It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best since you have to sweat up hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate rememberance of a country you have driven throgh as you gain by riding a bicycle


Ernest Hemingway




Thursday, 9 June 2011

Business as usual

6th June: SF to Brighton beach state park (96 miles)

Finally left SF this afternoon at about one, bit late really considering a pretty big day mileage wise. Bit of a shock to the system as last 3 days cruising round SF ( rephrase?) drinking coffee and hanging out. Stopped for coffee today (& bran muffin natch) at about 4 ,realised still had 60 miles to do. Weather not good first 70 miles today, heavy, wet mist. Sun came out eventually and felt like summer again. Got lost after passing through Santa Cruz (dark by now of course) and couldn't find state park, eventually found someone who gave directions and rolled into bike camp just after 10. Also had iPhone jump out of cradle at high speed and bounce down the road in the dark, amazingly, relatively unscathed, props to Mr Jobs. Final insult of the day was seeing a racoon run off with my last bar of granola whilst I put
tent up . Ho hum

Highlight of the day, should be the arrival of proper long shadow summer evening sun as I roll into Santa Cruz, but think it was prob skyping Ju whilst enjoying damn fine coffee in SF this morning.



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  1. Alison14 June 2011 at 12:36

    Hi Gavin - pity you could not call into Los Gatos! Whole family enjoying your blog. (Gill Church's sister).

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