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2nd June 2019 Sunday – The preamble

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Hello Everybody! Route: Reading to Penzance (Train) – Penzance to Land’s End (Cycle) For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance: 9 miles (Total 9) Average speed: 11.1 mph Calories: 292 Cycling time: 49m05s Average cadence: 75 rpm Climb: 833ft, Descent: 554ft Heart (yes I have one): max 154 aver 134 Aver Temp: 16 C, Max tem p 23 C Temperament: A very gentle kick in the head The last paragraph from my USA blog was as shown above, no sorry below: “ Last blog, I signed off with another person in our team – namely Arnolda. She, for she is female, is Arnold’s girlfriend and I have imagined her as well. She is an internationally renowned swimmer, is not “orange” colour blind and likes the sound crickets make. When we visited the SF north beach, both Arnold (who is also a pretty good swimmer) and Arnolda decided to swim across to Marin County and move to the imaginary village that is there. The village is called Imaginati

Early Warning Notice - Road to Nowhere

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Hello Everybody! Route: Road to Nowhere For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance : A small basket of plums Average speed : slightly more than walking pace Calories : I only like calories with honey on top Cycling time : A little while later Average cadence : Googleplex rpm Climb : every mountain, Descent : Ice cream  Heart (yes I have one): Still beating Aver Temp : Wet & Windy, Max temp Just Windy Temperament:   I miss the adventure and Arnold, Arnolda & Arnie. Franklin says hello though but. This is an early warning notice to state that our adventure continues. In the last episode, I may have mentioned (and now that I have just checked I actually did mention) the fact that instead of continuing the UK leg of my adventure almost immediately after finishing the USA leg, I decided to wait a little while. I guess my "legs" were tired [EDITOR: Alan dons Basil Brush outfit and shouts "Boom! Boom!]. The reasons for this were manyfold and I feel a list coming on

3rd June 2019 Monday – The amble

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Hello Everybody! Route: Land’s End to Bodmin     For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance:  70 miles (Total 70) Average speed: 11.2 mph Calories: 1,802 Cycling time: 6h15m Average cadence: 72 rpm Climb: 5,968ft, Descent: 5,804ft Heart (yes I have one): max 152 aver 125 Aver Temp: 18C, Max temp 25C Temperament:  Just a  kick in the head but getting used to it I had a very nice breakfast and got Blossom sorted in fairly quick order. So we dropped down a little hill and arrived at Land’s End Metropolis after 1.2 miles. It had grown since I was last there in 2003 when me and 7 other gentlemen cyclists with support crew finished an 8 day 1,000mile JOGLE. We all remembered just how much fun Devon and Cornwall were so I was expected some “interesting times” for the next 2 days or so. From B&B bedroom There was only a workperson and me too.   Said workperson took a few photos of me and Blossom and after thanking him I started my LEJOG trip. Passing my B&

4th June 2019 Tuesday – Changing routes and making luck

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Hello Everybody! Route: Bodmin to South Molton For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance:  78.8 miles (Total 148.8) Average speed: 12.1 mph Calories: 1,821 Cycling time: 6h29m Average cadence: 70 rpm Climb: 5,257ft, Descent: 5,055ft Heart (yes I have one): max 153 aver 122 Aver Temp: 14C, Max temp 18C Temperament:   Headwind and Rain – a song by James Taylor After the experience of Cornwall with small lanes an all, I had re-routed today’s route to be on very slightly more significant roads that offered better travel times due to smooth tarmac, less and fewer blind corners, less and fewer slippy roads,   and much less steep gradients and there were fewer of them as well. However one thing I could not re-route was the pigging weather. I awoke to Cats & Dogs from above which turned into Kittens and Puppies by the time I left Gilly & Bob. So it was wet but not as bad as before. The first bit took me in a NE direction following a few miles inlan

5th June 2019 Wednesday – The B3227 enough said

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Hello Everybody! Route: South Molton to Cleveden For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance:  92.1 miles (Total 240.1) Average speed: 12.7 mph Calories: 1,765 Cycling time: 7h15m Average cadence: 65 rpm Climb: 3,002ft, Descent: 3,366ft Heart (yes I have one): max 137 aver 113 Aver Temp: 15C, Max temp 22C Temperament:   3rd day after lunch and your brain in now on board with your legs Breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast with extra mushrooms and tomatoes and off I went like a cannon ball from a cannon. Weather looking good and after checking, the wind was pushing my back and not my face, so two ticks out of two. I’d changed the original route overnight and had produced a more reasonable route I thought. Some initial climbing in Devon and then onto flat Somerset and Avon or whatever they call it these days. But first I would like to acknowledge the best road in Devon, the UK, the World, the Universe an all. Yes the B3227. List time….. Why the B3227 is th