It started to rain as I pulled out of Penzance. Stop...waterproofs on.
It turned sunny 200 yards down the road, and got really hot. Stop ... waterproofs off. It was going to be that sort of day.
Lizard Point was fantastic. Brilliant blue skies. Thousands of flowers in bloom, dozens of shades of pink, yellow and green. I had a coffee at the most southerly cafe and watched the birds catching insects, the boats on the horizon and the dog walkers on the coast path. Lovely.
Had lunch in Truro - my first 'Subway' experience. Took my time and read the paper. Watched the sky cloud over into a nasty looking dark grey.
Between Truro and St Austell the heavens opened. The full works: thunder, lighting, hail (which really hurts when you're cycling in it). It was still coming down when I got to St Austell. In fact, it was so heavy and there was so much standing water that my feet were splashing in it at the bottom of the pedal stroke. Found another Subway. Had a coffee and a (forbidden) oat biscuit, and froze while I watched the rain (eventually) pass over. If there'd been a wet T Shirt competition, I'm sure I would have won: I definitely had the wettest t shirt, the wettest shorts, the wettest shoes, the wettest socks...
Finally made it to Liskeard at 7pm. This is rapidly turning into a credit crunch tour: the hotel I stayed in last year was lovely. This year, the same hotel was quiet, getting a little run down andits in-house Thai restaurant was gone. Even the complimentary biscuits had gone AWOL.
A fairly poor pub meal in the evening (at the only pub that seemed to be open and doing food), and turned in...my clothes all 'drying' in bathroom.
Nos of miles so far: 139.5 Total calories so far 4,695
Total end to enders: 3.
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