After a good nights sleep at Cerenity Camp Site in Bude we were away early en route to Bodmin.
The coast road through Widemouth Bay gave us amazing vistas of rolling surf and high cliffs tapering off into the distance. As it's the tale end of the season the roads were quiet and the beaches deserted adding to the tranquility of the scene.
The joys of following the National Cycle Network mean you get to follow routes and back lanes that usually only the locals know about and cutting inland from the coast we were to take our first of these.
A long hair pin 30 degree climb followed by a similar descent and more hair pins climbing up onto the hills above. I'm doing my utmost to cycle around Kernow without pushing and it took a hard fight to crest today's hills, followed by wringing the sweat out of my merino base layer!
Most of the day was spent climbing, as our destination was on the far side of Bodmin Moor, which meant going over the top of it! Apart from a few tiny villages and a pub stop for lunch, the route has been out in the wilds on open moor with cattle and ponies crossing our path, buzzards overhead and the sun in our faces.
We descended off the moor past Crowdy reservoir through tight pine forest, old tin mines, down narrow moss covered lanes, this felt like real Cornwall!
After 30 miles we arrived at our campsite for the night; the lovely South Penquite Farm. Although unplanned, our three camp sites have all had an Eco flavour, solar showers, wind generators, reed bed sewage systems etc, this has upped our green credentials no end.
Penquite also has a menagerie to greet you, including a flock of turkeys that sit on and peck everything, assorted fowl of varying sizes who come and assist during meals, three cats and a lovely purring kitten.
With piping hot solar showers and a nice pub in the village a few miles away, we had found a great spot to spend our third night in Cornwall.
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