2011-08-13 - Exmouth Exodus

Your the 1st person I've heard who enjoyed 2009! We got terribly lost (rode through Glastonbury!) so I think we sat under the storm for the duration.

Getting lost is no fun. As I said, I didn't have to navigate, just ride hard (near 20mph average from Cheddar to the feed, tailwind-assisted) to keep warm, with a former chair of Somerset CTC, who rather knew the area. :) I'd jumped ahead out of a slower group when I saw his light up ahead and it took me about five miles to catch up with him. It was a blast and very memorable.

Well done riding on from Exmouth. I didn't fancy that, as whilst my legs were ok I was just so ridiculously tired. I just didn't trust myself in the Exmouth – Exeter traffic. I thought I was gonna blackout.

We rode to Exeter very early, and there was hardly any motor traffic around. It's not the best of roads, but having done it a couple of times now I've slightly taken to its ups and downs. I haven't tried the alternative route yet that tricitybendix mentions.

After being on a long ride and having eaten a big breakfast, I really like riding a couple of miles more. It's only about 15 miles from Exmouth to Exeter, which is a lot less than the distance from Dunwich to Ipswich.