It's ugly out there
St Mawgan to Ottery: 42.3 miles
A really tough days ride with perpetual steep hills followed by steep descents. Pretty much all the day was spent in typical Cornish narrow roads with high hedged banks on both sides, so the scenery was rather repetitive. Up and down all morning, through Bodmin and working our way up to Minnions, the highest village in Cornwall and a really really tough climb.
Went over my first cattle grids, which as Heather will tell you makes me very excited, and saw my first sheep wandering on the road, which as Heather will tell you makes me overexicted.
Other than the toughness a really nice ride with almost no traffic on any of the roads that the tour had chosen, which was great considering it was bank holiday Monday and the main roads would have been packed.
Over the River Taymar and into Devon at the end of the day.
Stats for the day:
Total ride time 3hr 56mins
Average speed: A meager 10.6mph
Max speed 35mph
Min speed 3.1 mph
Number of times the granny gear was used: countless
Number of times I wondered if the tour organiser was sadistic: 4
Number of climbs you get like those encountered today around hertforshire: none.
Love to all
A really tough days ride with perpetual steep hills followed by steep descents. Pretty much all the day was spent in typical Cornish narrow roads with high hedged banks on both sides, so the scenery was rather repetitive. Up and down all morning, through Bodmin and working our way up to Minnions, the highest village in Cornwall and a really really tough climb.
Went over my first cattle grids, which as Heather will tell you makes me very excited, and saw my first sheep wandering on the road, which as Heather will tell you makes me overexicted.
Other than the toughness a really nice ride with almost no traffic on any of the roads that the tour had chosen, which was great considering it was bank holiday Monday and the main roads would have been packed.
Over the River Taymar and into Devon at the end of the day.
Stats for the day:
Total ride time 3hr 56mins
Average speed: A meager 10.6mph
Max speed 35mph
Min speed 3.1 mph
Number of times the granny gear was used: countless
Number of times I wondered if the tour organiser was sadistic: 4
Number of climbs you get like those encountered today around hertforshire: none.
Love to all
posted by Chris Pugh at 5:37 pm
2 Comments:
Sheep overexcite you?
The river ('txixt Devon and Cornwall) is spelt Tamar, not Taymar. The Y is silent just like the P in swimming pool, ha ha!
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