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Saturday. At around 2-30 we all meet up at Penzance Station to be
transported down to Land’s End Hotel which was nice and the food was
great, especially for a veggie. Food was the best for the whole trip.

On Sunday we set off to Tavistock and were on our way at about 9 am
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after photos, and first town Penzance 2 Redruth plus all the hills and
very narrow lanes. I felt so great. There were 6 in our group - 8 to start
with but 2 woman, mother and daughter had to drop out. Just not up to
it, they should not have been here. Tavistock was our first destination.
It was hard terrain but I made it ok. These are the towns we made for
each night. Tavistock 93.3 miles, 2 night Cheddar 97.5 miles. 3 night
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Ludlow 94.8 miles, 4 night Chorley North 114.7. This night the whole
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group and 2 BA guys stood up and clapped me in. 13 in total. There were
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5 in the faster group. It was very emotional for me. 5 night Carlisle.
This day was the beginning of my downfall. It was raining heavily and
very cold. The wind was coming from the north.

After a coffee stop I started to realise
that the 79 hours target was not
realistic and the 9 days became my goal.
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6 night was Cumbernauld 109.5 miles.
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Saturday the 7 day I had to give up, I
was so fatigued. I did 70 miles this day
and was just too hard. This day we went
through Gretna Green and I shouted out
to a lady, would you marry me, she said
only if you had enough money.

I got very close to Fort William.

On the last day I did ride into John o
Groats with all the group. The night
before we stayed in a town called

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