Day 14 - Okehampton to Truro
Distance: 72.8 miles Elevation: 3630 ft Average speed: 11.7 mph https://www.strava.com/activities/2463589298 Our penultimate day on the bikes! Not too many pictures today, as perhaps predictably, it was raining steadily – but with the temperatures now at “Devon” level instead of “Scotland”, we set off in light jackets, accepting that we were just going to get wet. After not riding as far up the hill as we expected last night, we finished the job first thing this morning by making our way up to the Granite Trail. For once, the trail was actually tarmac-ed, so both bikes and riders were happier than on yesterday’s trails! In fact, it felt rather familiar after years of riding on the Bristol-Bath cycle path, particularly as we rode alongside the train tracks and past stations. We crossed the Melton viaduct – I’d have taken a picture as the views are supposed to be impressive, however we couldn’t see anything for cloud! 4 miles later, we were onto fast B roads, so with head...
