Day 2. I've never used my brakes so much.

We knew it was time to get up when the clock tower struck 7:00, fortunately it was silent between 10 and 7, as it was only across the street from us.

The first thing to check was the weather, it had been dry overnight and the forecast was dry until noon then a 40% chance if rain.

Here are some photos of the inside of the Tyacks hotel in Camborne.







We prepared our supplies for on the bikes.




After a hearty breakfast, we retrieved the bikes from the drinks store where they were being kept safely, and we set of almost due East.

We passed some old mines and monuments fairly early on.







We saw this Interesting car, with trailer attached, we could not work out what it was. If you know add it to the comments.


We were looking for a corner shop, but there were none! So our mid morning snack used up most of our on bike supplies.






We diverted into Bodmin and found a traditional bakers and had a Pasty for lunch.



We sat on granite benches and eat lunch in the town square.



Some of the hills were so steep we had to walk parts of them. This picture is a bit wobbly, as I dropped the phone taking it as it was too much to hold the bike and the phone on the hill.




Here is some p the fantastic scenery we were cycling through. Note that there are hills.




We stopped at this old monument, appreciating the rest.







We had some misty views of Bodmin moor, it did drizzle a little.



Finally at the river Tamar,





We passed out of Cornwall and into,



Devon.

Here is a better action photo of Ray actually cycling.



We say this amazing looking building, which is Milton Abbey school.




The title for this entry is because we were unable to use the advantage of the downhills because the roads were twisty, narrow and gravely and we wanted to and needed to be able to stop on them. So our brakes were sometimes on permanently for a couple of miles.

Route for the day was plus a diversion into Bodmin.
http://g.co/maps/2brf7

It was 71.6 miles, and we only managed 10.2 miles an hour, which I'm blaming on the extra weight and hills. I am worried about the 100 mile day from Arran to Glencoe.
We climbed 6968 feet, so there really was a lot of up hill, the time taken was 7 hours 48 seconds.

Tonight we are staying in a farmhouse B&B it is nice with excellent home made food. The would not however let us use their wifi, and there is no phone signal. Hence not bring able to send this on Friday.

I for got day 1's route was roughly.
http://g.co/maps/qbe58

Cheers
Paul

Riding the length of the UK so you don't have to ;)
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