Thu 6th July

Posted by Brin on
Day 85
Nancekuke to Bosorne
Day                  32 miles
Journey        3029 miles

So, the last day of the epic. We woke to mizzle, but it soon cleared to give a hot and sunny day.

Hill of the day was the climb out of Portreath. Congratulations to the Portreath parish council for providing what we can now say from personal experience are the finest public loos in Europe!

Then a relatively fast, undulating ride along the cliff tops, then through Hayle, St Erth and then across country to  Marazion on virtually traffic free lanes and cycle track to Mounts Bay and St. Michael’s Mount. A celebratory lunch on the beach by Jordan’s cafe. Almost home.

It was a reflective ride along the familiar lanes west to St. Just. A quiet homecoming as we dropped the bags in the garden and rode down to the sea for final photos. Just to prove we really had ridden from the Black Sea to the Atlantic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrived at Marazion – and the sun is shining!

 

Lunch on the beach, with a view of St Michael’s Mount

 

Luggage dumped in our garden before going down to Porth Nanven for a photoshoot.

 

The cove at Porth Nanven, with the Brisons in the distance and the Atlantic beyond. Its high tide, so the beach is covered.

 

And a picture with us in it to prove that we did actually get to the Atlantic.

 

Cape Cornwall, here the Bristol Channel meets the Atlantic Ocean. The far side of the Cape is the Atlantic. The rocks in the distance are the Brisons, just off Porth Nanven cove where our “end of journey” photos were taken.

 

Back to our cottage for a celebratory icecream and mug of tea ………..

 

…. and to be greeted by Smudge who hs been looking after things at Bosorne House while we were away. The trouble is, we’ve been away so long he’s not really sure we belong there any more!