Its all North from here

Horse Point- the most Southerly point of the British isles,

Today we started the trip for real- took the small boat over to St Agnes- the most southerly of the inhabited Scillies and walked to Horse Point the most southerly tip where we scrambled along the rocky promentary to the high water mark . We took the obligatory picture with our banner and then enjoyed the remarkable views over the western rocks out towards Bishops Rock lighthouse.

On our boat trip we met a nice couple from Matlock and another GP who trained in Chesterfield- a small world.

Rock formations on St Agnes

We didnt take our bikes as they cant manage them on the small boat, and anyway we could have only have cycled about 200m on the island before the road turns into sandy footpath.

Why not the Channel Islands as the most southerly point I hear you ask? Well we felt that as they have a different government and you need a permit to live there they are really another country

Bishops Rock Lighthouse on the Western Rocks

St Agnes was just delightful remote ,  gentle but with sculptural rock formations.  There have been lots of shipwrecks on the Western Rocks  through the years, Tresco holds a fine collection of  ship figureheads retrieved  over the 1800s

Agriculture is flowers in fields between high hedges to shelter from the sea winds

The Scillies have the smallest football league, 2 clubs, we cross their field to get to the campsite

2 clubs: Garrison Gunners and Woolpack Wanderers

Back in the campsite it is cold as soon as the sun goes down … we got into sleeping bags fully dressed until we warmed up. The blackbird hops right into the tent now to look for food

Tomorrow we catch the Scillonian back to Penzance and the day after start the proper pedalling

Martin tinkering with his bike