11/10/2012

Day 41 Lynmouth to Appledore

It was a wet start and it carried on all day in various of degrees, but mostly very hard rain We slept in a lovely lay by right next to a small waterfall and lush greenery. The run started immediately with a 19% incline and I could feel my calves screaming from yesterdays hill cycling.



                                                                                             Like I mentioned before, one thing you could see more in England was the change of seasons as this photo shows.










It was really wet and every time I could I took a photo or in this case this movie:

I met Tricia for some lunch just outside Ilfracombe where as you can see I was drenched by, but the joy of running and the freedom and fresh air just kept me going all the way.

After this the weather just got too bad to take any more photo's and my camera got wet again, thankfully it is still working, just!

Arriving at the end in Appledore wasn't what either Tricia or myself had envisioned after the spoils of Exmoor National Park. We are now in Devon and am making our way down to Newquay tomorrow and then a rest day.

This does bring the combined completed distance to 3561 miles within 41 days and approximately 614 miles to go in just one week! 

Recovery is very slow and the hilliness of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall was my fears from the very beginning of this expedition and so far haven't let me down just yet.