Day 11 - The End in Sight (almost)!

The Three Cycleteers....... Lots of Devonshire Ale & cider consumed at The Lamb, Sandford. Great little 16th Century pub in the middle of nowhere but fine ale, food & ambiance........................ ah the ambiance! We were very happy at this point and went to bed shortly after 10.30 .... I remember hearing the noises from the bar below for about 30 seconds before falling into the deepest sleep!

Day 11 started brightly.... Steve Kings influence in the copious drinking stakes notwithstanding we were about to make it out onto the road by nine when Sarah Ferg & the clan arrived!

Alan & Steve racing past as Emma takes a few photos!

Looking a little fresher we set off down narrow Devonshire country roads, apart from the rare car & more common road kill there was nothing to impede our journey. The road surfaces were excellent and the countryside beautiful. Devon is definitely up hill & down dale but we soldiered on.... today was only 65 miles - easy stuff for us. The long days in the middle are now paying a dividend as we're having shorter days & more time to recover (drink beer)!

We had seven clinbs today & the first few weren't too bad but just outside Launceston we hit St. Stephens Hill. What a nasty piece of work that one was, not overly long but very steep and busy with traffic coming out of the town. The cars were having enough problems getting up it, let alone us. We all made it up though and by now we were looking for a place to stop for lunch. We found the Wilsey Inn at Hollsworthy and thanks to Sandra & Sarah pre-ordering we were in time to eat!

After that it was 15 miles, mostly downhill into Wadebridge. The only issue was the weather, a cold front had come in & the rain had started, undetered we got into Wadebridge about 4.30pm. A good friend & colleague Pete Long & his wife Jan arrived shortly after to toast our ride, hence the blog not going out until now.

Stats for the day, 4hrs 50 mins in the saddle, 64 miles, top speed 37mph, average speed 13mph, again, not bad considering the hills. Thanks to Steve King for his company...... one more day to go! JOGLE on!