So it begins!!! I can't wait. Obviously everything over here is just a little bit different, like being in some parallel universe. It was surprisingly easy to get used to biking on the left hand side of the road (fear is a very powerful motivator, and having a lorry bear down on you is quite the motivation). I got to show James, the guy who runs the UK rides, the fancy new app that I wrote, which really was very cool. The more I work with this organization the more I want to help them do things.
I got to go up to Mount St Michael today in Penzance. It's amazingly beautiful, as you can see from the photos I got. It reminded me of the place we start from in Bar Harbor, Maine - it's an island out in the water, that you can only walk to when it's low tide. Everything in Cornwall is amazingly quaint and beautiful. It's like a weird combination of Kansas - with the wide open wheat fields - and St. Augustine, with the old cobblestone and tight roads and limited views that then explode open into beautiful vistas of the water. I shot this amazing video I wish I could upload but the wifi here isn't so great; we're at a hostel, and it's nice but there's not much for internet.
Tomorrow is our first day, 65 miles! I can't believe how much time and energy James has put into making these maps; the roads around here are, shall we say, not designed for optimal navigation! (Most of them don't have names for example).
Cornwall is amazing and beautiful and I wish I had more time. Oh! I forgot to talk about the Art Deco pool in Penzance! That thing is unbelievable. I really wish they would rebuild the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, because this (the Jubilee Pool is the name) is so awe-inspiring, that's what it could be.
