13.1 mph
Granny rating 3.5 out of 5.
Day 3 began with a serious case of mishandling of expectations. B&B hosts (who couldn't have been nicer otherwise) and bike shop owner (who didn't have what we needed) both said it'll get easier from here. What they should've said was that it'll get easier after about 30 miles. The first 30 had another 20%er and some other real stinkers that unfortunately were on wee lanes and so well never know how steep (only gav and jim know how tough). However after the first 30 it did get easier. And the sun was shining. And it wasn't windy.
We sneaked out of Devon un-noticed (otherwise there may have been some more silly pics with the sign- very disappointing) into Somerset early doors. This is a lovely part of the world. With rolling hills and....hundreds of pheasants! We passed a sign warning of pheasants in the road...yeah yeah, we'll maybe see one or two. Without a word of a lie we turned the next bend and there was at least 40 galavanting on the road. Jim tried to grab one on the way by for a wee snackette but to no avail.
After the hilly start we fairly gunned it to Bridgwater for a delightful Italian lunch. Bike shop located and plundered we headed on for the afternoon session with spirits high. No real climbs to note ( even cheddar gorge was a breeze) and we spinned on home for just before 7. The pock rocks were on again as there was a wee shower at cheddar but otherwise an enjoyable, hard but fair day in the saddle.
Quotes of the day...
Jim "twice daily application of the chamois cream from now on"
Gav "this is my Waterloo" (struggling first thing in the morning)
QOTD outtakes
Jim "any day we finish before 7 is a bonus"
One from Hilary - "choose your food wisely" - very good advice- today was much better after a quality pasta lunch
Gav "let's go home and rub our legs"
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this leg rubbing that gav talked about? is that like erm, crickets?
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