100 miles - yahoo!!!!

On Saturday 7th June Pippa & I set off from Topsham on my longest ride yet to break the 100 mile barrier just for the hell of it!! We went via Broadclyst to Killerton up to Tiverton then onto Exmoor where we stopped in the lovely village of Winsford for a photo shoot by the Ford!

We then went on up to Comers Cross - see photo of signpost below - taking the photo and having a bannana stop at this junction cost us our lunch! When we got to Simonsbath to Boveys cafe where we had planned to have lunch we cycled past a coach with a few pensioners on the road - I have never seen pensioners move so fast just as we were setting our bikes up

against the wall about 50 of them

zoomed past and into the empty cafe! When we eventually got to the counter it was so sorry but we are not serving lunch due to the coach load of unexpected pensioners - their bus had broken down! Not our day - so no soup just cake and coffee then up the hill onto Exmoor!

We climbed out of Simonsbath up to the highest point of the ride apparently (1500 asl) so that was a good climb would have been even better with some lunch inside us!!

We then had the most amazing downhill all the way to South Molton - absolutley terrifyingly wonderful I reached my fastest speed yet of 34 mph (believe me that is good - talk to the guys at the bike shop as to how many brake blocks I have been through as I am such a wimp!!)

Gorgeous views and fabulous weather we then had a forced stop for some sheep!

We then wound our way back to just short of Crediton to a place called Eggesfield where we were hoping to get some food but no they had stopped serving food so it was a cup of earl grey and a packet of crisps!! Not quite the pint of lager! After a comfort stop we then continued onto Exeter and then Topsham - as you can see from my Spedometer we did an amazing 104 miles in 9 3/4 hours was I chuffed with that or what! Not only that but our average mph was 13.87 so not bad at all - well done trainer!!

Pippa and I cheering when we arrived back in Topsham - Yes 104 miles what a cracking day the sun shone and the company was great it whizzed by - roll on France or as Pippa said now you've done that you will easily do a 200k ride when you get back!