Lucy and Paul set off on a dark overcast day with rain looming.... as always. It's The Royal Cornwall Show in Wadebridge and every road is chocker. Paul and Lucy use the line of traffic as a wind stopper. They fly through Wadebridge and on to Indian Queens where they meet the dreaded A30. Unfortunately there's no alternative. Lucy hates it . Paul looks after his little sis by riding high, which as you may nknow if your'e a proper townie means riding 4 feet out from the kerb to make the cars and lorries slow down slightly. This means they slow to 50 instead of 70mph!!!! Paul considers cycling two abreast and causing a 20 mile tail back but I think the Cornwall show has done that. They arrive in Cambourne, the home of Chris and Ruth at 1.30 pm.
CHris texts from work " It's only 25 miles to Land's End " but Lucy wants to see the new baby and Paul thinks " Why kill yourself?". We all enjoy cuddles with baby Alex. Ruth and Chris have a lovely new house with a cracking view over a cricket pitch and hills over towards St. Ives..... beautiful. Lynda serves up 4 bacon barms to keep Paul going. Lucy retires to a well earned rest in the bath and Pat, Paul and the boys go off to the beach; Portreath to be exact to have a mini holiday flying kites!
Of course after the event it becomes clear. The reason Paul and Lucy didn't want to finish today was because the sun was shining and it was a balmy 16 degrees. What's the fun of that when they'd had gale force winds and heavy rain almost every day!. Now read the last day!
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