Day One. Sat 6th Sept 2008

Well D Day arrived and guess what - it was raining. Met Colin and Wendy down by the harbour and prepared ourselves for the off. Lots of wet weather gear including - as advised by our friendly bike shop owner - in the absence of waterproof helmet cover - a shower cap over my helmet. As you will see from the pictures this gave me the appearance of having a bubble on my head but until I saw the photos later that day I had no idea (and no-one had thought to tell me) that I looked like a complete knob head!!!!!! But hey ho - it kept the water out of my eyes and made it slightly more bearable so its not until I look back in retrospect that I regretted not looking at myself in the mirror before I set off. No wonder the man in the B & B looked at me a bit strangely as I left!!!!!