Our team of intrepid cyclists, with their support team, set off on Sunday morning, driving down to the start of the course. We all arrived safely and managed the shuffling of cars between Ilfracombe and Plymouth without any problems.  We had a great Chineses Meal together and settled down to rest and prepare for the first day. 

The first cycling day was beautiful without rain until the last half hour or so, but the cyclists faced several challenges with steep hills and a little confusion over route - leading to them inadvertently doing an extra five miles or so!  By the time they reached the first stopping point everyone was really tired and ready for a rest.  Unfortunately the B & B we had for the first night only offered one bathroom and one toilet, so refreshing after the ride was also a challenge. 

We had no idea where to eat so we set out prayerfully up the hill to the town centre and very quickly found a great mexican restaurant that did us proud with a good selection of meals and lots of choice on gluten free meals as well.  The service was brilliant and the food great so God really blessed us. 

Day Two we face our greatest mileage and the forecast is for rain all day, but we have a great God who is with us all the way. Some of the team are finding it harder than they anticipated and Richard's knees are very painful already.  So we set out trusting in God to keep us all safe and give us the ability to get to the end of the route for today.