Last major
day of cycling as tomorrow I intend to go back to London
Slept well
and had a good breakfast. Got to love these B&B that charge you good money
and then limit you to how many things you can have for breakfast. Not that I
was bothered but how much do they save making me choose between a tomato or
beans? Surely they lose more through loss of goodwill?
Huge climb
out of Polperro followed by a pleasant ride to Polruan which is my first ferry
of the day. Polruan is a pretty Cornish fishing village with an incredibly
steep road down to the harbour. There was a queue and what with me turning up
with my bike the ferry captain went off to get a bigger ferry. Short hop across
the harbour to Fowey which is another pretty village with a category 4 climb out
of it! Wasn’t so easy to find the way out and Google had me riding on a
footpath (which a lady walking her dog reminded me I shouldn’t be riding on),
but I eventually found my way.
Rode
through Carlyon Bay which is a very nice looking resort including a hotel that
we almost stayed in a couple of weeks ago. Also caught a glimpse of the Eden
Project on the horizon something else we almost went to a couple of weeks ago.
This is an amazing project where they have recreated a rain forest and other
climates under two domes. Very popular tourist attraction but I have no time to
visit it today
Next
destination was Mevagissey which is another pretty fishing village and where I
decided to have lunch. Couple of sandwiches and a fruit scone with cream and
jam which I apparently ate incorrectly. The Cornish eat theirs by first putting
on the jam and then adding the cream. In Devon they put on the cream on first
and then add the jam. So I was eating mine the Devon way, however I did explain
that I was born in Devon so they excused me 😊 Just to keep everyone happy I then ate the second half the Cornish way.
Question is how do they eat them in Dorset?
Huge climb
out of town and I made my way up and down to my next ferry at St Mawes. Another
lovely village with quite a few steps to the ferry which required me to
dismantle the bike bags. Was able to manhandle everything down and up the other
side into Falmouth. Didn’t hang around as Falmouth is nice enough but its just
a busy town that I have seen before a few times. Legs are really tired and I am
still some way to go plus its getting late, still have a few hours but I don’t
like cycling too late in case I have to make any emergency changes
Lovely ride
to the next and last ferry crossing at Helford Passage. The river was a very
popular with families everywhere and children playing in the water and on the
beach. Manhandled the bike across the beach to the ferry point and into the
little ferry. Soon I was across and time for the final leg to Lizard Point
where I had booked into the youth hostel. Spent way too much on B&Bs the
last few days but its been unavoidable as there has been no hostels available
in the last few stops. Eventually arrived, found the hostel and grabbed some
food from a local pub, fantastic fisherman’s pie. Crashed out really early as
tomorrow I have no breakfast booked so I want to make an early start in the
morning.
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