Not a huge amount of sleep last night on the ferry. Got on and went to have a shower and straight to bed, but after all the announcements about turning off alarms and putting your handbrake on (not applicable), about the bars being open (unwise) and what to do if the ferry sank (it didn't) it was about midnight. Five hours later I was woken by more announcements telling me breakfast was available, etc...
Rolled down the ramp at about 6.60 and headed off in to the darkness. Managed to navigate through multiple roundabouts and avoided cycling down the M27 and within 30 minutes had found my first hill. There were hills a-plenty today, the south downs and the north Wessex downs mostly, but plenty of ups and downs along the way. Apparently according to a 77 year old cyclist I met at the top of one hill we were at the highest point in Hampshire.
I managed to remember to stop for food a couple of times, which was oh so much easier to find than in deserted French and Spanish villages.
The weather was good, although the wind was a bit cold to start with, but OK after a while. The route, while a bit hilly and busy with traffic at times, went through some beautiful villages, which I stopped to take pictures.
And so I've stopped in Faringdon, Oxfordshire. I feel a bit guilty, because the entire distance from Portsmouth to the kennels is just 130 miles, a distance I've ridden many times and usually takes me about 12 hours. However, that's with a bike that weighs 10kg, not 40! Hopefully a night's rest will sort out the cramp in my calf and tomorrow the remaining 50 miles will fly by!
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