Day 10 Oakhampton to Land's End - Rain, rain, relief, euphoria and more rain!

Out of the mist we came, ten tired, very happy End2Enders after 1062 miles!

That's me at the back punching the air (or rain!)

And Red Leader had laid on champagne and pasties for celebrations. What a star!

If I hadn't said before, it rained, all day for our last 101 miles. It didn't put off 30 or so other riders who had come along to lift our spirits and help drag us through the last day. There were lots of guys I knew who had come along and as a result the last day was pretty easy, chatting and telling tales about our adventure. We even went the wrong way a couple of times and did a few extra hills around St Agnes.One rider was my son Sean who wanted to ride the last 100 miles but I wouldn't let him because the A39 (Atlantic Highway) was very busy, brakes weren't working very well and the wind was gusting strongly across the road. In a big bunch this can be very dangerous. Instead he joined us just before the steep hill out of Portreath for the last 30 miles and then left me miles behind as his fresh legs went way to fast for his tired 'old' dad!

We were met by a fantastic crowd of very noisey families and friends and although we couldn't see much of Land's End the people made the finish the best thing I've seen all year! Thank you!

We had great fun showering each other with champagne and chomping on pasties.

I think it would be hard to ride an event so well organised and with such great company as this adventure has been. I've ticked the box but doubt I'll be doing it again. Other adventures, yes but 1062 miles in 10 days... you'd have to be mad to do that!