Day 0

After over 6 months planning, the anticipation was massive. Although we'd packed the panniers and checked with each other we had everything, as I cycled away from my house to the station I was praying nothing had been forgotten.

At the station we were waved off as the train left for Reading. Once the train left the station it hit us how alone we now were, and we had almost no idea of what lay ahead. Time for reflection was short, as we had to change at Reading to the train going to Penzance. We may have accidentally delayed the train putting our bikes on, but we think it was a joint effort between us and some other End 2 Enders that we met on the train.

We didn't really see much of Penzance, except for Iceland (extremely poor choice of supermarket) and a great fish and chips shop. After grabbing some dinner, we completed our first major stretch of cycling - 10 miles to the youth hostel at Land's End. The 10 miles were hilly but the views were great, we were expecting the worst after hearing accounts from other cyclists.

From LEJOG Day 0

None of us had really stayed at a youth hostel before, we found it had everything we needed - a bed, things to cook with and even a TV. Even so, the first night was tough knowing what we would have to face up to. Charles also had monstrous blisters from Silver D of E.

For the link of the journey from Penzance station to Land's End YH, click here.