Day 13 Ross on Wye to Cheddar
69 miles today, total miles 915 moving average 8.7 mph, overall average 6.0 mph, total time 11.5 hrs, total climbed 4,611 ft
Turned into a long day, starting at 8:30am and not finishing until 7:00pm.
Great route, starting with a run through the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean. Hilly but very beautiful and a soaking from the only heavy shower of the day. On to Chepstow, where I used to live 20+ yrs ago (saw my old house) which is very hilly. Then crossed the Severn Bridge, which was a great experience, around the cycle path down through Avonmouth and along the Severn Estuary (nice and flat).
Climbed up and into Somerset and it started to become hilly again and one or two busy roads with cars and trucks hammering past (scary stuff).
We started to flag late afternoon and our pace slowed. Seemed to take forever to reach Cheddar, finishing with the most enormous downhill run into the village.
Steve did amazingly well clocking up 69 miles, nearly twice his previous longest cycle ride!
A well earned pub meal and I am ready for bed now.
3 days to go now!! 80 miles tomorrow to the other side of Exeter, and the following day is the dreaded Cornwall hills!
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Thanks
Gavin
great effort guys and Steve I am sure you are paying the price today, as you say nearly there so what seemed so far away is now within grasp all the best
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Good luck from everyone at the Mezzanine office.
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Will
Billy
Steve
Greetings Gavin,
ReplyDeleteWe haven't met but our son Simon is your new neighbour in Coppice Way. You must be very fit and brave to even attempt such an epic ride without serious backup and support. You have certainly had some difficult weather and terrain to cope with and sadly the forecast for the next days is non too good. We hope the wind is behind you rather than in front! We were interested in your trip through the Forest of Dean as Dian's father is from there and her grandfather was a miner who played rugby there and for Gloucester.
Hope the remaining stages go well. We look forward to meeting you.
Regards Bas & Diana Williams