Today has been a real test of our endurance and we didn't actually arrive at the Youth Hostel until 10pm. Even Becky found it very tough! Wall-to-wall hills again as we slogged over Dartmoor, then down through Plymouth and into Cornwall - not known for being flat! - on to Looe and finally Fowey. As it was already 8pm by that point, we had some food and then faced another climb to get the three miles further to the hostel at Golant! Despite the hills, it was a really good day; it was just too long. Dartmoor and its surroundings are really beautiful. We also had some obstacles - more torrential downpours, flooding because of all the recent rain, and a cycle path down to Plymouth that started with a scramble down a rocky hillside, carrying our bikes. I'll never trust Sustrans again!
To keep the spirits up, I was singing my nieces', Rebecca and Catherine, special song 'Bottoms are Beautiful' (apparently mine is smellier than the rest) to the bemused sheep, cows and wild ponies of Dartmoor, which was a condition of their sponsorship. They tell me they're working on a new verse to commemorate our achievement!
Sunny spells and heavy showers with light winds, 80.7m, 13h, bum factor - a not so beautiful 8!