We'd love to say a big thank you to the young lady working in the Hatherleigh Tea Rooms, who on Tuesday allowed 7 cyclists to drip all over her floor and eat their own food in her Tea Rooms. She also allowed Sandra to recharge her phone as it was just about to die!! Definately our hero that day.
Day three (Wednesday) was beautiful weather, we hardly had any rain at all. Although there was a lot of ups and downs on the route and everyone is very tired, they enjoyed the day and found some beautiful scenery to enjoy and photograph. The cyclists and support team were able to meet up for lunch at a little village called Lydford, where we ate in the beer garden of a pub and enjoyed some fresh tea from their bar.
Unfortunately Wednesday's B&B was about 2 miles off their route, so they once again had to do some extra mileage with extra climbs and descents, both to the B&B and back the next day to return to the route. But we were very grateful to the B&B, where we were made very welcome. We were able to have our evening meal there, which was a bonus as we didn't have to walk anywhere to find a suitable venue. This was just as well as it was a bit out in the sticks and we wouldn't have found somewhere else very easily. Once again we marvel at God's provision and how He knows just how to provide for us in ways we wouldn't have thought of.
Although we are starting day four in misty rain the forecast is reasonable and we hope to have a fairly dry day. The first half of the day will be very up and down again but they finish the route on a fairly level track. We are officially up to 80 mile marker on the route, with just 22miles left to go, but obviously we have done some extra miles with detours, planned and unplanned!!
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Thu, July 22, 2010
by Richard Belsham
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