74 miles. 6:42 hours of cycling. Average speed
10.2mph.
We helped ourselves to large quantities of bread, jam and tea in the Sparrowhawk
kitchen and set off at about 8.20. Steep climbing straight away then a very nice
rolling drop into Exeter where in warm sunshine we had coffee and croissants in the cathedral
close.
The climb on to the Blackdowns was very hard (I walked a
bit of it) but to my surprise the hills were completely flat on the top –
absolutely lovely cycling.
We dropped down to Corfe hoping to get lunch in the pub
but were too late. We pressed on and eventually had a very poor lunch at the Nags
Head Tavern overlooking the A358, the dual carriageway which links the A303
with the M5.
We had to travel about 400 yards along the A358 and
decided that we would not try to mix it with artics going at 60mph so we walked
the grass verge as far as the Langport road.
The ride through Langport to Glastonbury ought to have been completely
flat given that it is on the levels but there were a few surprisingly hard
climbs.
We arrived at Glastonbury at about 7.00 and checked in to the
Glastonbury Backpackers at the Crown Hotel. This is not a good place. Loud rock and
roll in the bar, drunken landlord, not as clean as it should be and very cramped.
We shared a tiny room with two Canadians of about the same age as us, one of
whom stayed in bed for the entire time and was either suffering from too much travel
or was stoned or both. He was certainly very spaced out.
We had an unexciting curry for supper.
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