12 - Dartmoor to Four Lanes

Stats for the day:
Distance: 118.3 km (73.5 miles)
Elevation: 1942m
Saddle time: 6:09 hrs
Total time: 8:34 hrs

Average 
Speed: 19.2 km/hr
Cadence: 67 rpm

Maximum
Speed: 68.0 km/hr










Elevation profile

If yesterday's ride was a bit like Readings last 10 seasons - more ups than downs. Then this morning encapsulated Lutons - nearly all down. 

And on a footballing theme we passed our 4th stadium of the journey, Home Park, Plymouth. Previous grounds were The Reebok, Ewood Park and Inverness Cally Thistle. Actually we did pass another ground today - The New Camp, home of Polperra town, no doubt a force in non league football. 

Coast line view

So having left at 9 - easily our earliest start yet - we ate up the 18k to the first ferry of the day in just 40 mins. But as soon as we left the ferry at Torpoint we were back climbing up a hill. From thereon in the day resembled a heart rate monitor with the continual ups and downs. It's difficult now trying to compare it to earlier in the trip; have we got fitter? Are the hills more gradual? Are we just attacking them less? Whatever it is the day didn't seem too tough other then the recurrence of cyclists bottom - the effects of spending this many consecutive days in the saddle have taken their toll & although the last couple of days were better today was a constant battle to sit comfortably. 



Fowey

King Harry chain ferry

Two more ferry crossings followed with a surprisingly brief glimpse of the coastline. 

We made it to Four Lanes with a cumulative trip mileage of approx. 990. So a short morning tomorrow will see us break the 1,000 miles & onto the finish line.