made it!

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end in sight

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very much wetter today

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okehampton to bodmin

Ok, so the heavens opened today, not helped by passing a group of kids out with their teacher and to then pass them again realising that they had got ahead of us with their local knowledge of a shortcut, we just pretended that we stopped for a coffee! After an overcast start with a few showers and blustery wind we made it to camelford with our weather gear keeping much of the wet weather out. We stopped in a pub and decided to eat in the covered smokers hut so we could keep an eye on our bikes, the many locals in the hut took an interest and we even got a couple of donations from them. Being wet already we headed of quite quickly for the 20 miles left - one of our shortest days due to a b&b that cancelled a few week ago. It was on this stretch that we were treated to a continuous barrage of headwind, torrential rain and heavy traffic, luckily a lot of it was downhill and we got to the hotel quite early compared to usual. Tomorrow is the final push for lands end, so looking forward to seeing the family again, but its a long day and we still need to get there before the famous signpost gets put away for the night. Hope the weather picks up.

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downhill at speed

Today i was following phil at speed down a hill and marvelled at his line through one of the bends, shortly after this he lurched to the side and actually hit the kerb/hedge taking a good chunk of it with him, but remarkably staying on his bike. Once i had stopped laughing i decided that i follow a bit further behind in future. Phils philosophy is that it is ok to crash and burn. I will be writing this in his get well card if necessary.

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okehampton

Managed to haul ourselves into okehampton today and actually is was not a slong as the previous four 70 milers. Having said that still plenty of rolling hills to contend with as we got closer ro the end. Met our first friendly coach of the trip so far who gave a toot and didnt try to run us off the road at the first blind bend.

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devon country lanes

Making good progress through devon, plenty of hills but just plodding up them seems to work. By far the most generous in terms of people wishing us well and making donations on route. Had a confrontation with a large tractor on a single width lane fitted with spikes on the front just right for impalling cyclists. Needless to say we gave in and let it past.

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