A hard slog

Day 6
Distance : 37, Cumulative : 185
Location : Washaway, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=50.48327,-4.76683

Day 6 was blissfully uneventfull. Today was a big day because if we pushed hard we could reach the B&B in Washaway that we planned on from the very start. This would put us back on the original schedule!

After putting the new tyre on my bike we started the day by joining the Tarka trail across a viaduct.

We then pushed on to a place called Week St Mary as it was the nearest civilisation in the hope of buying lunch stuff. The only shop in the village was the Post Office which was closed for lunch so I ate a mars bar & we pushed on.

After a lot more cycling we reached the climb up to Bodmin's Moors.

That was a strangely eerie experience. There was a mist over the moors with wild horses roaming free. It was tricky to see with moisture on my glasses but nice & straight & flat.

We continued to push hard, determined to reach our planned B&B. We did'nt know the time as it was hard to tell on the moors & we were'nt stopping to check phones.

Eventually we came to Camelford where I rang & checked our B&B booking.

We were told the nearest dinner to the B&B was a couple of hilly miles but if we grabbed something in Camelford there would be a cream tea waiting at the B&B for desert. That was incentive enough so we grabbed a chippy & pushed on.

We eventually made it at 6.30 just before dark but did'nt care as there was no need to put up a tent tonight.

Weve made it! Back on schedule for the first time in days.

Tomorrow we head for Goonhaven.