Day 2 of our LeJog is now completed
leaving only 12 days and 957 miles to go. The theme of todays ride
was hills. Cornwall wasn't letting us go without showing us what it
had, and we were constantly up and down all morning, but got some
cracking views from the road along the cliff tops to Mount Edgcumbe,
Plymouth to our left and the Sea to our right. 34 years ago I trekked
along those roads in my Royal Navy Basic Training, so the ride bought
back some memories.
We crossed from Cornwall to Devon on
the Cremyl Ferry, had a flat ride through Plymouth before heading up
through the Plym Valley, stopping to look at a nesting Peregrine on
the way, then a long hard slog across Dartmoor. If this wasn't
challenge enough we had intermittent rain showers through the day, a
hail storm in Plymouth and sleet on the moor.
Arriving in Moretonhampstead we are
booked into Sparrowhawks Backpackers hostel. Sleeping in 14 bedded
dorm, showers & toilets across the courtyard, DIY breakfast. It's
an interesting place, but were all tired enough that anywhere with a
bed is fine.
Tomorrow sees us head across Devon and
in Somerset where the ride levels off a bit and we can say goodbye to
big hills for a little while.
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