Jon very excited to have seen a steam loco at Bristol. Weather looking damp :-((

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Here at th LE Hotel and had the obligatory picture taken - dated for our start on 7 June.
Met Winny, the lady that runs the E2E Club (see link on LH menu)
Shower and then a beer.
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Surprisingly hilly from Penzance into a head wind, which should augur well for tomorrow. Had the "official" picture taken. E-mailed loads of people the photo - just to annoy them.
Weather lovely at the moment but wet stuff on its way.

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....  looking in for the first time, having received my broadcast e-mail  ... Welcome!

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At last - the time has come.  Off today on the three train journey legs to be in Penzance on Sunday afternoon for a 10 mile cycle to Land's End and the start-point proper.

I'm going from Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham, Moor Street - cycling the few hundred yards to Birmingham, New Street to get the train to Bristol to stay overnight (Jon will be arriving in Bristol from Bromsgrove via Worcester) - then on Sunday we travel together to Penzance.   Seems crazy to have to overnight in Bristol but it simply isn't possible to get from Birmingham to Penzance by train on a Sunday and arrive at Land's End at a reasonable time.

For you train buffs (including Alan H, Tony G and Martin A) I shall be using London Midland, Cross Country and First Great Western trains [Jon should be recording the engine numbers in his Ian Allan trainspotter's book]

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Rode to Bromsgrove station. Stopped on the way to remove front wheel and tighten mudgurad bolt. Forgotten how much difference the panniers make. Each one including contents weighs 8lbs.

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After reading a friend's blog who had broken his chain twice I've been out to buy some "magic" chain-links - just in case.
Mercian ready now, gear double checked. Packing it tomorrow.

Jon

www.justgiving.com/jon-porteous

 

I've just looked at the clock above my desk (I'm still at home) and realised that it's 09.50 .... THAT TIME when I will have to pedal furiously to get ahead of Jon to avoid the day's item of trivia.   [Those of you that have read the account of our French E2E, Wine-ding Down Through France, will remember Jon's trivia ramblings which always seemed to enter his mind at ten-to-ten each morning]

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