LeJog Day Three

A day of two halves: firstly cycling out of hilly Devon then onto the flat plains of  Somerset. But before all that, a fantastic breakfast of porridge with maple syrup, eggs and beans on homemade bread, fresh fruit and yoghurt etc. Set of at 8am, another warm, sunny day but with a pleasant breeze. Many hills again but a great downhill run into Tiverton. From Tiverton followed NCN (National Cycle Network) route 3 which runs for miles and miles along the Grand Western Canal towpath. Flat and traffic-free. Looking for somewhere to eat my (Tesco) lunch I came across two long distance cyclists sitting under a tree in the delighful village of Hillfarance. Saskia and Hans from Baflo, a village 8km from where I live!  They were cycling from Harwich to Land's End (650km), then back from Dieppe (1000km). Camping. Had a bit of a chinwag then went our separate ways.. A few miles later a spoke broke - luckily I was close to Taunton so headed for King's Cycles who fixed the spoke for a fiver. Apparently my RH pedal is cross- threaded so I must keep an eye on that. Arrived, as usual, tired and hungry, at the B&B at 7.45pm. Tomorrow into Wales.:

Stats:
Total distance: 120.9km (75.5miles)
 Cum. Total: 355.5km (222.2 miles)
Average speed: 16.3 km/h (10.1mph)
Max speed: 53 km/h (33mph)  Longdrag Hill,Tiverton)
KCal: 2768

Breakfast