Land's End to John O'Groats

Cycling trip number two begins.

Both Rosalyn and I have arrived safely in England along with our bikes and other belongings. 

The train ride from Gatwick Airport to Penzance was a bit boring, and took almost 11 hours (including layovers; where I read and Roe sunbathed on the train platform).  At one point, one of our train's engines started to smoke which had everyone coughing and complaining. They eventually turned off that engine, eliminating the smoke but slowing the train so that we arrived 30 minutes late.

The weather was scorching hot for the train trip.  I think it was probably over 30 degrees outside - much warmer than anything I experienced across France.  It quickly cooled off once the sun went down, so its shaping up to be a trip with many clothing changes.

Almost as soon as we arrived at the Penzance campsite it started to rain.  We rushed to get our tents up and get our stuff inside.  Then we fell asleep with the relaxing sound of raindrops on the tents and the jingle of zipper-pulls in the wind.