Sat 20th July
An early and rainy start saw us leave late and miss the ferry by 2 minutes. Never mind - decided to ride around for half an hour, so that we would achieve a century ride today. We ended up catching the 9 am ferry.
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| Whippingham church |
The weather picked up on our clockwise route around the island and I ended up sunburnt by the end of the day. The morning went well and we arrived at our lunch stop of the crab and lobster at Bembridge.
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| View from our lunch stop |
Whether is was the stopping for an hour, the lunch, the beer, humidity or most likely a lack of fitness, the afternoon became a real slog. Unfortunately no cake stop as the Chessil pottery closed at 4pm - Tracy was not happy! We made do with coffee in a pub in Niton.
We perked up a bit after icecreams and chocolate in Brightstone, even managing to pass a couple of riders who seemingly were less prepared (and less fit) than us. Always a bit of a lift when someone is struggling more than you. Caught the 7pm ferry back to Lymington, before riding home via Tesco's. 103 miles total.
I think that we've been a bit blasé about training, believing that we still have the same fitness from last year's ride. Turns out not to be true, so I guess we will have to get fitter as we ride the coast to coast and back again along Hadrian's Wall!
Love that you two are on the road again, and love the cake stops, sorry you didn’t get any this time l, wishing you luck in your epic journey again m, can’t wait for next blog
ReplyDeleteAh so glad you are blogging again. I don’t think you can claim a lack of fitness given the hills on IOW though however it is always difficult to get moving again after stopping at the crab an lobster! Charlotte and I will be following your blog and picking up tips en route! Lindsey
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