Day 27: WAHEY WE MADE IT TO THE END!!!!!!

As our journey draws near to an END (excuse the pun) we only had 35 miles until we had completed our crazy cycle adventure! After we passed a police incident with search dogs and all, we then had to climb various hills and stairs to get across a railway. Cycling through Redruth, and then Hayle we then stopped of for a roast lunch! After our pitstop we then headed towards Penzance to cycle along the windy coast, although in the sunshine! Although Jenna was a bit disorientated having come from one sea view to another but from north to south coast! The last leg of the country and we speeded off to Lands End, where we were encouraged by some jolly cyclists just starting off! As we arrived we had the family cheering us over the finish line with a horn, welcoming banners  and balloons 🎈! We then had our official photos with the bikes and signed the visitors book to complete our journey!

Funny moments of the day: Kayla singing toot sweet and finishing the line with a different song... going something a little like this 'some people toot through their noses!'
Kayla saying she likes to let it go when she cycles down a hill!

Fun facts: we managed to cross 11 train lines without getting caught at the lights at any of them
We had 3 McDonalds (yes three)
We lost many Pom bears legs, hola hoops and polos to the paths of England (we apologize
Number of animals killed - too many to mention
Number of times Jenna fell off her bike - 3
Number of cycling buddies - 3
Number of mouldy shoes - 1
Number of puffins seen - 0
Number of jumpers left behind -1
Number of toots - 2 (when we were cycling to the start and everyone thought we were finishing!)
Number of punctures - 0
Number of Halfords visited- 2


Thank you's:
We thank every cyclist who said hi on the way down
We thank all the hosts we have stayed with, we definitely wouldn't have got here without you
We thank our mother for the support crew back up
Finally we thank the good people who have read this bizarre blog ( we are very surprised at how many people have continued to follow our progress!) xxx










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