Westward Ho! to Boscastle.

Tonight our valorous boys with vivacity, velocity & verve are in the final county they will encounter, Cornwall, having only 2 legs left to cycle (they are on their last legs, you might say!!)

Today Mark & Johnny followed the A39 & B3263 roads & covered another 40 miles across some long hills but, even so, it was a pleasant ride avoiding the showers & enjoying the sunshine. Today's journey also marks another major milestone in that they have cycled more than 1000 miles since they first arrived at Inverness Airport - congratulations, you dynamic duo :0)

They are staying in the Boscastle Youth Hostel (top) overnight which goes by the rather grand title of the 'Palace Stables' (d'you think H M the Queen ever visits?); it sounds as if the facilities should be pretty good as it was only fairly recently re-built after the terrible floods in 2004, & it is in a wonderful situation close to the harbour of this bustling fishing village (upper middle).

Dinner will be found in The Wellington Hotel (lower middle), 'The Welly' as it is affectionately known, which dates back to the 16th century, is one of North Cornwall's oldest Coaching Inns & is supposed to be haunted by several ghosts - I have a feeling that the only spectre they will see will be the Boscastle Busker, John Maughan (bottom), who is performing there this evening - let's hope so anyway!!