Day 69 Week 14 Day 71
Fri, 26. May 2023
67km
760m
15km/h
4488km

Day 70 - from Lydford to Marsh Green

Another great day. A lot less hilly then yesterday, but still some. On a note, yesterday I lost some 400 meters to Garmin, as it was paused because of pushing and/or being too slow. Need to check that. Went through the north of the Dartmoor, on a beautiful bike lane, went down and then up. Quite a bit. In the end I was super tired, looked to the right. And what did I see? A herd of Shetland ponies. That happened now a few times, getting up a hill and then having a great animal surprise. On one street a driver was driving right to me and was asking whether I'd do the #lejog and that he lives in Carlisle, which I would pass. Generally, people seem to be a lot more friendly and chatty. Everytime there's an interaction with a car, they wait, or I wait, there's actually a smile on their faces. Which I haven't had too much before. Another great camping. This time it was fully booked, bank holidays, but the pitches were super generous and seperated by wild flower meadows. No cars on the ground, but people had huge tents. Seemed more like people camping for the first time, a little bit of a hipster camp ground.

Land's End to John o'Groats - full english breakfast in Fox and Hounds pub in Lydford
Land's End to John o'Groats - beautiful road in Devon
Land's End to John o'Groats - cycle path on the edge of Dartmoor
Land's End to John o'Groats - Beautiful Dartmoor
Land's End to John o'Groats - sign for the Pump and Pedal on the edge of Dartmoor
Land's End to John o'Groats - rail crossing near Okehampton
Land's End to John o'Groats - arcade in Okehampton
Land's End to John o'Groats - beautiful mural in Okehampton
Land's End to John o'Groats - Shetland pony herd in England near Okehampton
Land's End to John o'Groats - Shetland pony in Okehampton
Land's End to John o'Groats - National Trust Finch Foundry
Land's End to John o'Groats - garden of the Finch Foundry National Trust
Land's End to John o'Groats - beautiful country road direction Exeter
Land's End to John o'Groats - banks of River Exe
Land's End to John o'Groats - crossing a highway bridge
Camping on a wildflower meadow at the Pithead campsite in Marsh Green
Land's End to John o'Groats - my Rapha bottle on a beautiful camp site
Land's End to John o'Groats - view on Exeter
Mood: happy :)
Hibernating