Sir Isaac got it wrong, it is not what goes up must come down but what goes down will go back up! All I did today was ride up hill after hill after hill. The biggest mistake looking back was to have driven the days route twice in the last 24 hours as we stayed in Torquay with Emma's Mum last night as well as tonight. I knew every hill that was to come!!!!! This did mean that for the first part of the day moral was at a bit of a low. At least they only put the signs telling you how steep the hill is on the way down and not on the way up.
A number of people have asked me what I think about whilst riding, this is a subject I'll cover off in detail later in the ride however topics of today's thoughts include; Why did I not ride end 2 end in Holland, would it be cheating for each hill to have a chair lift, and how many miles of flat would equate to a hill.
Today also had a taste of home when I stopped to top up the water bottles, purchasing a bottle of mineral water from a small garage. I maybe shouldn't have been surprised that the water came from less than 200 meters from home as other than Highland Spring & Tesco's own brand water, almost all of the supermarket mineral water does come from the Campsie Hills and the bottling plant in the village. I can see a challenge coming, can I have Campsie water every day?
You can see the effects of loneliness on the long distance cyclist!
The other entertainment for the day was riding past cars packed full of kids and just about everything else from the home you can think of - I did see a lightweight sinks in one car, whilst they were sitting in the weekly Saturday traffic jams in to and out of Cornwall. I must admit, on several occasions I did shout at the board, fed up looking offspring in the backs for these cars "Your not nearly there yet". It is the simple things that make the miles go by.
As mentioned, the night was spent in Torquay with a couple of pints down by the water front.
Facts for the day
Distance 85 miles
Average Speed 13 mph - not sure how I managed this
Max Speed 44 mph - I thing a speed camera!
Pubs visited 1 - Better than yesterday however still only a "Could do better"
3 comments:
Woohoo! The Snowman hits the road! If you're lucky you may find Gibbo still out on his paper round somewhere along the way!
If your passing any shops can you pick me up a newspaper and a bottle of IRN BRU on your way?
Nice legs - wait til Pete hears you wax them, he'll be all over you!!
Great job so far - few more pubs need your hard earned cash though!
Post a Comment