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@hoefla
got a few weekends bunched together in the form of 6 days in sunny Cornwall. stunning part of the country, and rather hillier than I'm used to. only rode properly on a couple of days between towns, with walks on days between.
first, short ride just getting from the train station to B&B on the first night, had to walk up the final part of the only hill. between Mevagissey and Falmouth a couple of days later, walked in a couple of places. the next day, Falmouth to St Ives, no walking (admittedly fewer steep climbs).
I'm certainly better at hills than this time last week, and quite pleased with myself. also, kinda pleased that my partner (who has "only just" taken up cycling) has not yet overtaken me in speed/ability as I was expecting - it is still a nice relaxed pace. it's been a really ace holiday, the place was magical, the weather benign (mild sunburn on face/arms not withstanding), and the food excellent. most of the other cyclists we encoutered were german tourists - families and older couples, all laden down with stuff. Cornwall is a great scale for cycling/walking, it was fun on the last full day to walk from Penzance along the coast to Marazion and then from there crossing from south to north coast by foot back to St Ives.
this is sort of the route, colours for different days. we took a small ferry between St Mawes and Falmouth but I couldn't work out how to break the line...
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/315485