I Don't Like Hills!

After a late start due to the enormous breakfast that was presented to us at Yarde Orchard we eventually bimbled off into the lanes of North West Devon.

The lady at Yarde had given us a picturesque shortcut to get out onto the National Cycle Network Route 3, the route that will take us down into Cornwall. Without either of us really taking onboard the directions it wasn't long before we got lost in the narrow back lanes. Rupert was convinced he heard banjo music so the pace quickened rather rapidly!!

Eventually back on track we followed tiny, hilly car free lanes between small villages, forested ridge lines and river valleys that took us the 30 miles across to Bude. Holsworthy provided a nice mid afternoon lunch stop and we chose the prime location of the Waitrose car park bench to devour our posh pic nic!

I learnt during my Trans America ride what to pack and what to post home, Rupert is refusing to heed any of my advice and every day seems to produce a novelty item from one of his panniers. Today's item of choice was a wooden chopping board, followed this evening by 2 bottles of cider and a bottle of Courvoisier... No wonder he keeps yelling "I don't like hills!" His bike must weigh a ton!

We were hoping for a cheesey photo next to the "Welcome To Cornwall" sign but alas the back lane we crept in on didn't have one and from the map we could see that the centre of the lane was actually the Devon \ Cornwall border. Zig Zagging down the lane giggling like kids we worked out we had visited Devon and Cornwall about 20 times each today!! We didn't even have to show our passports or have bags checked for illegal importation of non Cornish pasties!

We are now camped at the lovely Cerenety Eco camp site and have sat drinking tea with the owners and giving them loads of tips on how to make the place cyclist friendly.

We have finished the day with a night on Courvoisier and Cider watching the lights twinkling over Bude and the clouds race in on blustery skies!

Another great day on the road and our first in Cornwall.