Route Map
Day 23 – Fraddon to Land’s End – 65 miles
Nice ride to finish. I have some kind of cold flu which is a bit annoying but otherwise really easy and enjoyable today. Now to cycle back to Penzance.
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Items comested: sausage mcmuffin, tea, 3 cans energy drink, cornish pasty, 1 ice-cream, glass of coke
Day 22 – Bude to Fraddon – 47 miles
Nice and sunny morning, cloudy and rain afternoon otherwise quite straightforward day apart from tricky bit getting to hotel at the end.
Items comested: cooked breakfast, soft drinks, Cornish pasty, steak and chips, packet minstrels, packet cheese and onion crisps, coke
Day 21 – Tiverton to Bude – 61 miles
A nice ride today, quite warm, and mainly on road. My coat blew away somewhere en route so I lost my housekeys and cash card. Should have strapped it down better.
Items comested: cooked breakfast, 2 cans energy drink, Cornish pasty, wispa, 1 bottle lucazade, 6 pints Buller’s gold
Day 20 – Winscombe to Tiverton – 58 miles
Another nice days ride once the mizzle had stopped. Starting to notice the west country a bit, very high hedges on farm roads make for thrilling descending as you can’t see round the corner, still no mishaps as yet. I met up with my friend from university Jeremy for an enjoyable pub meal.
Items comested: cooked breakfast, cappuccino, 2 cans monster, ploughman’s lunch, Mars bar, Cornish gurnard, 3 pints Exmoor gold
Day 19 – Gloucester to Winscombe – 64 miles
Nice easy ride today in excellent conditions. Lots of road which makes things a bit quicker but still some canal and disused railway.
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Items comested: 2 cans monster, 2 Mars bars, 1 can red bull, cheese and onion pasty, 4 pints Stella, 1 glass red wine, chicken wings, mixed grill
Day 18 – washing day
Another quality day of rest, refreshing those muscles for the last bit.
Items comested: roast pork roll, whopper with cheese, 1 bottle lucazade, 1 can energy drink, 2 packs sandwiches, soft drinks
Day 17 – Wolverhampton to Gloucester – 73 miles
A smashing ride in lovely sunshine with a bit of a tail wind. Again lots of canal and disused railway with a decent amount of farm roads thrown in for balance. Made good progress, definitely ale time.
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Items comested: cooked breakfast, cappuccino, red bull, Mars bar, pint of shandy, 6 pints beer
Day 16 – Middlewich to Wolverhampton – 58 miles
Really nice ride today in near perfect conditions. Lots of canal path involved but not too much grass, some nice disused railway sections too. Very posh and huge hotel I’m staying in, feel a little out of place.
click here for the ride data (incomplete as forgot to press start)
Items comested: cooked breakfast, 2 cans monster, 1 can red bull, 1 can cherry energy drink, 1 Mars duo, 2 pints Stella, 1 glass red wine, steak and chips
Day 15 – Preston to Middlewich – 53 miles
Lovely ride today, nice and sunny, lots of off road cycling by the canal and some parks. Still quite tired, they have Iron Maiden “The Trooper” ale on tap though so I’ll sink a few of those and see how.I feel.
Items comested: continental breakfast(mainly weetabix), 5 pints Trooper ale, mixed grill