Down to furthest South at Lizard Point on a day which started with low cloud around Truro, but cleared to bright sunshine by the time I got to the Lizard. Much more commercialised, and busy, than North and West, but not too bad - though I didn't want to stay once I had taken my pictures. Started back east by going over the Fowey to Boddinick ferry, then over Dartmoor. Very little mobile phone signal today, including here at the B&B, so my location is a bit out of date.
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| Furthest South - Lizard Point |
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Man, bike and Lizard Point Lighthouse - and wife of man taking picture
(a BMW owner who has done the 1000 miles in 24 hours) |
Lots of bends, steep hills and dappled green tunnels today, with some of them on A roads. When you are up high in Cornwall it's like being on top of the world with views stretching down to the sea on either side - it's certainly like that on Dartmoor. On top the road winds out in front of you for miles, but the bends, grazing sheep and ponies, and 40 mph limit kept speed down. However, in the east the single track 1 in 4 up and (particularly) down, winding between high banks, was harassing. I was glad to emerge onto the A38, though that got mad as I approached Exeter at about 5pm. To get to the B&B I turned off at a particularly complicated intersection and then emerged almost immediately onto narrow Devon country lanes and stone cottages - the contrast was marked.
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| A dappled green tunnel near Fowey |
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| Fowey from the Boddinick ferry |
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| Dartmoor is pretty rugged |
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| Bike in a Dartmoor landscape |
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