12/10/2012

Day 42 Appledore to Newquay

The sun was out when the rain wasn't falling and at those times it was a beautiful day, but when it rained it wasn't such a nice day. 

As I made my way along the Atlantic coast pushing Devon's boarder I came across many villages with strange names and I find myself wanting to meet the people who named these places to see what inspired them to do so.

Today is a shortish day standing at 110 miles but the hills made it feel like at least 140 miles plus and after a few hours of cycling I entered good old Cornwall where I had to make my surfing pose, I'm glad you cant see my body!                                                                  

Like I mentioned, the weather was unpredictable within a space of an hour I had rain, strong winds, sunshine, hail and sunshine again.

These two photo's were taken at the same time but on different sides of the road.

Today I didn't take a lunch break and was determined to finish within a respectable time despite my weak legs and general overall fatigue, and also, I kept missing Tricia on a few meeting spots for reasons beyond our control, like, she got lost with a sat-nav?

I passed historical villages such as Camelford and Wadebridge before I made it to Newquay 7 1/2 hours later and where we end for the day to have a rest day tomorrow.

 And not a day too early.!!!

3671 miles completed in 42 days.