Day 2

Posting and writing this tonight as , in all honesty, I was in no fit state last night.

I'm not sure if it was something I've eaten (possibly at lunch) but I was very unwell last night..so much so that it was really 50/50 as to whether I'd ride today..

I did.. but back to day 2.
We left the Travelodge at Whidden Down a little later than planned. it was nice to NOT be on the A30.. the route 1 approach to get out of Cornwall worked, but the white noise of the traffic was really noticeable...as soon as we turned off the road.

The ride into Exeter was flowing and we made good progress despite a climb that I hadn't expected just as we arrived.

with a light rain. and recovering from day 1, the morning was long and hard.

we stopped for lunch at Taunton and changed over support drivers, Alison left us (thanks Ali) and Dave and Andy have joined us for the rest of the trip..

The flat section over the Somerset levels was a little bit of a let down as the wind turned into a cross/head wind and made for harder work than hoped.

Rather than climb up the corner of the Mendips past Bristol Airport, we chose the slightly longer route via Weston Super Mare, which did mean we got to ride along the seafront.

It was also at out planned stop at Weston that I started to feel really unwell.

We got to Bristol OK, but a combination of later start and too much time spent on breaks meant we statrted to lose the light..we put the Support truck behind us and ploughed on... maybe pushing a little hard..

the Hotel seemed to be further than planned and just before we found it, my Garmin died (note,... tun off audible warnings as they kill the battery)

the result was arriving late, nearly missing food (the pub laid on a small selection for us, after much negotiation) and retired to the room to be rather unwell..and not sleep very well.

a tough day.