The morning saw the last of the Devon and Cornwall hills and to celebrate I took the ferry across the Exe to Exmouth avoiding Exeter. It is time to now mention strange place names that I have been through, today's was Dog Village whilst the first day saw me go through Longdowns which was lucky as I was going down! I would have been rather miffed had I been going south and Longdowns would have been actually very long ups.
The only other highlight of the day was passing a chicken farm with the occupants escaping down the road with varying degrees of success.
Today was also the first unsupported day so was carrying a full load, this had a huge effect on the up hills and also made me less enthusiastic to hit high speeds going down.
Stats for the day
Miles 65
Average Speed 11.5mph
Max speed 33mph
Pubs Visited 1 - again could do better although don't ask how many pints ( they sold Stella )
I would at this moment like to thank the landlord and several locals from the Compass Tavern, just south of Bridgewater for their generous sponsorship. This pub is just down the road from the motorway services at junction 34 on the M5.
1 comment:
I hope you were pedalling round the ferry whilst it was in motion - that could constitut a Snowy shortcut!
ps: I agree with Allan B - you must have been sucking in the beer gut in that Lands End pic - either that or the elastic in that top was very tight indeed!
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