Distance: 141.65 km (88.0 miles)
Elevation: 2085 m
Saddle time: 6:40 hrs
Total time: 9:34 hrs
Average
Speed: 21.2 km/hr
Heart rate: 77 bpm
Cadence: 74 rpm
Maximum
Speed: 71.6 km/hr
Heart rate: 138 bpm
Leaving Street we motored along through some nice, generally quiet roads. There seemed to be an inordinate number of Royal Mail vans around, in retrospect I guess it's too far/difficult to cycle or walk. One particularly cheery postie let us know that the hill we thought was about to finish went on for a long time, and indeed it did, for a while it seemed endless but even after the summit there wasn't the instant reward of a nice downhill.
We'd just passed the halfway point for the day when we saw a beautiful looking country pub in Talarton. It later transpired the owner for some reason thought cyclists were taking liberties asking for water bottle refills and seemed to think that she was doing us a favour letting us buy food just before the kitchen shut. However, stopping there meant we met a Lizzie & Abi heading in the opposite direction. We were able to bore them senseless with our tales of wisdom & vast experience having nearly finished, whilst they were just on the first few days & have much to look forward to. A bit of a contrast to yesterday's lunchtime conversation with a random guy in clifton about his goth punk youth & std test.
Speed: 71.6 km/hr
Heart rate: 138 bpm
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| Elevation profile |
Leaving Street we motored along through some nice, generally quiet roads. There seemed to be an inordinate number of Royal Mail vans around, in retrospect I guess it's too far/difficult to cycle or walk. One particularly cheery postie let us know that the hill we thought was about to finish went on for a long time, and indeed it did, for a while it seemed endless but even after the summit there wasn't the instant reward of a nice downhill.
We'd just passed the halfway point for the day when we saw a beautiful looking country pub in Talarton. It later transpired the owner for some reason thought cyclists were taking liberties asking for water bottle refills and seemed to think that she was doing us a favour letting us buy food just before the kitchen shut. However, stopping there meant we met a Lizzie & Abi heading in the opposite direction. We were able to bore them senseless with our tales of wisdom & vast experience having nearly finished, whilst they were just on the first few days & have much to look forward to. A bit of a contrast to yesterday's lunchtime conversation with a random guy in clifton about his goth punk youth & std test.
Abi is raising awareness (& money) for Ovarian cancer. Please take a look at her page here:
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| Stone bridge |
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| Dartmoor pony |
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| Dartmoor |
The reminder that we are partaking in a sporting challenge, as opposed to yesterday's sightseeing jaunt, came as we hit Dartmoor. Looking at the elevation profile is like looking at a family of giraffes lined up facing you with their legs slightly spread, you get over one hill, down the other side only to find another waiting for you. At least initially, the scenery was a little disappointing, I had high expectations. However, eventually the views came, along with the ponies, sheep and cows.
We had to break a police road closure with about 4 miles left in the day, as there was only one road to our lodgings. Somehow a car had managed to flip off the road & there were 4 police cars in attendance. We rapidly passed that sorry scene & continued to climb upto 450m. With a nice downhill stretch to the pub we are staying at it's all set for some early morning climbs tomorrow.
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