The hills are not alive with the sound of music! After a tough day yesterday it just got tougher. Again we have climbed over 7300 ft comng out of Cornwall, through Devon and now into Somerset. We have purposefully chosen to stay off the main roads but this has added climbing and taken us down some country roads with unexpected features.
Hazel and Colin … your fish are safe, given the climbs yesterday we decided to skirt Boscastle after the fear Colin put into us about the hill out of the seaside resort. I’m not sure if it was a double bluff because the way we chose was horrendous - here we are roughly parallel to Boscastle
Seth has had a couple of close shaves, both where he couldn’t unclip his pedals in time - one proved to be hilarious coming to a complete stop then keeling over into a hedge full of brambles. Reminiscent of the bar sketch out of Only Fools and Horses.
One upside of the climbs uphill is comingdown the other side, and Andy holds the top speed at just over 48mph.
Useless facts of the day. 98.22 miles, time in the saddle 8 hours 15 minutes, although we left at 8.10am and arrived in Taunton at 7.30pm. 11.9 average mph. 7880 calories burnt.
Ross on Wye tomorrow and we are looking forward to meeting up with families in the evening.
Thanks to everyone for messages of support
Comments
Loved the bit about Seth, hope he was at the front and everybody got to see it!! The snow is about 3 inches deep here, but the roads are clear, so Im sure it will clear before you get to the midlands. Love to you all, and keep on peddling. See you all tonight.
It has snowed overnight here, and just heard that light weight Dean is now not joining you!! Really would have expected a little more support, its only 4 inches of snow for Gods sake!
Well done - great blog.
Sorry to have caused you more grief - although I suppose whichever way you went would have meant a big climb. Anyway, only another 7 days to go by the time you read this………
Hope you keep up the blistering pace without the blisters on your bum! (RON)
Fantastic challenge, keep on bikin. Hope you get nice food (BEN)
Mega experience, hope it all goes well. Noticed you are by-passing the midlands. Haven’t you got locking wheel nuts? (STEVE)
Like the trousers. Can I have your bike when you have finished with it. (SALLY)
Well done for taking on this challenge, hope you achieve it. (JAMES)
I once cycled to the shops and it was terrible. (Georgina)
See you at the end. (FRANK)
Glad that you have had a good couple of days, and hopefully the hills won’t be as big now for a bit! Hope that the snow hasn’t slowed you down and that you enjoy meeting up with the girls tonight.
Take care, we need you back with us in one piece!
Love
Siobain and MichaelXX