Day 0

Despite the great farewell party last night (and Simon's hangover), we managed to get up reasonably early to finalise our packing. Simon spent half an hour in the local salon having his ruggedly hairy legs waxed – ouch. His legs now look as though they could belong to a hard-core cyclist (just a shame about the rest of him....).

While we planned the trip for months, neither of us had ever looked at a map to work out how to cycle to Paddington station via the back streets. We ended up fighting with double decker buses (and each other) down Edgeware Road.

Fortunately, the tandem went straight onto the train and the 5-hour trip to Penzance was relaxing and uneventful.

Once in Penzance we undertook short but hilly 7 mile ride to St. Just. After our safe arrival we took a stroll along a footpath to the town centre. The old fashioned rock ' cattle grates' were cool and the views out to sea were stunning. We randomly chose one of the 3 pubs and sat down to eat. Britt's fresh crab salad was delicious and really big! We skipped dessert and headed back to the B& B for an early night.