26th April Day ten of 'The great cornish getaway'

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26^th April

Maggie bangs her head against the reversing camera when getting out of her chair, so breaking one of the clips that holds it onto the rear-view mirror. That’s another thing now held together with duck and electrical tape!!

So far, one wing mirror protector, one reversing camera and one missing piece off the wall mounted bike rack support rail. We’ve only been gone nine days! Poor Bryony!

Today was a forty-mile round cycle trip to Portreath on the north Cornish coast. It is mining country, colour spoil tips, old pond workings and capped off mine shafts with skylines punctuated by the distinctive chimney and engine house of old tin mines. The trail is a good one with plenty of variety scenery wise, good gravel paths and two or three café and pub stops along the way. Most importantly, it is along sheltered valley routes in the main and out of those strong persistent winds. The only difficult section is the one kilometre stretch of the A39 we have to negotiate to get into Perrananworthal village. Mercifully there is light traffic both times.

We leave at 10.00am and we are back by 4pm and that includes a pub, café and beach stop. A cracking ride out but knees and back are feeling it now!

In the search for gas, I use my Autogas app and locate two sources, one up near Redruth and one very close by at Penrhyn. The first’s storage tank is broken and they are waiting to see if Calor are going to fix it. The second has a broken pump and hope that it will be fixed sometime this week. The next nearest sites are at Launceston and Saltash. The one at Cornwall services near Roche has run out of gas and doesn’t know when it will get its next supply!

Moral of the tale? Keep your gas tank topped up as you would fuel and water. Every time you pass a place selling LPG, top it up!