The we started cycling through Devon. We had thought 96 miles in Cornwall was hard, 75 in Devon were even harder. The hills were longer and bigger !!

Great Torrington has a killer of a hill in it, but it was just one of many. Ben managed to come off at the bottom of one of them, fortunately just a few cuts and bruises, nothing else.

Just to emphasise what we've covered today, Davy's GPS tells us we climbed over 7000 feet today, when adding all the climbs together

Devon is a beautiful county. Absolutely gorgeous. The weather helped, as it was bright and dry, but not too hot, with a few showing some evidence of the sun !

Map reading improved slightly today, although staying on the B3227 for 80% of the way helped !

Once again though the van has given us a problem. Chris, driving down one of the many hills realised the brakes were not quite as good as they should be !

With skilled, careful driving he managed to get to the bottom safely, and we were towed back to the Campbell Room, our home for the night ! Praying that the local garage can sort the brakes out first thing in the morning !

So, the Campbell Room. Its a scout hut which is a cross between the back hall of GBFC(pre-decoration) and Dad's Army. Something from the 1950's but having said that, after 75 HARD miles, its very very welcoming, and at least has hot showers and a kitchen.

Tired and weary, everyone off to bed .......