Wɔatintim: 21.05.2024
My way kept on going along the coast which was beautiful BUT the most steepest road I have ever passed. It was impossible to cycle and even the bike pushing was quite hard. Going down was not easy as well and I felt like falling over the handlebar. Unfortunately it was extremely foggy and I only had small glimpses to the sea.
In Bude I had a little snack after the hard work and than I kept on cycling up and down. I spend the night at a nice farm and was welcomed to have some ciders with the people they live there in Caravans or huts. The next day I was rewarded with a great cycling path - the tarka trail, an old railway which is mostly going flat. Because of the exhausting hills I decided to take the train to Bristol instead of crossing the very hilly Exmoor National Park. At the trainstation in Barnstaple I figured out that there was no train I could take. So I had to cycle back to the campsite where I met a dutch guy. The first cyclist who is going as well all the way through Great Britain undaunted of the hills.