Long day!!! Another nervous start for me again this morning so much so that I struggled to eat a huge amount of breakfast however managed to be fed and out on the bikes by 8am. Our early start was somewhat scuppered by the local farmer delaying us 10 minutes to move his cows to another field however we were soon on our way and back at the Cornish hills!
Manged to cover 50 miles before lunch in Okehampton at 1pm with my girlfriend Carly, Ben's girlfirend Hannah and their Dad Steve! So lovely to see their smiling faces after a very hard mornings cycling! Coming out of Golant in the morning was beautiful but very tough especially with 75 miles in our legs from the day before! The roads in Cornwall really do not seem to do straight rather they go up and down in unison! Ben and I have both agreed that we now hate going down almost as much as the up climbs. At least when you're going up you're a portion of the way through the climb, on the way down you just get to imagine what awaits you.
We seemed to spend the majority of the morning climbing only then to lose it all as we headed down into the Tamar valley with an steep climb out the other side as we crossed into Devon. Our joy in leaving behind the Cornish hills was shortlived as we realised that Devon was slightly less hilly but the hills themselves were tougher.
After lunch the going did get easier with a nice hour averaging 15mph and cruising along a numebr of busier A roads. However as we neared the end of our day the hills began again in earnest as we climbed up to Cadbury and then came along the steepest hills of the day as we descended and ascended river upon river.
We eventually reached our destination at our girlfriends grandparents and were welcomed with ballons and then spoilt all evening with home coooking!!It was so lovely to be staying with familiar friendly faces and in a comfy bed! Tomorrow the roads will hopefully begin to level out.
Manged to cover 50 miles before lunch in Okehampton at 1pm with my girlfriend Carly, Ben's girlfirend Hannah and their Dad Steve! So lovely to see their smiling faces after a very hard mornings cycling! Coming out of Golant in the morning was beautiful but very tough especially with 75 miles in our legs from the day before! The roads in Cornwall really do not seem to do straight rather they go up and down in unison! Ben and I have both agreed that we now hate going down almost as much as the up climbs. At least when you're going up you're a portion of the way through the climb, on the way down you just get to imagine what awaits you.
We seemed to spend the majority of the morning climbing only then to lose it all as we headed down into the Tamar valley with an steep climb out the other side as we crossed into Devon. Our joy in leaving behind the Cornish hills was shortlived as we realised that Devon was slightly less hilly but the hills themselves were tougher.
After lunch the going did get easier with a nice hour averaging 15mph and cruising along a numebr of busier A roads. However as we neared the end of our day the hills began again in earnest as we climbed up to Cadbury and then came along the steepest hills of the day as we descended and ascended river upon river.
We eventually reached our destination at our girlfriends grandparents and were welcomed with ballons and then spoilt all evening with home coooking!!It was so lovely to be staying with familiar friendly faces and in a comfy bed! Tomorrow the roads will hopefully begin to level out.
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