewell meal of large quantities of pasta. There's nothing to beat carb loading! Tomorrow morning, we cycle to Paddington, and get the train from Penzance. From there, it's about 12 miles to the start. I can't quite believe it's time to begin, after all this planning.
So - these are the questions people keep asking me....

Q - how far are you going?
A - about 1100 miles. In 12 days. Yes. 90-100 miles a day with a lot of hills.

Q - what's the route?
A - Lands End, Bodmin, Thelbridge Cross, Keynsham (near Bristol), Leominster, Acton Bridge, Carnforth, Dumfries, Ardrossan, Arduaine, Invergarry, Bonar Bridge, Thurso, John O Groats, then train to Inverness and sleeper train to London. No tents. Nice B and Bs, good food and lots of cake.

Q - what about your luggage?

A - we have a rota of parents following in our wake with bags of clean cycle kit. We won't be getting smelly!

More from en route - bye for now!