Day 1

These are a bit out of sequence - last night there was no mobile phone coverage plus we were running a bit late so by the time we got to the b&b (Elerkey House) in Veryan we had to go get food before the pub stopped serving after which we were ready for bed.
Day 1 started pretty well. We got up around 7 and went to explore Sennen.  We decided that the gravitational well due to the very steep downhill means there are probably hundreds of lejog cyclists stuck in the village who never made it out :-).
We saw the lifeboat setting off somewhere. Later when we were at Land's End we saw it returning.  There was quite a bit of helicopter activity as well.
We set off a little after 9 to walk up the steep hill and then cycle the couple of miles to the start point.  We pushed the bikes to the top of the hill at which point Sandy won the first muppet award when he realised he had left his gloves at the bottom. He cycled back down - didn't even take his paniers off - to retrieve them and then walked back up again.
We got to LE without incident. Walked down to the point then back up to the hotel where we spent the money on an official photo. There were a couple of other bike groups setting off - both with support vehicles.
We left LE at 10.10 a.m. and made reasonable progress.  The terrain wasn't too bad. We pushed up 1 hill to preserve the legs but overall made pretty good progress.  We got to The Lizard - about the half way point for the day for a lateish lunch. Spectacular views.
We then headed for Goonhilly only to discover it was shut for the summer.  It didn't say that was going to happen when I checked the website a few weeks ago.  As it turned out it was probably just as well!
We then made reasonable progress for the next few miles until disaster struck when my rear mech hangar broke.
A debate about options ensued. It was now about 4 p.m. a quick google didn't show a whole lot of options for a Sunday so decided to head for the b&b with a combination of pushing and free-wheeling. Sandy did take a detour to a bike hire place who gave us a couple of suggestions which we mulled but decided not to try.
When we got to the King Harry Ferry we had a go at making it single speed.  Not wholly successful since with no chain tensioning it kept jumping to the lowest cog and beyond.  We did however make it to Veryan where we stayed in The Elerkey guest house. The proprietors were really helpful and told us about Halfords in St Austell - one of our first destinations for day 2.
We had a quick shower and headed for the pub to get something to eat - which was very welcome.  Other than the mechanical problem it was a great day's cycling.